Law
event
Strategic
planning workshop on local initiative for establishing
rule of law
Mahbubul
Islam
A
strategic planning workshop was organized by Society of
Justice, a civil society organization that promotes justice
and rule of law, on February 08, 2005 to identify areas
of intervention and preparation of action plan. The participants
of the workshop suggested working in the areas of violence
against women, access to justice and right to information
as the key issues, where society of justice should intervene.
The workshop decided to work in greater Barisal and Sylhet
divisions. Four workshops will be organized at two regional
levels and a national workshop will be organized in Dhaka
to sensitize the findings to the policy planners and also
law makers of the country.
All
distinguished councilors, human right activists; advocates
of society of justice were present in the workshop. The
workshop was chaired by its chairman professor Dr. Mizanur
Rahman and moderated by him. The workshop also attended
by Mr. Robin Budd, Environmental Attaché of British
high commission in Bangladesh and Ms. Jenny Christensen,
third secretary of delegation of the European Commission
in Bangladesh. The project named `Local initiative for
establishing rule of law' of society of justice is supported
by British high commission and this workshop was organized
as part of that. Among the councilor Dr. Faustina Pereira,
Dr. AKM Saifullah, Mahbubul Islam, Barrister Sadia Arman,
Mr. Taufic Dilder and MK Biswas facilitated and contributed
in the discussion meeting of the workshop.
The
writer is secretary general of society of justice.
