Human rights in Bangladesh : past, present and futures / edited by Imtiaz Ahmed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ahmed, Imtiaz, 1958- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Bangladesh.

Human rights.

Bangladesh.

Physical Description:

xvi, 373 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Dhaka : The University Press Limited, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A compilation of twelve essays on the state of human rights in Bangladesh, present, past and future trend.

Contents:

Introduction / Imtiaz Ahmed

Human rights in Bengal : Atish Dipankar to Sufis / Syed Anwar Husain

Akbar : Bengal and the rights of the subjects / Md. Akhtaruzzaman

Aurangzeb, intolerance and other misunderstandings / Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman

Colonial contribution to human rights : progressive or regressive / Iftekhar Iqbal

Human rights in the nation state / Hameeda Hossain

Electoral democracy and human rights in Bangladesh / Ali Riaz

Extrajudicial killings and human rights / A.S.M. Ali Ashraf

Rights based approach to development and right to land / M.M. Akash

Refusing the doctrine of human rights : retrieving signs of "plurality of resistance" / Syed Jamil Ahmed

Rooting women's rights as humane rights / Amena Mohsin

Rethinking human rights education / Saima Ahmed

Managing diversity in a dystopian world : can post-national politics make a difference? / Imtiaz Ahmed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789845061520

9845061524

OCLC:

899148220