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Justice calls for change in bail concept

Attorney general tells women lawyers' congress

Staff Correspondent
The age-old concept of bail in the judicial system needs to be changed to ensure justice, said Attorney General AF Hassan Ariffyesterday.
"After receiving bail, most of the accused try to intimidate witnesses, ■which blocks the true course of justice," he told the inaugural session of the Fifth Women Lawyers' Congress on Democracy, Good Governance and Empowerment of Women, organised at a city hotel by Khan Foundation, an NGO.
The attorney general said law-enforcement agencies should be reformed to make their
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investigations more credible and effective.
The chief guest of the session, Chief Justice Syed JR Muddassir Husain, said, "We must ensure equal rights for women for true democracy. Judges by their professional capacity can play an effective role in it."
Australian High Commissioner Lorraine Barker said a human-rights commission, separation of judiciary from the executive and an independent anti-corruption bureau are central to accountability, which in turn would lead to good governance.
"Increasing reserved seats for women in parliament alone will hardly play any role in women's empowerment in Bangladesh," the Australian envoy noted, adding the issue of abject poverty also must be addressed, as it was closely related to women's empowerment.
German Ambassador Dietrich Andreas said the laws need to be fully implemented to combat violence against women.
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas emphasised clear access to justice and instituting the rule of law which he said would safeguard not only women's rights but civil rights.
On the separation of judiciary, Thomas said: "The government has extended the time for implementing the Supreme Court's verdict for the 19th time, and I hope this would be the last."
Advisor of Khan Foundation and Minister for Science and Information and Communications Technology Abdul Moyeen Khan, who presided over the session, said certain decisions have already been taken for separation of the judiciary.
Khan Foundation Executive Director Rokhsana Khondker and Appellate Division Justice Mohammed Fazlul Karim also spoke.