Rights of Disable Persons: Law and Practice in Bangladesh

Abstract

That the issue of disables is not a well-known issue in the world and specially in a developing country like Bangladesh. Regarding disables legal rights there are a few researches in African and European countries but almost no research has been done in our country. Our state and some NGOs are trying to shout about the rights of disabled persons. And there are a few works done by filing some writ petitions to enforce the disables legal rights in our country. Some new laws and initiatives taken by the state and some international instruments and treaties, conventions are there by United Nations and other international organizations. Different countries including Bangladesh ratified the United Nation conventions. But the problem lies with the enforcing of rights of persons with disabilities through judicial machineries in international and national aspect is narrow. Actually before some decades the issues of disables' rights were addressed as charity. That time a handicapped disabled person used to think they have only rights to get a charity by receiving a wheel chair, otherwise they have no other rights. But now nationally and internationally the themes of the world have changed. At present along with the theme of charity other rights as economical, social and political rights of the disabled persons are included. That present thesis focus on the problems and solutions of the legal rights of disable it may give some valuable inputs in covering up the deficiencies in the study field of Bangladesh and other researchers. It also focuses on human rights of disables' and its laws, other international instruments, disables' rights under multiple legal provisions. This thesis discusses about national and international initiatives to afford the rights of persons with disabilities, different types of disabilities and their legal rights and its practice in Bangladesh. It includes the problems to establish the rights of disable and by analysing the problems we can come to findings how the disable persons can establish their rights in our country and abroad.