UNB, Dhaka :
The High Court has asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to bring in its notice through the due process if the government ignores its recommendations over human rights violations.
The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Rajik Al Jalil came up with the order on Monday in a seven-point directive for the commission.
The directives were issued after the final
hearing of a writ petition filed over the torture of domestic help Khadiza at Mirpur in the city in 2013.
After a national daily published a report on the torture incident, Children Charity Foundation sent a letter to the NHRC to take necessary legal steps against the torture on Khadija.
After five years on December 22, 2018, the Children Charity Foundation filed the writ petition challenging the NHRC’s inaction regarding Khadiza’s complaints. On January 9, the High Court issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain to why the failure of the NHRC to provide an appropriate remedy for incidents of human rights violations should not be declared illegal. Barrister Abdul Halim appeared for the writ petitioner while Advocate Israt Hasan coordinated him.
The High Court has asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to bring in its notice through the due process if the government ignores its recommendations over human rights violations.
The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Rajik Al Jalil came up with the order on Monday in a seven-point directive for the commission.
The directives were issued after the final
hearing of a writ petition filed over the torture of domestic help Khadiza at Mirpur in the city in 2013.
After a national daily published a report on the torture incident, Children Charity Foundation sent a letter to the NHRC to take necessary legal steps against the torture on Khadija.
After five years on December 22, 2018, the Children Charity Foundation filed the writ petition challenging the NHRC’s inaction regarding Khadiza’s complaints. On January 9, the High Court issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain to why the failure of the NHRC to provide an appropriate remedy for incidents of human rights violations should not be declared illegal. Barrister Abdul Halim appeared for the writ petitioner while Advocate Israt Hasan coordinated him.
