Abstract:
Abstract: Enforced disappearance is regarded as State sponsored heinous
crime which emerged recently in Bangladesh. Political oppositions and
differing people are the main target of forced disappearance; however,
civilians are also victim of this offence. Most of the incidents are unsolved
and law enforcing agencies repeatedly denied their involvement with this.
United Nations has adopted an International Convention to eliminate the
offence from the planet. Some other international conventions are also
treated it as crime against humanity. The principal aim of this research
article is to scrutinize and analyze the socio-legal aspects of forced
disappearance and is to suggest a way forward to overcome the
circumstance. To achieve the aim, this paper will closely examine legal
status of enforced disappearance’ in domestic as well as global perspective
and will draw a conclusion to prevent this. However, no criminal laws of
Bangladesh have yet recognized forced disappearance as offence albeit
now it is a reality in Bangladesh. Nevertheless, right to life is one of the key
fundamental rights guaranteed under Bangladesh constitution which is
violated by continuous occurring of this crime. It has huge impact on
victim’s family as well as on the whole society. Hence, Bangladesh needs to
be a state party of the International Convention for the Protection of All
Persons from Enforced Disappearance immediately and needs to legislate a
new law to prevent any sort of state sponsored crime to stop further
consequences. Otherwise, present illegal practice of forced disappearance
will bring massive consequences for the whole nation.
