Quazi Omar Foysal is a Doctoral Candidate at La Trobe University, Australia, where his research focuses on the evidentiary standards of the ICJ in genocide cases. He studied international law at the University of Dhaka, the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, and the Université catholique de Louvain. He has previously worked as a Research Assistant to a member of the United Nations International Law Commission and contributed to an amicus curiae submission before the International Criminal Court. He is also qualified to practise before the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.