Extrajudicial Killings: the Violation of Human Rights in Bangladesh
International Journal of Environmental Planning and Management Vol. 2, No. 4, 2016, pp. 20-28 http://www.aiscience.org/journal/ijepm ISSN: 2381-7240 (Print); ISSN: 2381-7259 (Online) Extrajudicial Killings: The Violation of Human Rights in Bangladesh Md. Kamruzzaman 1, 2, 4, *, Md. Bashir Uddin Khan 2, Shashi Kanto Das 3 1School of Victimology and Restorative Justice, Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2School of Criminology and Police Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh 3School of Criminology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh 4School of Law, National University, Gazipur, Bangladesh Abstract Respect for human rights lies at the heart of good governance. In a democratic society, it is the responsibility of the State to protect and promote human rights. All State institutions whether they are the police department (RAB), the army, the judiciary or civil administration have a duty to respect human rights, prevent human rights violations, and take active steps for the promotion of human rights. Unfortunately, many a time, while discharging this duty, actions of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) conflict with human rights. They are pressured to get quick results, often with unofficial guarantees that they may use any means possible to accomplish the task at hand. However sometimes they abuse their power by the name of “Crossfire or Extra judicial Killing” which is the violation of Human Rights frequently occurred in Bangladesh. The main objective of the study is to explain the nature of Cross Fire in Bangladesh. This is qualitative study and data were collected from various secondary sources which included police statistics, the United Nations special procedure mandate holders various non- governmental organization’s information and also daily newspaper from many aspects of incidents.
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