A former Texas prosecutor who won a conviction that sent an innocent man to prison for nearly 25 years, agreed on Friday, 16 October to serve 10 days in jail and complete 500 hours of community service.

Whenever we think of the treatment of a girl child, in the fraction of a moment we recall the famous 'Mina Cartoon' and surprisingly the situation is quite the same in Bangladesh. As the socio-cultural environment contains persistent gender discrimination, girls face obstacles almost in every sphere of their life. They are often considered to be financial burdens on their family, and from the time of birth, they receive less attention for their health, care and education.

Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) has given sufficient power to any police officer to arrest a person without warrant but the police can exercise the power only in those circumstances where a police officer possesses some evidence indicating involvement with the offence. Unfortunately, in most of the cases it can be seen that most of the police officers are arresting the people without collecting any reasonable indications connecting with the offence. Perhaps section 54 is the most pervasive section that is being misused by the police officers.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Human Rights (HRs) often come in conflict. Under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the uniform and strict IPRs protection obligates all member countries irrespectively. Thus, the TRIPS Agreement causes concerns and challenges some important provision of human rights. Intellectual Property (IP) laws encourage creativity and innovation by granting individual of monopoly rights for a certain period of time. In one way it creates opportunity for the individuals, on the other it confronts the basic provisions of human rights.

COMPETING against Eastern University Moot Court Society (EUMC), Dhaka University Moot Court Society (DUMCS) became the champion

The theme of this year's International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13, 2015) is “Knowledge for Life”. The focus of the day is on

In response to a write-up published on 8 September 2015 in 'Law & Our Rights', The Daily Star, here I want to highlight a recent

IT'S a sad reality that wild-animal rights are grossly violated throughout the world. Aggression like hunting for skins, trophy, uncured

Bangladesh judiciary is deadlocked in a vicious cycle of delays and backlogs, which is alarming for ensuring justice, rule of law and

CONSTITUTIONALLY protected freedom of expression is one of the fundamental rights in Bangladesh. Article 39 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ensures this right 'subject to reasonable restriction imposed by law'.

INFLUENCED by the pro-democracy movements in several Middle East countries, the nationals of Syria started peaceful demonstrating

Under the present human rights protection mechanism, the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture is a unique and universal

THE third edition of Barrister Md. Abdul Halim's book entitled 'Procedure and Practice in the Supreme Court' , which has been thoroughly revised and updated in the light of the newly introduced rules of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, has been published recently.

In a recent event of the Dhaka Judge Court titled “Justice Sector Co-ordination: Challenges and Opportunities”, Mr. Chief Justice S.K Sinha contended that the age old court apparel of black coat and gown is no longer practicable.

In a rights-based approach to health, the provision of essential surgical services is not a luxury, but a critical component for the “highest attainable standard of health”.

The Honourable Justice Muhammad Imman Ali was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, High Court Division in February 2001 and Appellate Division in February 2011. Previously, he had been Deputy Attorney General for Bangladesh from September 1998 to February 2001. On December 2014, he was honoured with the 'Juvenile Justice without Borders' International Award by the IJJO for his dedication to the protection of children's rights. He has become an inspiring example of the defence of children's rights for many countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Former chief justice Md Tafazzul Islam and former judge of the High Court justice Md Awlad Ali are appointed member of Permanent Court of Arbitration at Hague of Netherlands for resolving international disputes.

On September 11, 2015, the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice (CSGJ), Liberation War Museum arranged the certificate giving ceremony for the completion of its third Certificate Course on Genocide and Justice.

Ensuring citizen's legal rights protection is one of the constitutional responsibilities for the Government of Bangladesh. With a view to providing legal aid to

In global human rights movement, the rights activism for people with albinism is now quite new and emerging against the backdrop of its unfamiliarity to mass people outside the domain of medical science. 'Albinism' is a genetic condition also called achromia, achromasia, or achromatosis in medical jurisprudence.