Human rights abuses in Bangladeshi policing: the protection capacity of National Human Rights Commission

This paper is about human rights and policing in Bangladesh, with special focus on the role of National Human Rights Commission. The protection and promotion of human rights in Bangladesh has become difficult as the law enforcement agencies, particularly the police and the Rapid Action Battalion (RA...

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Main Author: Ahmed, Kamal Uddin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Human rights review
Year: 2017, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 209-226
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Keywords:
Human rights in policing
Culture of impunity
Politicization and corruption
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Summary:This paper is about human rights and policing in Bangladesh, with special focus on the role of National Human Rights Commission. The protection and promotion of human rights in Bangladesh has become difficult as the law enforcement agencies, particularly the police and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), are involved in human rights violations. An overall culture of impunity for human rights violations exists in Bangladesh. The National Human Rights Commission appears to have failed to break the culture of impunity in Bangladeshi politics. This paper explains the reasons why the National Human Rights Commission in Bangladesh largely fails to make the political system in particular law enforcement agencies accountable.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 225-226
ISSN:1874-6306
DOI:10.1007/s12142-017-0449-3