ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report is the outcome of the project on the Legal Compliance Study of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment conducted by the UNDP Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission Capacity Development Project. But for such a project, this report would never have seen the light of day. Therefore, I express my sincerest thanks and gratitude to the UNDP for engaging me as a National Consultant in the project. The preparation of the report was possible because of the devotion and hard work of my research assistants – Ms. Aznin Aktar and Mr. Muhammad Salahuddin. I am grateful to them. For secondary data on State practice as to torture, we relied heavily on the relevant study reports of Ain-o-Salish Kendro and Odhikar – two national human rights organizations with international reputations, as well as the Annual Human Rights Reports of the US Department of State. It would be less than fair if we did not thank them for making their reports public. I am also grateful to the Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission and the UNDP Country Office for their valuable comments on the draft of this report. However, the responsibility for any error is, of course, mine. Last, but not the least, my sincerest gratitude to Ms. Mona M’Bikay Boin, Ms. Lubna Yasin, and Ms. Qumrunnesa Nazly of the BNHRCCapacity Development Project Office of the UNDP. Their help proved instrumental in completing the project. I am thankful to them for extending their kind help and support to me in all possible way.