An Overview of the Impeachment of Supreme Court Judges in Bangladesh

The first constitution of Bangladesh, drafted in 1972, gave the Parliament the power to impeach the judges of the Supreme Court (SC).
13 March 2017

Empowering youth through human rights education

Commonwealth Youth Human Rights and Democracy Network (CYHRDN), Commonwealth Secretariat, organised a day long workshop on “Empowering Youth through Human Rights Education” in partnership with Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI).
13 March 2017

Be bold for change

When I was asked to write on the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day I was excited and also quite frankly, stumped! While I pondered on the theme of #BeBoldForChange personas like Jahanara Imam, Sufia Kamal, Maya Angelou, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Mother Teresa came to mind.
8 March 2017

Stop torture to protect women's dignity

Violence against women is strongly condemned in almost all national constitutions and international laws. Violence against women has
6 March 2017

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
6 March 2017

WOMEN'S RIGHTS: No time to wait for a miracle to happen

Khandaker Farzana Rahman is a Lecturer at the Department of Criminology, University of Dhaka. Her research interest includes
6 March 2017

Think legal presents its 7th lecture on ‘Judging the Judges’

In continuance of the initiative taken by Think Legal Bangladesh Lecture Series, the 7th lecture was delivered by Hon’ble Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif, Judge of the High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 25th February 2017 at the EMK Center, Dhanmondi.
27 February 2017

Your Advocate

I work in a private Bank in Dhaka. Reguarly I notice that the footpath adjacent to my office is occupied by hawkers, tea stalls, iron workshops and garages.
27 February 2017

ANIMAL WELFARE BILL - A LEGIT CONCERN

ON 20 February 2017, the cabinet gave a go-ahead to the proposed Animal Welfare Bill. Apparently this nod of approval seems to be pro-bono; however, from a less legally critical perspective, it really is.
27 February 2017

Maintenance to the parents

Enacted in 2013, the Maintenance of the Parents Act has already considered to be one of the contemporary and progressive laws in Bangladesh. The law is very precise having only nine sections and comprises legal provisions for maintaining parents.
27 February 2017

No photograph policy of retailers

Shoppers of retail stores would have noticed that many of these stores insist on a policy of not taking photographs within the store.
27 February 2017

Symposium on Jurisprudence of Evidence in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Regime

Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) organised a symposium on “Jurisprudence of Evidence in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Regime: National and International Perspectives” on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at its auditorium.
18 February 2017

Volunteering brings the sunshine to the people in need

The quintessence of human rights is volunteering, the endeavour that tempts folks to exert effort for renovating the lives of their ill-fated counterpart in the society.
18 February 2017

Environmental law in a bifurcated world

International Environmental Law and the Global South is a brilliant compendium of writings on international environmental law from a
13 February 2017

Amendment of IP rules in WTO

An amendment to the TRIPS Agreement entered into force on Monday, 23 January 2017 securing for poor countries a legal pathway to
13 February 2017

CHILD MARRIAGE RESTRAINT BILL

Many readers came across the news published in The Daily Star on January 19, 2016 as it appeared in the page 5, entitled, “Under-18
13 February 2017

In favour of the principle of finality

Lord Wilberforce commented, “any determination of disputable fact may, the law recognises, be imperfect: the law aims at
13 February 2017

Lifelong anonymity to child offenders

Children charged with crimes should be given lifelong anonymity to reduce reoffending rates, the UK government-commissioned review has recommended.
6 February 2017

I dissent

A few weeks ago, I saw the photo of the newly sculpted Lady Justice in our Supreme Court Premises, Dhaka. There is something
6 February 2017

An assault on state immunity

On 28 September 2016, ignoring the veto of the then US President Barack Obama , both houses of the US Congress enacted the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA).
6 February 2017