Extra judicial killings is the violation of the constitutional mandate and other international instruments :Bangladesh perspective.

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to analyses Bangladesh's situation of extra judicial killings by reviewing both national and international human rights law. Furthermore, this research will also describe the recourse available to the family of the victim for extrajudicial killing by law enforcement agencies, especially the Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion. This is a qualitative analysis in which the cases of extra judicial killings in Bangladesh, human rights instruments, and judicial activism for the defence of human rights have been reported by both primary and secondary sources. This research would demonstrate immunity for law enforcement agencies by raising the number of extrajudicial killings of civilians by violating the Constitutional and International Human Rights Law on 'right to life.' State sovereignty should not impede the application of international law, but Bangladesh's judiciary must be more effective in protecting citizens' human rights, in addition to bringing criminal prosecution against members of law enforcement agencies by providing "effective and adequate" redress to the family of the victim. This research will only deal with the UDHR and the ICCPR while analyzing the 'right to life' under the International Human Rights Conventions, as those Conventions have been ratified by Bangladesh. This research would add value to the identification of citizens' existing rights under domestic and international law and to the introduction of new legislation by finding that there is a lack of current legislation in Bangladesh to protect the right to life and address extrajudicial killings.