CAT: A Study on Bangladesh Compliance ABSTRACT This report evaluates the legal architecture of protection against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the context of Bangladesh. To this end, in juxtaposition to the International Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, this report critically examines the legal instruments, as applicable in Bangladesh, prohibiting and penalising torture in order to identify the gap between international and national standards in this regard. The report also elucidates the non-compliance of international and national standards in state practice concerning torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishments, and prescribes a set of recommendations for both legal reforms and law enforcement. Introduction On March 23, 2011, a team of the Rapid Action Batallion – 8 (RAB-8) stopped 16-year-old Limon Hossen, who was a student of Kathalia P G S Multilateral High School and College at Jhalkathi and an examinee of the Higher Secondary Certificate. On that day, Limon was asked by his mother to bring the family��s cattle from the bank of the Sondha river where three cows were left for grazing. At around 4pm, while 17