Panel Lawyers in Chittagong Oriented on Trafficking Case Proceeding!

 

With joint initiative of Winrock International and National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO) one District Legal Aid Panel Lawyers’ Awareness Raising on Trafficking in Persons and Protection of Victims’ Rights in Bangladesh held on 27th August at Zila Parishad Hall Room, Chittagong.

The training aims at increasing understanding and awareness of District Legal panel lawyers in dealing with the cases involving trafficking victims and their families and traffickers, in accordance to the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act, 2012 as well as promote safe migration. 

 A total number of 47 district legal aid panel lawyers from different 11 district under Chittagong division attended the event. The following graphics illustrates the number of participant’s desegregated by district, male and female:

The awareness raising program helps the district legal aid panel lawyers having the necessary knowledge and skills to enabling them a clear understanding of how the crime of human trafficking works within the framework trafficking phase and element of trafficking, understanding about distinguish between human trafficking and human smuggling as well as enabling to list the immediate needs of victims and identify available sources of assistance. It also helps the participant remaining their role and responsibilities in ending impunity for traffickers and securing justice for victims as well as promotes effective collaboration with related criminal justice stakeholders.

The training was facilitated by Advocate Shahanur Islam, Prosecution Manager, BC/TIP and SM. Mohammad Ali, Deputy Solicitor, Law and Justice Division, MoLJPA. Mr. Al Amin Matubbar, Deputy Director, NLASO and Ms. Irinel Cocos, Chief of Party, BC/TIP were also present during the program. The training was financed by USAID's bangladesh Counter Trafficking in Persons Program.

Panel Lawyers Awareness on Human Trafficking in Jessore

 

District Legal Aid Panel Lawyers’’ Awareness Raising on Trafficking in Persons and Protection of Victims’ Rights in Bangladesh held on 23rd July Jessore Circuit House, Jessore.The training aims at increasing understanding and awareness of District Legal Aid Officers in dealing with the cases
involving trafficking victims and their families and traffickers, in accordance to the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act, 2012. 

Mr. Md. Israil Hossain, Senior District and Sessions Judge, Jessore was honored to present the program as Chief guest, where Mr. Md. Rafiqul Islam, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jessore and SM Mohammad Ali, Deputy Solicitor, Law and Justice Division, MoLJPA were present as special guest. 

All the guests are emphasized to prompt disposal of trafficking cases. They also empathized to provide gov’t legal aid to the victim of trafficking as most of them are unable to bear the cost of legal procedure. A total number of 47 district legal aid panel lawyers from different 10 district under Khulna division attended the event. 

The awareness raising program helps the district legal aid panel lawyers having the necessary knowledge and skills to enabling them a clear understanding of how the crime of human trafficking works within the framework trafficking phase and element of trafficking, understanding about distinguish between human trafficking and human smuggling as well as enabling to list the immediate needs of victims and identify available sources of assistance. It also helps the participant remaining their role and responsibilities in ending impunity for traffickers and securing justice for victims as well as and promotes effective collaboration with related criminal justice stakeholders. 

The training was facilitated by Dipta Rakshit, technical Team Leader, BC/TIP, SM. Mohammad Ali, Deputy Solicitor, Law and Justice Division, MoLJPA and Advocate Shahanur Islam, Prosecution Manager, BC/TIP

Presents KeyNote Paper on “Roles of DLAC in combating TIP”

 

On 26th June 2016, in Mymensing, District Legal Aid Office organised one seminar on “Roles of District Legal Aid Committees in combating TIP”. The seminar aimed at increase the awareness of the DLAC members about their role in the prevention of TIP and protection of victims through legal aid and referral. With the participation of by Mr. Aminul Islam, District and Sessions Judge,
Mymensing, as the presiding authority, a total number of thirty-six (36) members of DLAC including judges

,judicial magistrates, prison officials, Upazila and Union Parishad chairmen and members, civil society representatives, NGO working in TIP prevention and with victims of trafficking in persons, attend the seminar. During the seminar, the District Legal Aid Office has been assigned one TIP case for proving legal aid. 

Advocate Shahanur Islam, Prosecution Manager, BC/TIP along with Supria Rahman, Legal Aid Officer, Mymensing presented the keynote paper at the seminar.

District Legal Aid Officers Oriented on Human Trafficking

An Awareness Raising on Trafficking in Persons and Protection of Victims’ rights for District Legal Aid Officers and Officers of National Legal Aid Services Organisation (NLASO) conducted on 6th June 2016.The training was jointly organised with NLASO at the Spectra Convention Centre, Dhaka in June 2016 under the MoU Signed with NLASO.

The half day awareness training was aimed at increasing understanding and awareness of District Legal Aid Officers about cases involving trafficking victims, their families, and traffickers, in accordance with the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act, 2012 and National Legal Aid Services Act 2000.

A total number of 26 district legal aid officers and NLASO officers who are equivalent to assistant judge, senior assistant judge as well as joint district and sessions’ judge from 21 different districts attended the event. 

The awareness program was coordinated by Shahanur Islam, Prosecution Manager, BC/TIP that was chaired by Mr. Abdullah Al Amin, Director, National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO). Mr. Mustafijur Rahman, Additional Secretary, Law and Justice Division under MoLJPA graced the event as chief guest and Mr. David Dobrowolski, Senior Director, Civil Society and Education, Winrock International attended as special guest.

Prosecutors in Sylhet Trained on Protection of TIP Victims’ Rights

Prosecutors in Sylhet Trained on Protection of TIP Victims’ Rights

With the aims to raise awareness about the crime of human trafficking as a serious crime and a violation of human rights, and to enhance the capability and skills of prosecutors to adequately detect trafficking cases and implement existing anti-trafficking legislation to end impunity for traffickers and securing justice for victims,

prosecutors training on trafficking in persons and protection of victims’ rights conducted in Sylhet.

The training were held at Hotel Rose View in Sylhet on 10-11 June 2016 respectively. A total number of 20 Public Prosecutor, Additional Public Prosecutor, Special Public Prosecutor and Assistant Public Prosecutors from different 4 Districts under the Sylhet division attended the training.

  

The training sessions were interactive with vigorous discussions, questions and answers, group work, presentations and demonstrations which increased the awareness of the crime of trafficking among non-specialist prosecutors and strengthened their capacity to recognize and understand the basic legal concepts, trial issues, and practical concerns that arise in TIP cases.

Prosecutors’ training help the participant to increase  their knowledge on human trafficking laws and prosecution technicalities.

The training was facilitated by Ms. Irinel Cocos, Chief of Party BC/TIP, Ms. Dipta Rakshit, Technical team Leader and Mr. Shahanur Islam, Prosecution Manager, BC/TIP.