Challenges to women’s rights during pandemic

Bangladesh, along with rest of the world, has been facing unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
24 August 2020

Affidavit in criminal cases must adhere to relevant laws

Section 27(1) of the Nari O Shishu Nirjatan Daman Ain, 2000 and some other criminal laws require ‘affidavit’ to be filed with the complaint petition.
23 August 2020

The shocking culture of extra-judicial killings

Extra-judicial killings have allegedly been carried out by our law enforcement agencies for many years now. The law enforcement officials have all along maintained that the deaths in the incidents are results of either ‘gunfight’ or ‘crossfire’ and are not intentional at all.
17 August 2020

Copyright protection in literary and artistic works

Copyright law protects the interests of creators by giving them property rights over their creations against those who copy, reproduce or otherwise take or use the form in which the original work was expressed.
17 August 2020

August 15: A case against the doctrine of revolutionary legality

Upon the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Nation, on August 15, 1975, the office of the President of Bangladesh was seized and eventually, the government powers were assumed by the usurpers.
17 August 2020

Webinar on ‘Advocacy in Virtual Courts, How Effective for the Litigants’

The Lawyers and Jurists Foundation has given a new facet to the digital world. This platform provides opportunities for an in-depth knowledge of the legal fraternity the various interconnected zones.
16 August 2020

BLAST and Tort Law Project host webinar on compensation for road crashes

13 August 2020 marked the 9th death anniversary of filmmaker Tareque Masud and cinematographer Mishuk Munier, and their colleagues who were killed in a gruesome road crash in 2011.
16 August 2020

Digitising the NGO Affairs Bureau

In the context of Covid-19 pandemic, it is evident that governments worldwide have to adapt to unconventional methods and ensure the
10 August 2020

Evaluation of factoring rule of Bangladesh Bank

Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular on June 25, 2020 allowing factoring in Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh has not yet ratified the UNIDROIT Convention on International Factoring (Ottawa, 28 May 1988).
10 August 2020

On revocation of mailbox for pharmaceutical patents

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz in his book Making Globalization Work showed that the international pharmaceutical patents law, the WTO
10 August 2020

Webinar on successful career in law

The Lawyers & Jurists Foundation has initiated a digital webinar series on ‘Road Map from Legal Studies to a Successful Career’ aimed at providing guidelines to the law students in pursuing a successful career. The first episode of the webinar series was streamed live on a number of platforms, including Facebook, on August 7, 2020.
8 August 2020

ILO Convention on worst forms of child labour receives universal ratification

In a historic moment, the International Labour Organisation Convention on Worst Forms of Child Labour, formally known as Convention No. 182 has received universal ratification - this makes it the first international labour standard to receive universal recognition.
5 August 2020

MFN-Clauses in Investment Agreements and Developing Countries

Since the emergence of International Investment Agreements (IIAs) in 1960s, IIA regime has gone through a myriad of changes in terms of impetus and implication.
27 July 2020

10 Minute School and the freedom of expression

One might wonder whether the series of death threats and abuses hurledat 10 Minute School, an online education platform, allegedly over a comment made by one of its former educators appreciating a post on pro-LGBTQ and videos relating to menstruation and sexual consent posted on its website,
27 July 2020

Any organised crime can only be countered through an effective and multi-stakeholder response

A Russian career diplomat, Mr. Sergey Kapinos is currently the Regional Representative at the UNODC Regional Office for South Asia.
27 July 2020

Digital dialogue on the functioning of the courts during COVID-19

The Lawyers & Jurists Foundation successfully completed its 4th digital dialogue on ‘The Functioning of the Courts during the Pandemic of Covid-19: Issues and Challenges’, which was streamed live from its Facebook page on July 25, 2020.
25 July 2020

Anticipatory bail: gateway to justice and surrender before law

Anticipatory bail, one of the reliefs within the auspices of the criminal justice system, had been more popular in our country before its scope was narrowed down by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in Durnity Daman Commission v Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (2014).
22 July 2020

COVID-19: SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION AND THE NEED FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION SPECIALISM

We are going through the crisis of the century faced by the mankind due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. Most of the countries are implementing drastic lockdown measures as well as travel restrictions, which are creating serious supply-chain disruptions, production delays and distribution slowdowns, resulting in major impediments for many businesses that depend on international supplies.
20 July 2020

Legal and Policy implications on Commerce and Investment during Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the economy around the world. The IMF has identified three areas of the Bangladesh economy that have been hugely impacted by this pandemic.
20 July 2020

Digital payment system to boost up the operation of virtual courts

The Covid-19 crisis has tremendously increased the use of internet and accelerated the digitalisation of many businesses and services through introducing teleworking and video conferencing in different sectors.
13 July 2020