RIGHTS ADVOCACY
Right to education (in one’s mother language)
To promote multilingualism, to protect endangered languages, and to preserve linguistic diversity, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) declared 21st February as the “International Mother Language Day” back in 1999.
On price hike and legal redress
In our country, unusual price hike for essential commodities has been used as a magic wand by the business class. They exploit the situation
Bangladesh should incorporate the Rohingya scenario within its forthcoming ICCPR report
Bangladesh submitted its initial state party report to the Human Rights Committee (HRC), the monitoring body for the implementation of the
Rights Advocacy / Are we validating child marriage through ‘special circumstances’ provision?
Marrying off of female children at an early age is not a new phenomenon in the Indian subcontinent. Due to socio-economic reasons, people very often let their female children marry at such a young age which is not permitted by law.
Trade Union: The collective voice against workers’ predicament
In our country’s perspective as well as worldwide, formation and joining into trade union is now a recognised right.
Rights Advocacy / Right of the taxpayers to protect personal data
Data protection and privacy are recognised as fundamental rights. An individual’s ‘private life’ includes the protection of his or her personal
Rights Advocacy / Effectiveness of ‘local settlement’ practice for protection of Rohingyas
Since 2020, the Government of Bangladesh has been relocating the Rohingyas to Bhashan Char. The UN and other agencies initially criticised the relocation process.
Rights Advocacy / Equilibrium within international economic and environmental laws
The implications of international economic law for transferring environment-friendly technologies and protecting non-economic values have become a major concern in governing economic relations around the world. In the last decades, the international environmental laws have had noteworthy influence on international economic law. It is vitally important that the industrialised countries actively play their role to decrease carbon footprints on the planet.
Legal framework for Samaritans
On 30 March 2016, the Supreme Court of India presided over by the Hon'ble Justice V. Gopala Gowda and Hon'ble Justice Arun Mishra
Resettling Rohingyas and international law
The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees are two major international instruments under international refugee law.
Assailing the rape victim's character
Section 155(4) of the Evidence Act, 1872 allows evidence of the victim's immoral character to be offered by the defence. The rationale
Accessibility for the people with physical disabilities
The definition of accessibility refers to the abilities and opportunities to reach desired goods, services, activities and destinations.
The unfortunate case of Rid Pharma
A Dhaka court acquitted all five officials of Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd in a case filed over the manufacture of toxic paracetamol syrup
Forced labour: The law of the jungle!
A disproportionate amount of focus on sex trafficking draws the attention away from the countless male trafficked victims faced forced labour episodes whose we seldom meet as hawkers in the bustling street of a vibrant city selling newspapers or popcorns.
Legal issues in caring for elderly people
Each year, on October 01, we observe “the International Day for Older Persons” through rallies and meetings and
To foster the status of ESC rights
According to the World Bank, Bangladesh has recently achieved a momentous hallmark of shifting its image of 'lower income
Rape incidents: Silence to be broken
Rape incidents, irrespective of time do make our hearts bleed and hurt us deep. The recent rape incidents were deep enough to create a social reaction that has come from every section of the society. According to the recent statistics of Bangladesh Ain o Salish Kendra
Gender Equality in Bangladeshi politics
In the concealment of the fact that women are in leadership positions in the central politics of Bangladesh, a critical feminist issue gets neglected: to what