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Rape: A Deprivation of Women's Rights in Bangladesh

Rape: A Deprivation of Women's Rights in Bangladesh Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law 1: 1-48, 2004. © 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV. Printed in the Netherlands RAPE: A DEPRIVATION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN BANGLADESH Afroza Begum ∗ 1. Introduction Article 32 of the Constitution of Bangladesh provides that no person shall be deprived of life and personal liberty save in accordance with law. 1 The current judicial practice has begun to link the right to life with human dignity, moving well beyond a mere existence. 2 Physical and emotional assaults which occur in incidents of rape clearly violate that dignity. 3 In Bangladesh, a number of statutes are in place to deter rape with stringent punishment such as imprisonment for life and death sentence. Notwithstanding these, laws seem to have little impact in preventing rape. Every day, about 10 women on average are violated, many of them as young as six years of age. 4 According to a recent study, in one Union (Lower Administrative Unit) under the Division of Chittagong, about 500 women were raped in one month. 5 It is further disturbing to observe that the offenders photographed and videotaped the victim when being gang raped and later marketed those. 6 ∗ http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1388-1906
eISSN
1571-8158
DOI
10.1163/1571815043075184
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Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law 1: 1-48, 2004. © 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV. Printed in the Netherlands RAPE: A DEPRIVATION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN BANGLADESH Afroza Begum ∗ 1. Introduction Article 32 of the Constitution of Bangladesh provides that no person shall be deprived of life and personal liberty save in accordance with law. 1 The current judicial practice has begun to link the right to life with human dignity, moving well beyond a mere existence. 2 Physical and emotional assaults which occur in incidents of rape clearly violate that dignity. 3 In Bangladesh, a number of statutes are in place to deter rape with stringent punishment such as imprisonment for life and death sentence. Notwithstanding these, laws seem to have little impact in preventing rape. Every day, about 10 women on average are violated, many of them as young as six years of age. 4 According to a recent study, in one Union (Lower Administrative Unit) under the Division of Chittagong, about 500 women were raped in one month. 5 It is further disturbing to observe that the offenders photographed and videotaped the victim when being gang raped and later marketed those. 6 ∗

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Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the LawBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2004

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