Scrutinising our laws on sexual violence is even more crucial now in view of the horrific Kolkata rape incident
While discussing the legal recognition of gender identity, many participants highlighted that the state authorities and general people lack sufficient understanding of the various clusters of the transgender population.
Laws and policy frameworks must be sensitive towards the rights of maternity protection
The fact that a rape victim’s journey towards justice is a grueling one is not unknown to us.
Two 15-year-old minors were recently sentenced to one month’s imprisonment by a mobile court in Netrokona for getting married before they were legally old enough to do so.
We have witnessed yet another factory fire catastrophe but this time it involves a factory which does not cater to international garment retailers—hence, loss of lives of the workers burnt inside the Hashem food factory would perhaps be forgotten even sooner.
It is indeed a relief to know that section 155(4) of the Evidence Act that allows character evidence in rape cases will perhaps finally be removed.
The legal protection for secrecy of “nationally important” information and its conflict with the free press constitute a dichotomy that has long been debated around the globe. Although governments are usually granted legal protection to keep certain documents and information undisclosed, guarantees of right to information and press freedom are considered essential to ensure government accountability.
Scrutinising our laws on sexual violence is even more crucial now in view of the horrific Kolkata rape incident
While discussing the legal recognition of gender identity, many participants highlighted that the state authorities and general people lack sufficient understanding of the various clusters of the transgender population.
Laws and policy frameworks must be sensitive towards the rights of maternity protection
The fact that a rape victim’s journey towards justice is a grueling one is not unknown to us.
Two 15-year-old minors were recently sentenced to one month’s imprisonment by a mobile court in Netrokona for getting married before they were legally old enough to do so.
We have witnessed yet another factory fire catastrophe but this time it involves a factory which does not cater to international garment retailers—hence, loss of lives of the workers burnt inside the Hashem food factory would perhaps be forgotten even sooner.
It is indeed a relief to know that section 155(4) of the Evidence Act that allows character evidence in rape cases will perhaps finally be removed.
The legal protection for secrecy of “nationally important” information and its conflict with the free press constitute a dichotomy that has long been debated around the globe. Although governments are usually granted legal protection to keep certain documents and information undisclosed, guarantees of right to information and press freedom are considered essential to ensure government accountability.
Despite enacting several laws in the past decades to protect women and girls from violence, creating a safer space for women and girls is still a distant reality for Bangladesh.
A recent decision of the High Court Division (HCD) declaring that women cannot act as nikah/marriage registrars in Muslim marriages was subjected to considerable scrutiny.
