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    Global Advisory Council

    The Global Advisory Council provides independent academic, comparative-law, and methodological guidance to support Constitution Watchdog’s research standards, institutional learning, and public-law work.

    Role and Status

    Advisory, non-fiduciary, and independent.

    Council members may advise on research methodology, comparative constitutional standards, institutional design, and public-law questions. The Council is not an executive or fiduciary organ of Constitution Watchdog. Membership does not imply approval, prior review, or endorsement of every publication, statement, litigation position, campaign, or institutional decision issued by CW.

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    Methodological Guidance

    Advice on research design, legal-source discipline, comparative analysis, and standards for evidence-based constitutional monitoring.

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    Comparative Perspective

    Support for understanding constitutional developments across jurisdictions without reducing legal analysis to partisan or ideological claims.

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    Institutional Integrity

    Guidance on maintaining independence, careful public communication, and responsible use of academic and legal expertise.

    Council Members
    Professor Tarunabh Khaitan
    Founding Member Global Advisory Council

    Professor Tarunabh Khaitan

    Professor (Chair) of Public Law, LSE Law School

    Professor Tarunabh Khaitan is Professor (Chair) of Public Law at LSE Law School and an Honorary Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Law School. His academic work engages constitutional law, legal theory, anti-discrimination law, democratic institutions, and comparative public law. He has previously held senior academic and research positions at Oxford and has served as a visiting professor at leading law schools.

    Professor Tom Ginsburg
    Founding Member Global Advisory Council

    Professor Tom Ginsburg

    Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law, University of Chicago

    Professor Tom Ginsburg is a scholar of comparative constitutional law, international law, and institutional design. His work examines constitutions, courts, democratic governance, and the relationship between law and political institutions across legal systems. His advisory role supports CW’s comparative-law orientation and methodological development.

    Ms. Nadia Rahaman
    Regional Expert Bangladesh

    Ms. Nadia Rahaman

    Senior Lecturer, Department of Law, East West University

    Ms. Nadia Rahaman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Law at East West University. She previously taught at the University of Asia Pacific’s Department of Law and Human Rights. Her academic background includes LL.B. and LL.M. degrees from the University of Dhaka, with research and professional experience involving legal education, human rights, labour law, disaster law, gender and personal laws, and related public-law fields.

    Council Development

    Expansion through selective academic and professional invitation.

    Constitution Watchdog may expand the Global Advisory Council by inviting additional scholars, jurists, practitioners, and regional experts whose work aligns with constitutionalism, judicial independence, rights protection, democratic accountability, and comparative public law.

    Advisory participation is recorded for institutional transparency. It does not convert any adviser into an employee, director, trustee, officer, spokesperson, or formal representative of Constitution Watchdog unless separately stated in writing.

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