Special Report: Inexistent Rule of Law in Bangladesh Vol. 13 – No. 02, Vol. 13 – No. 03 This issue is also avaliable in PDF format. To download the PDF File, click here: http://alrc.asia/article2/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/v13n02.pdf Table of contents Introduction: The Rule of Law does not exist in Bangladesh Inexistent Rule of Law in Bangladesh – Rule of Law in Bangladesh: Normative standards and reality’s mirror Vested Interest: The ‘Human Rights’ practices of political parties Constitutional disaster & ‘legal’ impunity: Constitutional amendments in perspective Wild West in the East: Four stories of State persecution Forty seven cases of unresolved killing, torture and disappearance in five years ‘The rulers do not believe in human dignity’ ‘Weak electoral process perpetuates conflict’ ‘The government survives as hostages in the hands of law enforcement agencies’ ‘The criminal justice system is useless’ ‘Independence of the judiciary was never ensured’ ‘Disappearance becomes a means to settle political differences’ ‘On torture… no comment’ Parallel Event at the UN HRC on the Rule of Law in Bangladesh
