In Bangladesh law enforcing agencies includes, Police, Army, Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB), Industrial police, Highway police, CID, SB, 11 Training institutes, 6 Metropolitan Police, 7 Range, Railway Range, and the Special Women Police Contingent (SWPC).
Published in Chapter:
Crossfire and Violation of Human Rights in Bangladesh: A Critical Review
Md. Awal Hossain Mollah (University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3479-3.ch102
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine the state of violation of human rights by crossfire through law enforcing agencies in Bangladesh. Though the law enforcing agencies are primarily responsible for maintaining the law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens and prevention and detection of crime to establish rule of law in a society, however, the violation of human rights by the law enforcing agencies in Bangladesh has increased severely for the last few years. This paper critically examines the existing legal framework of governing the law enforcing agency, causes of violation of human rights and finally pinpoint some recommendations for the eradication of the pitfalls of security forces.