Home COI Report - Bangladesh: Country Focus 4. Impact on the justice sector Table of Contents Acknowledgements Disclaimer Glossary and abbreviations Introduction Methodology Defining the terms of reference Collecting information Quality control Sources Structure and use of the report Terminology Map 1. The student protests 1.1. Background of the protests 1.2. Overview of events in July–August 2024 2. The interim government 2.1. Composition and mandate 2.2. Legislative changes and other decisions 2.3. Reform agenda 2.4. Accountability efforts and arrests 3. Impact on law enforcement 3.1. Law enforcement under the previous government 3.1.1. Capacity and integrity 3.1.2. Involvement in human rights abuse 3.2. Operational status following the power shift 3.3. Impact on actors and their conduct 4. Impact on the justice sector 4.1. The justice system under the previous government 4.2. Operational status following the power shift 4.3. Announced reforms and their implementation 5. Human rights in the administration of justice 5.1. Corporal punishment and the death penalty 5.2. Enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killings 5.3. Treatment of detained individuals 6. Security situation 6.1. Public order, crime and mob violence 6.2. Islamist extremism 6.3. Chittagong Hill Tracts 6.3.1. Violence of Kuki-Chin National Army and the military 6.3.2. Communal violence 6.3.3. Other incidents 7. Socio-economic situation 7.1. National economic and financial situation 7.2. Basic subsistence and employment 7.3. Food security 7.4. Housing 7.5. Healthcare 7.6. Climate-induced displacement 8. Treatment of specific profiles 8.1. Political party activists 8.1.1. Awami League officials and supporters 8.1.2. Violence involving other political parties 8.2. Ethnic and religious minorities 8.2.1. General information 8.2.2. Violence after the fall of the former government 8.2.3. Rohingyas 8.3. Actors of civil society and the media 8.3.1. Civic space under the new government 8.3.2. Treatment of journalists and media workers 8.3.3. Treatment of human rights defenders 8.4. Women and girls 8.4.1. Legislation and representation 8.4.2. Societal attitudes 8.4.3. Announced reforms and their implementation 8.4.4. Violence against women and girls 8.4.5. Access to justice 8.5. LGBTIQ persons 8.5.1. Legislation and treatment by the state 8.5.2. Social attitudes 8.5.3. Reports of discrimination and targeted violence 8.6. Bangladeshi nationals migrating abroad 8.6.1. Migration profile 8.6.2. Illegal money lending 8.6.3. Victims of trafficking in human beings Annex 1: Timeline of the protests in July–August 2024 1–3 July 2024: Initial protests 4–6 July 2024: Protests following the Supreme Court verdict 7–10 July 2024: The ‘Bangla Blockade’, and temporary suspension of the quota 108 11–13 July 2024: Police start intervening, protests continue 14–17 July 2024: Clashes with the Chhatra League and law enforcement 18–19 July 2024: Protests generalise, security forces apply lethal force 20 July 2024: A ‘shoot-on-sight’ curfew 21–30 July 2024: The quota is overturned, protests temporarily ebb 1–3 August 2024: Protests reignite 4–5 August 2024: Last days of protests, Hasina flees the country Annex 2: Bibliography Annex 3: Terms of Reference Citation Please cite as: EUAA, '4. Impact on the justice sector ' in COI Report - Bangladesh: Country Focus, August 2025. Copy Share Print 4.1. The justice system under the previous government 4.2. Operational status following the power shift 4.3. Announced reforms and their implementation Book traversal links for 4. Impact on the justice sector Previous Parent Next
