Singing the same tune: Ending violence against women now
Nina Goswami (NG): In the past years, the government has appeared proactive as a response to many incidents of violence and mass reactions to the same.
Combatting rape: A more effective strategy is to properly enforce existing laws
LD: What, in your opinion, are the reasons of the recent surge in incidence of rape?
Death penalty for rape: The severity of punishment has nothing to do with impunity
Law Desk (LD): What would be your general observations on the increasing number of rape and its relation with the culture of impunity?
Women's pledge to fight against all kinds of dominance
Law Desk (LD): Last year was eventful. The enactment of the Child Marriage Act widened a new dimension of discourse on conceptualising the fate of the women (specially girl children) in Bangladesh....
Women migrant workers facing the continuum of exploitation
Ann Stewart is a Professor of Law at the University of Warwick. She researches and teaches in the area of gender and law with a
‘We better focus on restoring Article 116 to its original form'
Justice M A Matin is a retired Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was appointed as Additional
Singing the same tune: Ending violence against women now
Nina Goswami (NG): In the past years, the government has appeared proactive as a response to many incidents of violence and mass reactions to the same.
Combatting rape: A more effective strategy is to properly enforce existing laws
LD: What, in your opinion, are the reasons of the recent surge in incidence of rape?
Death penalty for rape: The severity of punishment has nothing to do with impunity
Law Desk (LD): What would be your general observations on the increasing number of rape and its relation with the culture of impunity?
Language is a vehicle that often carries sexism and misogyny
Dr. Faustina Pereira is a human rights lawyer, scholar, and a gender and development specialist.
The outcome of any UPR or treaty body review should be placed before the parliament for deliberation and policy guidance
UPR may be described as an interactive dialogue about human rights situation between the state under review and other UN Member States. It entails immense importance in the present context. For...
International solidarity is required to ensure safe, dignified and voluntary repatriation of Rohingyas
Brian Barbour is a lawyer with a background in International Refugee Law.
Positive discrimination can ensure gender balance
Professor Dr. Shahnaz Huda has been teaching law at the University of Dhaka since 1989, specialising in personal and comparative
Towards creating an indigenous legal corpus in Bangla
Arif Khan is an Advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He studied law from the University of Dhaka. He is one of the co-founders of Reading Club, a Dhaka University based platform for...
Legal review of weapons and international law
Dr. William Boothby is an Associate Fellow under the Global Fellowship Initiative (GFI) at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP). He formerly held the position of Air Commodore in the Royal...
Time to think differently about 'justice needs'
Law Desk (LD): Could you tell us about the background of the study titled 'Justice Needs and Satisfaction in Bangladesh, 2018: Legal Problems in Daily Life'?