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  • Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) (2007) Human Rights in Bangladesh 2006 (Dhaka, Bangladesh: University
    Press Ltd.)
  • Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) (2007) Workers’ Human Rights in the Construction Sector
    of Bangladesh (Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS), BILS-LO/LTF Project,
    Status Report).
  • Banks, Cyndi (2007) “The Discourse of Children's Rights in Bangladesh: International Norms and Local
    Definitions”, International Journal of Children’s Rights, Vol. 15, No. 3/4, pp. 391-414.
  • Chowdhury, Omar Haider (2008) “The right to health in Bangladesh”, in: Stephen P. Marks (ed.) The Right
    to Health in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard School of Public Health) Chapter 3.
  • Cusack, Simone and Rebecca J. Cook (2007) Review of: "Honour" - Crimes, Paradigms, and Violence
    against Women; edited by Lynn Welchman and Sara Hossan (London: Zed Books), Human Rights
    Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 2 (May), pp. 524-533.
  • Das, T. K. and S. M. H. Z. Islam (2007) “Rampant Corruption and the Violation of Human Rights in
    Bangladesh”, Journal of Social Studies, No. 116, pp. 54-63.
  • Godbole, Girish (2007) Corporate Social Responsibility and Children's Rights in South Asia (Stockholm,
    Sweden: Save the Children Sweden).
  • Harun-ur-Rashid (2007) “Importance of Human Rights & Proposed Bangladesh Human Rights
    Commission”, Dhaka, Bangladesh: UNDP Bangladesh, Policy Dialogue, No. 10 (April).
  • Hossain, Hameeda (2008) Critique of the Human Rights Ordinance in Bangladesh 2008: A Human Rights
    Commission must have effective Powers (Colombo, Sri Lanka: South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR)).
  • International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) (2008) Labour Rights in the Supply Chain and
    Corporate Social Responsibility (Paris, France: International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Report
    of an FIDH Mission to Bangladesh in the context of FIDH / Carrefour cooperation, June).
  • Kamal, Sultana (2007) “The history of eviction and protection/violation of slum dwellers’ rights”, Dhaka,
    Bangladesh: UNDP Bangladesh, Policy Dialogue, No. 6 (February 20).
  • Rahman, M. Ashiqur (2007) “Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in Bangladesh: Reconciling the Issues of
    Human Rights, Indigenous Rights and Environmental Governance” in: M. Faizul Islam and Syed Saad
    Andaleeb (eds.), Development Issues of Bangladesh-III: Human Development and Quality of Life (Dhaka,
    Bangladesh: University Press Ltd.), pp. 355-378.
  • Rahman, Syedur (2007) “Towards Institution Building in Bangladesh: Trends in Democracy and Human
    Rights”, in: Syed Saad Andaleeb (ed.), Political Culture in Bangladesh: Perspectives and Analyses (Dhaka:
    University Press Ltd.),pp. 125-147 (Chapter 5); previously published in Journal of Bangladesh Studies,
    Vol. 3, No. 2 (2001), pp. 11-23.
  • Schuler, Sidney Ruth; Lisa M. Bates; and Farzana Islam (2008) “Women’s Rights, Domestic Violence, and
    Recourse Seeking in Rural Bangladesh”, Violence Against Women, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 326-345.
  • South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) (2007) The State of Human Rights in Bangladesh January-June
    2007 (Colombo, Sri Lanka: South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR)).
  • South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) (2008) The State of Human Rights in Bangladesh January-June,
    2008 (Colombo, Sri Lanka: South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR)).
  • U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2008) Bangladesh - Country
    Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2007 (Washington, DC, USA: U.S. Department of State, March 11).
  • White, Sarah C. (2007) “Children's Rights and the imagination of community In Bangladesh”, Childhood,
    Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 505-520.
Publications of the Moment

Recognizing
Human Rights Day (December 10, 2008)
the BDRC provides new publications related to
Human Rights and Bangladesh