Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh Phase III Project

Support to Government to provide local justice service for the rural poor and vulnerable group of people at Union Parishad level.

The formal justice system in Bangladesh is under tremendous pressure with much workload and inadequate number of officials and staff to dispose the cases. As a result, the case backlogs add up to the existing pending cases and at present it stands on about half a million cases. It creates a negative impact for the rural poor and vulnerable group of people who cannot afford the expenses of cases an  ...