Year: 2014

  1. Constitutional Law
  2. Human Rights Law

Human Rights and Unstable Constitutionalism: Quo Vadimus?

“[The object of my government is] non-injury, restraint, impartiality, and mild behaviour […] to all creatures” [Emperor Ashoka, 3rd Century BC, Ashokan Studies, pp. 34-35, edict XIII.] In this note I seek to navigate, no doubt ambitiously, the relationship between Bangladesh’s unstable constitutionalism and the trajectory of recognition, protection, and discourse of human rights in […]
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  1. Aviation Law
  2. International Law

Analyzing Aviation Policy for Developing Countries: A Prolific Approach

Today, many countries in the world having a prosperous aviation industry seek to avail airline routes of the developing countries. Such a business of air access within the regime of civil aviation is of immense economic benefits for the countries managing aircrafts and conducting flights, particularly in the case of flight above the airspace relating […]
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  1. Labour Law
  2. Migration Law

On the Limits of Law: The Plight of Bangladesh’s Migrant Workers Overseas

The field of international migration (from Bangladesh) is becoming increasingly complex. A most culpable reason behind the sufferings, and eventually a status of rightslessness, of Bangladeshi migrant workers working abroad is high recruitment costs, often unlawfully charged by the private recruiters. Another factor that pushes their plights to a level of sheer inhumaneness, is the […]
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  1. Human Rights Law
  2. Right to Information

Right to Information: Let the Sunshine Lighten the Dark

The right to information, meaning the people’s right to know or accessibility to information derives its origin from Sweden. Historically, Sweden was the first country in the world to adopt a “Freedom of Information Act” in 1776. However, the democratic changeover in the Central and Eastern Europe following the fall of the Berlin wall in […]
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An Examination of the ‘Personal Data Protection Ordinance 2025’ with Dr Md Toriqul Islam

Q1. In your opinion, does the Constitution of Bangladesh (Article 43) recognise privacy in a limited way? Does Personal Data Protection Ordinance (PDPO) 2025 meaningfully expand that protection in practice, or does the broad exemption clause in section 24 [national security, defence, public order, public interest] neutralise it? Answer: Firstly, Article 43 of the Constitution […]
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Strengthening Domestic Climate Governance: Legal Lessons from the ICJ Advisory Opinion for Bangladesh’s Climate Justice and Accountability Framework

Introduction Bangladesh is a country highly vulnerable to sea-level rise, erratic monsoons, and extreme weather events. It is considered to be at the front line of the current global climate crisis. Being a core proponent of requesting the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the matter, Dhaka took the world’s most existential challenge to […]
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