The Protection of Children in Bangladesh from Cruelty

Abstract

As human being, children have the right to grow up in safe, warm, peaceful, secured and friendly environment by facilitating them basic human rights. The general laws and the constitution of Bangladesh entitle children to equal rights and status to those of men in public life. But yet children in Bangladesh suffer multiple form of violence including domestic violence, rape, death, sexual harassment, suicide, forced marriage, trafficking and other psychological and financial oppressions. So, from this point of view this research is an attempt to discuss the existing laws relating to children in Bangladesh and the gap of the law. The present paper using information from different statutes relating to children examines the lacunae, shortcoming, ambiguity, strengths of the existing laws and to suggest some recommendations for taking step to remove the shortcomings to make the law more effective so that the law can save the children. Keywords: Protection, Children in Bangladesh, Cruelty, Legal Analysis