Law Review / Legal challenges to eradicate child labour
Child labour is a burning global issue that threatens the health and general welfare of children. It is hugely prevalent in developing countries like Bangladesh.
For Your Information / ILO Convention No. 190: A monumental development to address violence and harassment at workplace
Until June 2019, various international instruments, norms, and practices were developed by both the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations to deal with violence and harassment at workplace.
Law Event / Should there be a regional body to deal with human rights issues?
Imagine a human rights violation that suffers impunity inside the country, but that can be held accountable by an international body of some sort. Examples could be custodial torture, or enforced disappearances, or extra-judicial killings – all of which have abysmal track records of getting justice at Bangladesh’s courts.
REVIEWING THE VIEWS / Citizenship of the Rohingya in Myanmar: A historical account
While the international stakeholders and the Government of Bangladesh have tried for their safe and dignified voluntary return of the Rohingya refugees as per the agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar, the citizenship issue became one of the crucial contesting conditions.
Rights Watch / Vegetable farmers’ rights in Bangladesh during Covid-19 lockdown
There may be an unending debate on which profession serves Bangladesh the most but the unflinching contribution of farmers can never be underestimated.
For Your Information / An overview of the Digital Commerce Operation Guidelines 2021
On 4 July, 2021 the Ministry of Commerce issued the Digital Commerce Operation Guidelines, 2021 pursuant to the National Digital Commerce Policy, 2018 (as amended in 2020) with the aim of ensuring transparency and accountability in the digital commerce sector, creating employment opportunities, ensuring the rights of the consumers and increasing the reliance on digital commerce by bringing about a regulatory framework, and creating a competitive market that provides opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Legal challenges to eradicate child labour
Child labour is a burning global issue that threatens the health and general welfare of children. It is hugely prevalent in developing countries like Bangladesh.
ILO Convention No. 190: A monumental development to address violence and harassment at workplace
Until June 2019, various international instruments, norms, and practices were developed by both the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations to deal with violence and harassment at workplace.
On the law of probation and parole
Conditional discharge, probation, parole, furlough etc. are the alternatives to imprisonment for accused. Those can be availed depending on the gravity of the offence and the relevant circumstances as a reflection of reformative theory of punishment.
Admission limit on LLB (Hons) programme in Bangladesh universities: A call for review
Bangladesh universities, public and private, run their LLB (Hons) programme pursuant to a judicially determined and imposed admission limit of 50 students per semester.
Improving higher education in Bangladesh: A national university ranking system?
The current state of higher education in Bangladesh is at crossroads, often deemed to be falling short of expected standard of research outcomes and new knowledge creation.
Legal recourse for a misstated prospectus
A prospectus is a document that gives details of a company’s activities and aims to persuade the public to invest in their company.
The New Shipbuilding Policy: A new future ahead
As a riverine country, Bangladesh has a long history of shipbuilding. Chattogram which is known as the port city of Bangladesh, has been involved in building of ships since the Mughal empire and with the flow of time, the tradition continues.
Should there be a regional body to deal with human rights issues?
Imagine a human rights violation that suffers impunity inside the country, but that can be held accountable by an international body of some sort. Examples could be custodial torture, or enforced disappearances, or extra-judicial killings – all of which have abysmal track records of getting justice at Bangladesh’s courts.
Rape, limitation, and due process: Constitutional rights in action
Democratic society is based on consent. Sexual relationship must be consensual. Otherwise, it amounts to a crime according to section 375 of the Penal Code, 1860. The question of consent is raised in defence of the accused and therefore the onus probandi (burden of proof) rests on the accused, although the general principle is that the onus is on the prosecution.
Workshop on counter-trafficking
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) under the framework of the Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants-Bangladesh (GLO.ACT-Bangladesh) organised an online workshop on engaging university students with UNODC Education for Justice trafficking in persons (TIP) and smuggling of migrants (SOM) modules on Friday,