Human Rights in Bangladesh: Stresses on the Period of 2009 to 2012

Mohajan, Haradhan (2013): Human Rights in Bangladesh: Stresses on the Period of 2009 to 2012. Published in: KASBIT Business Journal , Vol. 6, No. 2 (31 December 2013): pp. 38-64.

Abstract

This paper is about human rights in Bangladesh and stresses on the period of 2009 to 2012. Bangladesh is a Parliamentary Democratic and densely populated country in South Asia. Human rights are parts and parcel in a democratic country. In a country if human rights are violated then the country cannot be developed and the democracy of that country becomes weak. Human rights are violated in every country of the world. But extrajudicial killings like crossfire and death in custody, abduction, child labor, violence of workers’ rights, violence of women rights, women and children trafficking, public lynching, death penalty and discriminations on religion minorities and indigenous people are alarming in Bangladesh. This paper also discusses civil and political rights, social and economic rights and violation of these rights in Bangladesh.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Crossfire, Death Penalty, Democracy, Extra judicial Killings, Human rights.
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being

References

Ahmed, Z.S. 2004. Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: In a South Asian Perspective, Pakistan: Sahil NGO again Child Sexual Abuse, Pakistan.

AI. 2001. Bangladesh: Attacks on Members of the Hindu Majority, Amnesty International.

AI. 2011a. Crimes Unseen, Extrajudicial Executions in Bangladesh, Amnesty International.

AI. 2011b. Urgent Action: A man Abducted in Bangladesh, 7th October 2011, Amnesty International.

AI. 2011c. Bangladesh: Do not Expand the Death Penalty! , Amnesty International.

AIPS. 2011. Indigenous Land Dispute Turns Deadly in Bangladesh. Amnesty International Public Statement.

ACHR. 2005. Who Funds the Acts of Racism and Racial Discrimination in the Chittagong Hill Tracts? Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR).

BECCSP. 2007. Bangladesh-European Community Country Strategy Paper for the Period 2007- 2013.

Banu, D. 2003. BRAC-Ain o Salish Kendro Joint Legal Aid Programme: A Comprehensive Review. Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC.

DiLeonardo, R. 2012. Bangladesh Opposition Leader Charged with Crimes against Humanity. BBC News, Thursday, January 12.

Farouk, S.A. 2005. Violence against Women: A Statistical Overview, Challenges and Gaps in Data Collection and Methodology and Approaches for Overcoming them: UN Division for the Advanced of Women.

Gomes, W. 2009. Bangladesh NGOs under Bureaucratic Dictatorship. UPI Asia.com, April 10, 2009, http://www.upiasia.com/Blogosphere/williamgomes/20090408/bangladesh_ngos_und er_bureaucratic_dictatorship/

Gostin, O. L. 2001. The Human Right to Health: A Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health. The Hastings Centre Report 2001: 31.

Hossain, K. 2003. In Search of Equality: Marriage Related Laws for Muslim Women in Bangladesh. Journal of International Women’s Studies, 5 (1):96-113.

Hossain, S. and Siddiqi, D. M. 2008. Human Rights in Bangladesh 2007. Ain O Salish Kendra.

Hughes, D. M. 2000. The ‘Natasha’ Trade: The Transnational Sex Trafficking. National Institute of Justice Journal, 246:8-15.

HRR. 2012. Human Rights Report 2011 on Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh. Kapaeeng Foundation.

IEK. 2011. Investigate Extrajudicial Killings. NHRC, Bdnews24.com, 9 February 2011, http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=186853

Mohajan, H. K. 2012a. Are Bangladeshi Women Enjoying Human Rights Properly? International Journal of Mainstream Social Science, 2(1):43-56.

Mohajan, H. K. 2012b. Human trafficking in Asia: A Heinous Crime against Humanities, International Journal of Cross-Cultural Studies, 2(1):29-41.

Mohajan, H. K. 2012c. Lack of Consciousness of Child Rights in Bangladesh, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.

Odhikar. 2007. Odhikar Press Release on Violence against Women in Bangladesh on the Occasion of International Women’s Day 2007.

Odhikar. 2011. Human Rights Report 2010. Odhikar Report on Bangladesh.

Odhikar and FIDH. 2011. Mid-Term Assessment and Report on the Universal Periodic Review: Bangladesh (Reporting Period: February 4, 2009-February 3, 2011).

Odhikar and International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). PP. 2007. People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Executive Summary, Poverty Profile, Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

Quadir, F. 2011. Countries at the Crossroads 2011, Bangladesh.

Sarkar, S. 2011. Engendering Trafficking and Human Security: A Comparative Study of India and Hungary, International Journal of Development Research and Quantitative Techniques, 1(2):25-42.

SHED. 2002. The Parliamentary Elections 2001, Bangladesh. TARVAWB. 2002. The Annual Report on Violence against Women in Bangladesh.

TDAD. 2010. The Daily Amar Desh, 26 April.

TDAS. 2010. The Daily Amader Shomoy, 27 April.

TDKK. 2010.The Daily Kaler Kantho, 27 April.

TDNA. 2009. The Daily New Age, 7 September.

TDNA. 2010. The Daily New Age, 10 May.

TDNAMX. 2010. The Daily New Age Magazine Xtra, 30 April.

TDNT. 2011. Registration of 550 NGOs Cancelled: Most Involved in Irregularities. Funding Militancy The Daily News Today, 21 March. http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=23086&date=201 1-03-21

TDPA. 2010. The Daily Prothom Alo, 7 November; 25 April.

TDPA. 2012. The Daily Prothom Alo, 8 February; 20 April; 19 May; 25 May.

TDS. 2009. The Daily Star, 2 May.

TDS. 2010. The Daily Star, 27 February; 25 March; 25 April; 10 June; 22 December.

TDS.2011. Sahara Defends Lawmen Again. The Daily Star. 28 January 2011. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=171862

The Guardian. 2011. India’s Shoot-to-kill Policy on the Bangladesh Border. Sunday 23 January. The Guardian Co. UK

TSHRB. 2009. The State of Human Rights in Bangladesh. Asian Human Rights Commission, AHRC-SPR-001 2009, International Human Rights day 2009-Bangladesh.

TWCRPA. 2000. The Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. 2000.

TIKN News. 2010. Bangladesh: PM Meets HR Leaders: An Insider’s Account.

TIB. 2010. Transparency International Bangladesh. National 2010 Household Survey on Corruption in Bangladesh, Dhaka. UK FCO, web. http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-bycountry/ country-profile/asia-oceania/bangladesh?profile=allwebsite

UNESC. 2004. Question of the Violation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in any part of the World. International Federation of Human Rights, E/CN.4/2004/NGO/158. UN Economic and Social Council.

UNESC. 2011. Study on the Status of Implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord of 1997. UN Economic and Social Council.

UNICESCR. 1966. UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), 1966. web. http://www.unchr.ch/chrono.htm

UNUDHR. 1948. UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR), 1948. (http://www.Unhchr.ch/chrono.htm)

USDS. 2002. Country Report on Human Rights Practices, 2001. US Department of State

VAWB. 2001. Violence against Women in Bangladesh. Facilitating the Fulfillment of State Obligations towards Women’s Equality. Naripokkho and Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.

WHO. 1986a. The Constitution of World Health Organization, Geneva.

WHO. 1986b. Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, First International Conference on Health Promotion, 21 November, WHO/HPR/HEP/95.1. Geneva.