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Travel Ban on the Accused: The Current Legal Regime in Bangladesh  

Every citizen of Bangladesh has the right to leave and re-enter the country as guaranteed by Article 36 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (Constitution). Minimum curtailment of this fundamental right except as provided by law will be a violation of the constitutional mandate. As an accused person is presumed innocent until […]
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  1. Criminal Law
  2. Law on Bail

Conditional Bail: A Common but Illegal Practice Needs to be Legalized

Bail has been established as a method for an accused person to be released from public custody and placed in private custody. However, for many years, courts have granted bail to the accused with an additional burden of restriction, and bail that is accompanied by such restriction or condition is referred to as conditional bail. […]
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  1. Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice to Address the Causes and Consequences of Sexual Harassment: Bangladesh Context

Traditional criminal justice system observes crime as a violation of law and the central focus of this system is to punish offenders. However, certain crimes are not only against the law, but also against individuals and interpersonal relationships, and in order to handle such crimes, social, psychological, and relational injuries must be recognized alongside material […]
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  1. Law of Nationality

The Question of Rights of a Child of Unknown Nationality and Obligations of Netherlands under ICCPR

The United Nations Human Rights Committee (Committee)  in Zhao v the Netherlands ruled that Netherlands violated a child’s right to nationality by not acknowledging Denny Zhao, a child born in the Netherlands but registered with an unknown nationality in the Dutch Civil registry of Utrecht. The registry not only denied him the Dutch nationality but […]
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  1. International Trade Law

India’s Escapade with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

The world’s largest Free Trade agreement that includes nearly 30% of the world’s population and GDP was signed on 15 November 2020. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) includes ten ASEAN Countries, Australia, China, and New Zealand. The new regulatory system will take effect in 2022, with tariffs returning to 2014 rates. This agreement was […]
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  1. Right to Abortion

Right of Abortion under Attack in Poland: Analysis in Light of a Recent Court Decision

A Judgment by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal (CT) dated 22 October 2020 (ref. K1/20) marked the dark day for Polish women and their reproductive rights as it banned abortions in case of fetal abnormalities. Abortion laws in Poland are codified in The Family Planning, Human Embryo Protection and Conditions of Permissibility of Abortion Act, 1993 […]
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  1. Customary Law

The Role of Traditional Laws of Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the Context of Bangladesh

Customary law plays an important role in many indigenous communities. In Bangladesh, there are many indigenous groups who are practicing their own customary laws since generations. They have their own customs and rituals which regulate their social disputes.  During the drafting of the constitution, Shri Manabendra Narayan Larma, a member of the constituent assembly, demanded […]
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Establishing Consensual Sex as Rape Retrospectively upon Breach of the Promise to Marry: Laws and Practice

Nowadays, a highly pertinent issue regarding the definition of rape is frequently being discussed. From a general viewpoint, a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman without her consent is said to commit rape. However, a consensual sex shall also be regarded as rape if the consent given by the woman is obtained by […]
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Towards a Bangladesh Model BIT: The Chevron Dues and the Case for Reform

In April 2025, Bangladesh’s state-owned gas company Petrobangla cleared all of Chevron’s outstanding gas bills from previous years. Within days of this payment, Petrobangla formally urged Chevron to resume work on the stalled $65 million Jalalabad compressor project. Petrobangla Chairman told the press, ‘…we have already cleared all outstanding arrear payments of Chevron Bangladesh.’ Chevron […]
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The 15th Amendment Case before the High Court Division: An Analytical Perspective

Background On 17 December 2024, the High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) delivered a historic judgment regarding the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act No. XIV of 2011). The 15th Amendment removed the Non-Party Caretaker Government (NPCG) system for conducting general elections and made numerous other constitutional changes. This write-up […]
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