Acronyms and Abbreviations BNWLA- Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association BLAST- Bangladesh Legal Aid Services Trust CAT- Convention against Torture CEDAW- Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women CHT- Chittagong Hill Tracts Cr. P. C.- Code of Criminal Procedure ICCPR- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights HCD- High Court Division ICT- Information Communication and Technology JAMAKON- Jatio Manobadhikar Commission (National Human Rights Commission) NHRC- National Human Rights Commission PCJSS- Parbattya Chattagram Jana SanghatiSamity PIL- Public Interest Litigation RAB- Rapid Action Battalion UNDP- United Nations Development Programme UPR- Universal Periodic Review 2