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.
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BE YOND REFU GE: ADVANCING LEG AL PROTECTIONS FOR ROHINGYA C OMMUNITIES IN BANGL ADESH
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