Rights of our girls and women
Md Nur Khan and Tamanna Hoq Riti On September 25, 2015, at the end of the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the UN General Council drew up Sustainable…
Category Archives: ASK Legal Action
Law on “National Commission for the Rights of Children (NCRC)”: Requesting for feedback on the Draft Law
Bangladesh is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and it has promised to establish a strong monitoring system for the protection and…
ASK challenges land ownership requirement provision in constable recruitment notice
A notice issued by the Police headquarter on 26 November 2015 for the recruitment of trainee recruit constable (male/female) in the Police department asked candidates to attach UP chairman/city corporation/municipality…
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his mission to Bangladesh
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his mission to Bangladesh Link at OHCHR Website: http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/31/18/Add.2
South Asian Members of FORUM-ASIA Welcome Nepal’s New Constitution and Condemn Unofficial Blockade Imposed by India
We, the undersigned human rights organisations from South Asia gathered in Kathmandu on 5 November 2015 to participate in South Asian Members’ Meeting, welcome the new constitution adopted by Nepal’s…
Jakarta Recommendations on Freedom of Expression in the Context of Religion
The Jakarta Recommendations are the outcome of discussions at a regional consultation on “Expression, Opinion and Religious Freedoms in Asia”, held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 3-5 June 2015. Ain o…
High Court ruling: Allegations of Garo woman worker’s gang-rape
In response to the petition by ASK, BLAST, Naripokkho, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and Jatiyo Adivasi Parishad, the High Court issued a rule on 25 May 2015 upon concerned authorities to…
Joint Intervention by ASK,CHTC and others at 14th Session of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The 14th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) took place at UN Headquarters in New York from 20 April-1 May 2015. On 30 April 2015,…
High Court directive to conduct Judicial Inquiry on the eviction of 14 Hindu Families at Barguna district
ASK filed a Public Interest Litigation on the eviction of 14 Hindu Families at Taltoli upazilla, Barguna district which took place on 12 March 2015. The High Court gave following…
