Think Legal presents its 6th lecture

The 6th Lecture in the Think Legal Bangladesh Lecture Series was delivered by Hon'ble Justice Naima Haider, Hon'ble Judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 28th January 2017 at the EMK Center, Dhanmondi, Dhaka on the topic: “Legal Identity, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics”. In the lecture, Madam Justice Naima Haider highlighted the paramount importance of Legal Identity and Civil Registration stating that “Legal Identity refers to a human's BEING.” She further stated that its intrinsic value lay in that “It provides a gateway to other rights”. Reiterating the importance of legal identification, Justice Haider stated, “The basic document that one must have is Identity. We do not suffer from such issues of identification, but there are millions of people around the world who even do not know that they are supposed to be registered. Lack of awareness and general apathy is a major issue.”

The event was attended by judges of the Supreme Court, eminent legal practitioners, and law students.

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By Think Legal Bangladesh team.