The rural people have started getting justice from the village courts in a hassle-free manner at their doorsteps without knocking doors of the law enforcers of courts, speakers told a workshop on Saturday.
Gangachara upazila administration organised the daylong participatory workshop at its auditorium on “Enhancing Awareness of Stakeholders for Activating Village Courts” in association with Eco Social Development Organisation (ESDO).
The workshop was arranged under the “Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh Project” of the Local Government Division of the Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry with the assistance of European Union and UNDP.
With Gangachara UNO Abu Jafar in the chair, union parishad chairmen, members and secretaries, NGO executives, male and female village court beneficiaries, professionals, religious leaders, women community leaders and elite participated in the workshop, reports BSS.
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer of ESDO Shahjahan Alam, it’s Upazila Supervisor Ibne Sayeed, Administrative Assistant Sourav Kumar, social worker Yunus Ali, teachers Mokbul Hossain and Ferdous Rahman and women leader Laizu Begum, addressed.
A number of beneficiary women and men from different villages narrated the benefits, they received from the village courts and elaborated their experience and understanding of the concept and the legal processes associated to village courts.
The speakers said the rural people are getting justice from the village courts without knocking the doors of the courts and the process has been creating congenial atmosphere among villagers to resolve minor disputes, problems and conflicts amicably.
They stressed for further strengthening and reactivating the village courts involving the elected public representatives to assist the poor and distressed people in getting justice in a hassle-free manner without knocking doors of the law-enforcers and courts.
In his speech, the UNO termed concept of village court as an epoch-making initiative and stressed for providing more supports, including training, to the public representatives in achieving the desired success and creating trust of mass people in the process.
