Despite a return to democracy in December 1990, the Bangladesh Army remains “the power behind the throne” in Dhaka. Its control over the security forces is absolute. A large number of senior positions in the Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force are served by Army officers as per Section 2A of the Army Act of […]
This report chronicles as to how the United Nations Human Rights Council considered the issue of female foeticide in India under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of India’s human rights record during the third cycle of the UPR held in May 2017. In its National report, the Government of India raised the issue and that […]
Indian society is infamous for son preference and discrimination against the girl child leading to female foeticide and female infanticide. According to the Government of India, “Some of the reasons for neglect of girl child and low child sex ratio are son preference and the belief that it is only the son who can […]
