MINORITY RIGHTS IN BANGLADESH: A COMPARATIVE LEGAL ANALYSIS WITH INDIA, PAKISTAN AND CHINA

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to examine the rights of minorities in Bangladesh’s Constitution. The authors argued that Minority Rights should be incorporated especially to that ensure the majority and the minority are on an equal footing. This paper focuses on Bangladesh to illustrate a global problem of Minority groups by comparing it with the states that obtained minority rights in a special manner in their Constitutions and aims to compare it with India, Pakistan, and China. This paper is conducted by using secondary data and the authors of this paper have collected all the data from different sources such books, journals, case laws, case books, newspapers, websites, government regulations, and statutes. The original Constitution of 1972 of Bangladesh exemplified that every person would be treated equally and with dignity and focused on Secularism. Through the cultivation of an understanding and respect for one another, the many subgroups that contain a community should be able to interact with one another and cooperate while yet retaining their distinct identities. Though the Constitution of Bangladesh ensures equality for every citizen, when it comes to the promotion of various cultures, nevertheless, this equality concept could not be followed.