Human Rights Articles

The Doctrine of Proportionality in Free Speech Jurisprudence: A Comparative Analysis between Kuwait’s Constitution and the European Court of Human Rights

The paper examines how the proportionality deals with the issue of free speech and environmental law by comparing the way proportionality is handled in the Kuwaiti legal system and examine it with the...

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A Comparative Analysis on International Standards of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Bangladesh’s Legal Paradigm: A Rights-Based Approach

The growing significance of artificial intelligence (AI) in public services, governance, and private sector innovation has raised questions about whether it complies with human rights laws worldwide....

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Legality and Challenges of 'Responsibility to Protect' in Prevention of Mass Atrocities

In fact, the precept of responsibility to protect commonly termed as R2P has been developed for early response to prevent mass atrocity crimes, e.g. genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing or crimes ag...

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School Abductions and School Safety in Nigeria – Reflections on Applicable Legal Instruments

The insecurity situation in Nigeria is currently at a dangerous juncture, following the upsurge in attacks on schools by armed bandits, leading to the abduction of scores of school children. This deve...

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The Role of Courts in Combating Sexual Harassment in Bangladesh Judicial Activism versus Feminism?

The problem of sexual harassment is an uncomfortable headache for Bangladesh as it has been brewing in the society for a very long time. Until recently there were no sexual harassment laws or guidelin...

SDG Articles

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 in Nigeria: Lessons from Bangladesh’s ‘Nature Based Solution’ Approach

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 6 is about ensuring adequate and quality water for all by 2030. However, there are concerns that Nigeria will not achieve SDG 6 as its efforts...

Human Rights Articles

Sexual Violence and Torture in Armed Conflict: A Comparative Analysis Through the Lens of Feminist Legal Theory

This article examines feminist legal theory by exploring the androcentric nature of international law in addressing sexual violence, with a particular focus on rape as a form of torture and its impact...

Human Rights Articles

The Efficacy of the Children Act, 2013 in Bangladesh: An Assessment

Despite the adoption of the Children Act, 2013 children in Bangladesh experience abuse of their fundamental rights on a daily basis. The living condition of many children are deplorable. There is no s...

Human Rights Articles

Closing the Gender Gap through National Budget Allocation: A Call for Greater Allocation on Women’s Economic Participation

Bangladesh has made remarkable strides in attaining gender equality through universal education, accessible healthcare facilities, and improved political participation of women at national and local l...

Human Rights Articles

Humanitarian Law Consideration in the Bombardment of Military Targets and Objects: The Syrian Armed Conflict in Perspective

It is a norm in warfare as the case of Syria, where bombardment of both military and civilian objects has featured prominently. Children, women and indeed the civilian population are often severely af...

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Bangladesh in 2015 Challenges of the iccher ghuri for learning to live together.

This article builds on earlier theoretical and development-related work about the practical relevance of legal pluralist theorising, a field of comparative law in which there is presently much and qui...

Human Rights Articles

A Critique of the Feminist Movement in Bangladesh The failure to protect women against “revenge porn”

This article considers the theoretical basis of the feminist movement in Bangladesh using the Pornography Control Act, 2012 as its central focus. It examines the dominating in- fluence of liberal femi...