Month: May 2020

  1. Genocide and Justice Studies
  2. Human Rights Law
  3. Right to Justice

Hearing Women’s Voices: Justice for Survivors of Sexual Violence during Armed Conflicts

Where is justice located? Is it in the law? In the courts? Is its aim retribution for harms incurred? Punishment and revenge? What role does the law play in reckoning and reconciling with human rights violations in times of mass violence? The first people’s tribunal in the 1960s expanded our understanding of justice beyond the […]
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  1. Court Corridor
  2. Court Corridor 2020
  3. Judgments of Supreme Court of Bangladesh

From the Court Corridor: March Edition (Part II)

In part I, I highlighted the notable pronouncements of the High Court Division (HCD) and the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020. Here in part II, I focus on the HCD’s directives relating to COVID-19. The HCD issued several rules in the form […]
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  1. Jurisprudence

The Adjusted Gross Revenue Conundrum: The Forgotten Aftermath of Indian Judicial Pronouncements on the National Economy

The proclivity to litigate in India has led to the judiciary dealing with matters that tend to have large scale ramifications on the economic functioning of the state. These generally arise in matters of private commercial disputes or commercial disputes against the government or in matters of antitrust law, for example. Of late, a new […]
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Revisiting Essential Medicine Regulations in Bangladesh in the Context of 2026 Reforms

The 2026 modification of Bangladesh’s National Essential Medicines List expands to 295 essential medicines and applies price-control regulations to them. It is an important addition to the country’s pharmaceutical policy regime. In Bangladesh, where out-of-pocket medical expenses remain high, it is important to reanalyse the changes alongside relevant national and international drug pricing regulations for […]
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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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