Justice M A Matin is a retired Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was appointed as Additional

Dr. Ridwanul Hoque is Professor of Law at the University of Dhaka. He was a Commonwealth Scholar at SOAS, University of London,

Prashanto Chandra Sen is an Advocate practicing in the Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court for 19 years. His practice

Dr. Mohammad Shahabuddin is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, UK. He was the founder

Sameer Sattar is one of the leading commercial lawyers in Bangladesh. Recently, he has been ranked in Band 1 by Chambers &

Khandaker Farzana Rahman is a Lecturer at the Department of Criminology, University of Dhaka. Her research interest includes

Law Desk: 'Stand up for someone's rights today' is the slogan of this year's World Human Rights Day. How do you plan to materialise the mandate of this slogan in the context of Bangladesh?

Law Desk (LD): Your invention on virtual crime scene technology has garnered incredible attention from all over the world. When you were working, did you expect it to be so overwhelming?

Judges of our highest Court must be chosen through a process on the basis of meritocracy having ethical and moral competence fortified with courage and conviction to uphold the constitutional values and having ability to dispense justice without fear or favour.

Barrister M. Amir-Ul Islam, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, was one of the members in the Drafting Committee of the Constitution of Bangladesh in 1972. He was also the drafter of the Proclamation of Independence in 1971.

Freedom of the press may generally be defined as freedom of publishing one's expression and speech either in print or electronic media without being subject to intimidation or censorship.

Professor Dr. Mohammad Towhidul Islam teaches intellectual property law at the University of Dhaka and has published

In some areas Bangladesh is actually surpassing other SAARC Nations; in relation to a number of indicators of gender equality. For example, in many areas like girls' enrolment in primary and secondary schools, maternal mortality figures or women's entry into the work place, Bangladesh has excelled above many of its SAARC neighbours.

Dr. Md. Ershadul Karim is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya in Malaysia, and holds a PhD from the same

Kashif A. Khan is the Executive Director of Insight Bangladesh Foundation, an organisation specialising on research of ICT advancement & technology modulation. Adib Shamsuddin from Law Desk talks with him on the following issues.

The Honourable Justice Muhammad Imman Ali was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, High Court Division in February 2001 and Appellate Division in February 2011. Previously, he had been Deputy Attorney General for Bangladesh from September 1998 to February 2001. On December 2014, he was honoured with the 'Juvenile Justice without Borders' International Award by the IJJO for his dedication to the protection of children's rights. He has become an inspiring example of the defence of children's rights for many countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Nazrul Islam is the Bangladesh Country Director for Relief International (RI), a US based international non-government organization that provides development services in more than 20 countries.

Compared to the other countries, good number of laws exist in Bangladesh, specifically addressing violence against woman .