Human Rights in Bangladesh 2005
Contents: Glossary and acronyms. Acknowledgement. Introduction: Governance for human rights/Hameeda Hossain. I. Governance: 1. Impact of global economic institutions and policies on poverty, social and gender justice/Atiur Rahman. 2. Legislative and institutional developments/Sara Hossain and Muhammad Amirul Haq. 3. Judicial protection of human rights/Sara Hossain, Muhammad Amirul Haq and Edward Carlson. 4. Right to information and freedom of expression/Kartick Chandra Mandal, Farzana Naim and Sanjida Sobhan. II. Civil and political rights: 5. Freedom from torture, cruel and ill treatment and arbitrary arrest/Tapos Bandhu Das. 6. Right to freedom of assembly and movement/Edward Carlson. 7. Prison conditions/Mohammed Tipu Sultan. III. Social and economic rights: 8. The right to food/Surabhi Chopra. 9. The right to shelter/Salma A. Shafi. 10. Challenges for quality secondary education/Education Watch CAMPE. 11. The right to health care/Simeen Mahmud. 12. Safety at work/BILS. 13. Workers in export shrimp production/Sofia Larsson. IV. Discrimination: 14. One step forward, two steps back? Women\'s Rights in 2005/Dina M. Siddiqi. 15. Child domestic workers/Gita Chakraborty. V. On the margins: 16. Indigenous peoples/Sanjeeb Drong. 17. Religious minorities/Tasneem Kalil. 18. The socially excluded/Faruq Hasan. VI. Environment: 19. PRSP and environment/Mahbuba Nasreen.
"Human Rights in Bangladesh 2005 offers an annual assessment of the situation of human rights in relation to governance deriving from global and national determinants. The chapters indicate the range of human rights issues addressed in this volume." (jacket)
