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.
Need for witness protection law
The word 'witness' can be defined as any person, who is required to give evidence in any investigative or judicial proceedings in relation to the commission of an offence.
The Dalits In Bangladesh
The Dalits are known as the 'untouchables' in many parts of South Asia. They face discrimination at all levels of social interaction such as from...
Offence of 'murder after rape'
Having law background, many of us often face the question that whether death penalty has been abolished in Bangladesh after the
Legal Status of Bihari community
The Urdu-speaking community living in Bangladesh, popularly known as Biharis, does not refer to a distinct group of people easily identifiable by race, religion or physical characteristics. The case of Bihari community in Bangladesh is different from the other minority groups. This community primarily focuses on a geographical location of Indian state of Bihar.
Lawful Arrest and false imprisonment
Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) has given sufficient power to any police officer to arrest a person without warrant but the police can exercise the power only in those circumstances where a police officer possesses some evidence indicating involvement with the offence. Unfortunately, in most of the cases it can be seen that most of the police officers are arresting the people without collecting any reasonable indications connecting with the offence. Perhaps section 54 is the most pervasive section that is being misused by the police officers.
GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY to protect Syrian refugees
INFLUENCED by the pro-democracy movements in several Middle East countries, the nationals of Syria started peaceful demonstrating
Protecting the rights of migrant workers
With an aim to protect the rights of Bangladesh's economic migrants by enhancing the capacity of National Human Rights Commission, the UNDP-Bangladesh has recently published a study report titled 'Protecting Migrant Workers from Bangladesh: A Study of Legal Compliance with Migrant Workers' Rights' (2014).
Rights of underprivileged women
The judicial system is a powerful tool at the heart of women's rights enforcement, along with the lawyers that fight for the rights of their clients.
Royalties for Music
The music industry banks on royalties collected by the licensing of copyrighted songs and recordings as a key form of payment for
Rights of working women
At present times women employees can be seen in almost every establishments. They work in industries, shops, factories, companies