Your Advocate

This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a
26 February 2018

THE RTI MECHANISM: Issues of public interest and time duration

Right to information has been the foundational basis of all rights. The UN General Assembly declared this right during its very first
26 February 2018

Enforcement of contract in Bangladesh

Enforcement of Contract' is a very important regime of the Ease of Doing Business Ranking of the World Bank held every year. In 2018,
19 February 2018

Multilingual education for future

International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
19 February 2018

Learning land law comprehensively

LAND Law: Texts, Cases & Materials by Dr. Mohammad Towhidul Islam, Professor of Law at University of Dhaka, is the reflection of the
19 February 2018

Through the specs of law, language and others

In the post World War I era, self-determination emerged as a purely political concept and not as a norm of international law.
19 February 2018

Legally regulating spam

Due to limitless potentials and government's patronisation in line with the vision of 'Digital Bangladesh', burgeoning scale of ICT-
12 February 2018

AFTERMATH OF KHALEDA et al VERDICT Will Khaleda be disqualified for the next election?

After the Zia Orphanage Trust decision, many see the end of eventful political career of ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia where she has
12 February 2018

Jessup national round held at IUB

Eastern University wins the Bangladesh National Round, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 2018 and BRAC
12 February 2018

Conference on Human Rights in Digital Age held at BRACU

On 5 February, 2018 a daylong conference was held on “Framing Perspectives: Re-thinking Human Rights in the Digital Age” at GDLN Centre, BRAC University (BRACU).
10 February 2018

Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation

Reflecting deep-rooted inequality between the sexes, and constituting an extreme form of discrimination against women and girls,
5 February 2018

PLATFORM FOR TORT LAW

Threatening and causing of physical injury, incidents of medical negligence, malpractice by lawyers, defamation by libel or slander,
5 February 2018

Women migrant workers facing the continuum of exploitation

Ann Stewart is a Professor of Law at the University of Warwick. She researches and teaches in the area of gender and law with a
5 February 2018

MoFA and UNW jointly host national symposium on women, peace and security

Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and UN Women (UNW) jointly organised a National Symposium on 29-30 January 2018, to further the development of a National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). The NAP, which will include time-bound goals for the advancement of women's participation and rights, with indicators to measure success, is being developed by a working group of eight Government ministries and divisions led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
31 January 2018

Urge to enact privacy and data protection law

In the global information economy, personal data have become the fuel driving much of current online activity. Every
29 January 2018

Remembering the victims of holocaust

Every year on 27 January, the world community pays tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and
29 January 2018

Conserving wildlife in Bangladesh

Wildlife effectively encompasses all forms of life, whether plant or animal which are found wild in nature and also
29 January 2018

ECONOMICS OF BURNING 'CURRENT JAL'

Governments of different times have taken a number of steps to protect our very own national heritage Hilsa fish
29 January 2018

Symposium on the Rohingya crisis held at BILIA

The Rohingyas continue to be the most persecuted ethnic minority on earth, and have been subjected to discrimination and systematic violence for decades. Rohingya influx is nothing new in Bangladesh; but what was exceptional in 2017 was the magnitude of the crisis.
27 January 2018

NILS-EWU jointly organised the 2nd workshop on legal research and advocacy skills

The Network for International Law Students (NILS) Bangladesh, in collaboration with Department of Law, East West University (EWU), organised the 2nd edition of the ‘Workshop on Legal Research and Advocacy Skills’ on January 26, 2018.
27 January 2018