Proselytisation and Religious Freedom in Bangladesh
co-hosted with the South Asian Law Discussion Group

A democratic state has a duty to protect the human rights of religious minorities. Though in Bangladesh religious minorities are, in general, free to enjoy their religious freedom, those Christians who try to convert (proselytise) people in Bangladesh are often victims of violence. This paper will examine the situation surrounding both the freedom to convert others (to proselytise), and the freedom one has to change his or her religion in Bangladesh. It will address (a) why a state has a duty to respond to this situation (b) what specifically a state should do to respond and© why a state’s obligation should be framed in this way.

There will be a blogger at this event: Asmita Singhvi, a BCL student at Somerville College. She graduated from Jindal Global Law School in 2018 and received the Hermant Sahai Associate Award to pursue the BCL. She is interested in constitutional theory and commercial law.
Date: 21 November 2018, 12:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Speakers: Jahid Bhuiyan (Associate Professor, Department of Law, Northern University Bangladesh; Research Fellow at North-West University, South Africa; Academic Visitor, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies), Discussant: Dr Farrah Raza (Stipendiary lecturer in Public Law, Pembroke College, Oxford)
Organising department: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Organiser: Philip Williams (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: philip.williams@law.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Discussion Group
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Katie Hayward