The National Human Rights Commission's chairman, Mizanur Rahman, on Tuesday suggested that the parliamentary special committee on constitutional amendment include specific constitutional provisions to ensure punishment of anyone for torture or inhuman treatment of any person.
He made the proposal at a consultation meeting with the committee at the Sangsad Bhaban where he said that Article 35(5) of the Constitution should be amended in this regard, said meeting sources.
'As per Article 35(5) of the Constitution, no person can be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment. But this is going on unabated,' he told New Age after the meeting, adding that he had requested the committee to insert provisions for specific punishment for violation of this Article.
He said that if punishment was ensured for violation of the Article, the ongoing torture of the common people could be stopped or reduced.
He said that he had not mentioned the name of any law enforcing or intelligence agency for violating the Article while giving his suggestion to the committee.
A former adviser to the caretaker government, Sultana Kamal, who was present at the meeting also raised the same point and proposed inclusion of specific punishment for torture.
Source: New Age
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