established, which is chaired by the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.111 Although this Board has a cross section of people on its executive board that apparently reflects the government’s acquiescence to having a transparent system in place, the law allows the government to remove any of the members without citing any reason.112 The situation is similar with regard to the District Legal Aid Committees, which are meant to supplement the functions of the National Legal Aid Board. The law provides that the treasury of the Legal Aid Board shall be made up of various government grants, aid from international donor agencies or resources contributed by organizations, companies or any other source.113 The Board allocates resources to the District Legal Aid Committees. There are allegations that a large percentage of the funds available remain unspent, mostly due to the highly bureaucratized system and nonresponsiveness of the subordinates of judges and lawyers. It is pretty obvious that a person who is eligible to receive legal aid, i.e. a person whose annual income is less than BDT. 3,000 will not have easy access to the District and Sessions Judges, who chair the District Legal Aid Committees. The inclusion of the Chairman and 14 members in Upazila and Union legal aid committees increases the vulnerability of legal aid seekers many of whom are victimised by these very local government functionaries.115 116 90 See also, Human Rights Committee, CCPR General Comment No. 6 on the Right to Life (Art. 6), Sixteenth session, April 30, 1982.