On Thursday 9 January Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) organised the first instalment of ‘Transition Justice Talks’ at the Supreme Court Bar Association Auditorium, Dhaka. The event was chaired by Dr. Shamsul Bari, Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustee, BLAST, and moderated by Barrister Sara Hossain, Honorary Executive Director, BLAST and Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
This session of the talks was titled ‘Truth, Justice, Accountability and Reparations for Crimes against Humanity: Comparative Experiences from Africa and Latin America.’ Yasmin Sooka and Dr. Carlos Castresana Fernández were invited as panel discussants, both having valuable experience in the field of transitional justice. The event was inaugurated with the opening remarks by Barrister Sara Hossain contextualising the question of transitional justice in Bangladesh.