Bangladesh guarantee protection against torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, on the other hand, various law enforcement agencies continue to violate this sacred safeguard in complete deviation from international and national standards. Again, certain national laws are designed in such a way that serves narrow political interests, but undermine the internationally accepted standard of human rights. It is in this context of the gap between law and practice as well as the gap between international and national standards that this Compliance Study on the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) is conducted. 2. Methodology In studying the legal compliance of the CAT, we have first explained the international standards, followed by a sketch of the national standards with reference to the Constitution and other relevant laws. These two standards are then juxtaposed to identify the gap between international and national legal regimes. This juxtaposition of international and national legal norms is followed by an in-depth scrutiny of the gap between law and practice to underscore the negative indicators of the actual implementation of the provisions prohibiting torture. The report also provides a set of recommendations on both legal reforms and law enforcement, developed in consultation with the Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission (BNHRC) 20