2021https://repository.auw.edu.bd/handle/123456789/11042026-06-10T01:01:59Z2026-06-10T01:01:59ZEnvironmental crimes and green criminology in BangladeshUddin, Md. Kamalhttps://repository.auw.edu.bd/handle/123456789/11982026-02-18T06:15:18Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZEnvironmental crimes and green criminology in Bangladesh
Uddin, Md. Kamal
Bangladesh is an environmentally vulnerable country, where environmental crimes are massive
and common. However, the environmental crime prevention mechanism in the country is very
weak, and traditional policing is utilized to stop these crimes. Therefore, the green criminological
approach to prevent environmental crimes in Bangladesh is underdeveloped in many ways, with
a total absence of the green policing model. Hence, this study focuses on attaining a critical
understanding of environmental crimes in Bangladesh by exploring the key underlying factors
of environmental crimes. It also attempts to contribute to the environmental crime prevention
mechanism by recommending a green policing model, while identifying the key weaknesses of
the existing environmental crime prevention approach. This article implements the qualitative
technique of data collection, and the analysis is based on an in-depth interview of 25 respondents,
belonging to different categories of stakeholders, and participant observation. It also analyses the
content of newspapers to understand the patterns of environmental crimes in Bangladesh. This
article finds that environmental crimes are propagated by several political, economic, institutional,
and social elements, such as the political affiliation of criminals, economic profit from natural
resources, absence of institutional collaboration, and lack of social consciousness. The issue has
become further aggravated due to the weakness of the crime prevention mechanism. Thus, the
findings of this study suggest that environmental crimes in Bangladesh should be considered and
understood from green criminological perspectives and the development of a green policing
model would be effective in reducing environmental crimes in the country.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZDemocracy and Human Rights of Rohingya in MyanmarUddin, Md. Kamalhttps://repository.auw.edu.bd/handle/123456789/11912026-02-18T06:15:01Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZDemocracy and Human Rights of Rohingya in Myanmar
Uddin, Md. Kamal
Liberal democracy and human rights are interlinked. However, the human rights of
Rohingya are openly neglected in Myanmar’s democratic process under Aung San
Suu Kyi. This paper focuses on state-sponsored comprehensive human rights abuses
of Rohingya in Myanmar when the country has returned to official democracy in
2015. Studies on state sponsored human rights violation of Rohingya in
Myanmar remains limited to few topics. Existing studies does not focus adequately
on the links between democracy and human rights violations of Rohingya in
Myanmar. This paper argues that the human rights of Rohingya in Myanmar
are regularly abused due to the ineffectiveness of the human rights institutions,
absence of democratic culture and minority rights, and militarism in Myanmar’s
democracy. Therefore, concerned stakeholders should rethink making relations
between Myanmar’s style of democracy and human rights and find out alternative
ways to ensure the human rights of Rohingya in Myanmar.
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