UNB, Dhaka
Chief Justice Ruhul Amin Monday said only an independent judiciary is able to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of the individuals by dispensing justice impartially in strict adherence to the law.
“Human rights are the rights which humans should enjoy and the State have positive duty to safeguard their enjoyments and negative duties not to deny them,” he said at a symposium marking the 59th anniversary of the Human Rights Declaration by the United Nations. The United Nations Association of Bangladesh (UNAB) organised the symposium at Hotel Purbani on Monday afternoon. [Read more]