NILS Bangladesh organises 'Constitution Day Dialogue'

To celebrate this year's Constitution Day, the Network for the International Law Students (NILS) Bangladesh organised the 'Constitution Day Dialogue on Bangladesh Constitution and Human Rights: How they interface'. The Dialogue was held at 7.30 P.M on 4th November 2020 through Facebook Live.

Constitution Day Dialogue was graced by the presence of prominent legal personalities of Bangladesh. Honorable Attorney General for Bangladesh, Senior Advocate A M Amin Uddin, was present as Honorable Chief Guest of the event while Professor Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh and Professor of Department of Law of University of Dhaka was the chief discussant. Dr. Nazneen Kawsar Chowdhury, Joint Secretary, Member (Finance & Trade), Bangladesh Tea Board, Ministry of Commerce, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh; and Advocate A H M Zia Uddin, General Secretary of Chittagong District Bar Association were present as special guests. The program was chaired by Professor A B M Abu Noman, Dean of the Faculty of Law of University of Chittagong.

Chief Guest A M Amin Uddin briefly discussed about unique features of the constitution. He mentioned that if there was no disruption to the original spirit of the constitution and no change was made, the Constitution of Bangladesh would be the finest of all constitution today.

In the speech of Chief Discussant, Professor Dr. Mizanur Rahman, focused on the spirit of the words of preamble and definition of constitution and mentioned that the constitution is the spirit of nation.

Dr. Nazneen Kawsar Chowdhury discussed how rights of the women were recognised in the constitution and mentioned that for the advancement and establishment of the rights of women. Advocate A H M Zia Uddin emphasised on 5th amendment case and its effect on the Constitution.

The event was anchored by Mohammad Mamun, President of NILS Bangladesh.

Event reported by Lamia Khan Shethil, student of law, Daffodil International University.