Sharif Bhuiyan

Although the interim government introduced certain legal and institutional reforms, some have since been reversed, while the impact of the others remains uncertain.

As members of the Constitution Reform Commission, we, Sharif Bhuiyan and Firoz Ahmed, submitted two written notes to the Commission—one dated November 23, 2024, on strengthening the office of the President, and another dated December 31, 2024, on the inclusion of “Bismillah” and a state religion in the Constitution.

In discussions on legal and constitutional reforms in Bangladesh, the independence of the judiciary has long been a central issue.

The oppression of citizens under the Sheikh Hasina regime resulted in the July uprising.

The newly elected BNP representatives’ refusal to take the oath as members of the Constitution Reform Assembly (CRA) on February 17 prevented what might have been a more meaningful new beginning for both the party and the country.

There is very strong public support for decentralising the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.

The law that is applied in respect of maritime delimitation is set out in the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea of 1982 (UNCLOS).