Child protection can ensure better future

Think Legal Bangladesh, an online legal resource platform based at www.thinklegalbangladesh.com, held the second Lecture in its Think Legal Lecture Series last Saturday, 9th May, 2015 at Dhanmondi's EMK Centre. The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Imman Ali, a Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, delivered the lecture on the topic “Rights of Children in Bangladesh & the Children Act, 2013”. Barrister Mustafizur Rahman Khan, an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, moderated the lecture. High Court judges, eminent legal practitioners from top law firms of the country, academics and students attended the event.  

The Think Legal Lecture Series is an initiative to add to the knowledge pool by generating new legal content from renowned experts in our jurisdiction. Justice Ali's lecture began with an introduction to the concept of special needs of children in the justice system. He took the audience through the newly enacted Children Act, 2013, and its various aspects, some of its encouraging improvements and some gaping holes especially when it comes to implementation of the Act for the benefit of children. 

Justice Ali advocates a paradigm shift from the role of courts being purely punitive to being a holistic effort geared to ensure the proper well-being and guidance of a child who enters the justice system. Justice Ali cited attitude of the society towards children, especially those from poorer backgrounds, as an impediment to the proper enforcement of their rights and called for a better understanding and appreciation of children. 

Barrister Mustafizur Rahman Khan summed up and requested all to invest in the future of children to ensure a better future for everyone. Overwhelmed with the immense interest shown from the guests and a significant turn-out at Saturday's event, team Think Legal, aims to continue the lecture series with distinguished speakers speaking on pressing issues of law.
 

Think Legal team.