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The government enacted the anti-torture law, called Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, in 2013. However, torture is widely used by Bangladeshi security forces, including the police, paramilitary and military. [44] In 2017, the police asked the prime minister to scrap the anti-torture law. [45]
In 2017, Bangladesh Police demanded that the Government of Bangladesh repeal the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act. [4] [5] Bangladesh Police also requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to amend the law to allow bail for law enforcement officers charged under the act. [6] The Daily Star reported in 2020 that the people were too ...
The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (commonly known as the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT)) is an international human rights treaty under the review of the United Nations that aims to prevent torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment around the world.
This was the first verdict in Bangladesh under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013 and was described by The Daily Star as a "historic verdict". [7] The verdict was praised by Mia Seppo, United Nations resident coordinator, and Earl R. Miller, ambassador of the United States to Bangladesh. [8]
In 1973 the newly independent government of Bangladesh passed a law, the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act (ICT Act 1973), to authorise the investigation and prosecution of the persons responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and other crimes under international law committed in 1971. The act was a complete in itself. [35]
Bangladesh joined the Convention against Torture in 1998 and it enacted its first anti-torture law, the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, in 2013. The first conviction under this law was announced in 2020. [136] Amnesty International Prisoners of Conscience from Bangladesh have included Saber Hossain Chowdhury and Shahidul Alam.
The reservation grounds were that Bangladesh would apply it "in consonance with the existing laws and legislation of the country." [16] Bangladesh has not yet ratified or acceded to several International Human Rights Treaties. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: 1976 was ratified in 2000. [17]
The Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) entered into force on 22 June 2006 as an important addition to the UNCAT. As stated in Article 1, the purpose of the protocol is to "establish a system of regular visits undertaken by independent international and national bodies to places where people are deprived of their liberty, in order to prevent torture and other cruel ...