ACCESS TO EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND HEALTHCARE Enforcing economic and social rights in a context of inequality and endemic poverty presents many difficulties. Despite this, the January 2020 decision by the Government of Bangladesh to lift the long-standing ban on education for young Rohingya refugees, to allow schooling for children aged 11-13, is momentous and provides a timely opportunity to encourage entrenchment and enforcement of other economic and social rights. Given the Supreme Court’s historical record of judicial activism towards safeguarding constitutional guarantees by issuing orders to the Government to enforce these rights, Bangladesh’s judiciary is capable of asserting and extending entitlements and protections towards Rohingya living in Bangladesh which stem from domestic law, the Constitution, and international human rights instruments. 62 BE YOND REFU GE: ADVANCING LEG AL PROTECTIONS FOR ROHINGYA C OMMUNITIES IN BANGL ADESH

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