Christian victim approaches him or her they are not only turned away, but often told to leave the country and go to India. Honourable Chair, What happens to the minorities of country when its Criminal Justice system denies them access to it? The perpetrators get a loud and clear signal that the minorities are an expendable commodity, in other words gets a license to persecute, torture, rape and murder them thus forcing them to leave the country en masse Since 2008 we have had the so called secular demoractic forces in power. Hoping these claimants of secular democrats would probably bring the perpetrators of crimes against the minorities to justice, Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist & Christian Unity Council urged the government to establish a judicial commission to investigate the cases of atrocities against the minorities between 2001 and 2006.The government did establish a commission, known as the Judge Sahabuddin Commission.Various human rights organizations such as AM 0 Shalish Kendra, Ghatak Daial Nirmul Committee, Nari Progoti Sangho and Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist & Christian Unity Council submitted documentations substantiating 15,000 (fifteen thousand cases) cases of minority persecution and atrocities.The commission investigated 5,000 out of them and submitted a report to the government recommending that the perpetrators be tried, but the ruling government which claims to be secular has so far tried none of them. Bangladesh Hindu, Buddhist and Christian Unity Council has since approached two Home Ministers Ms Sahara Khatun and Dr. Mahiuddin Khan Alamgir, but both of them failed to prosecute any of the criminals. Consequently, the minorities have been subjected to pogrom after pogrom and it continues as 1 speak before you.ln recent times, free thinkers like Dr. Avijit Roy and publishers of progressive books have been ruthlessly murdered. But the government has done very little to bring the perpetrators to justice. Minorities in the Criminal Justice System in Bangladesh: If the government of Bangladesh cared about the minority's access to the criminal justice system, it would have established a culture of having the police forces to cooperate with the victim petitioner, but they have not. In public they claim that everybody has equal access to justice according to the constitution, but in reality the vulnerable sections of the community, have consistently been denied this right. Legal empowerment of the minorities involves developing a culture of cooperation among the law enforcement agencies, minority civil rights organizations, human rights organizations, the courts and various other branches of the government. Based on the history of Bangladesh and our direct experience as sufferers, we believe that only the international community, particularly the United Nations can get the Bangladesh government establish that culture. 'Bangladesh needs the United Nations for employment of tits armed forces in the peace keeping missions, so I have no doubt in my mind that it will listen to the UN too. Honourable Chair, in order for the minorities to have equal access to the criminal justice system of the country, the government of Bangladesh must fully respect the following provisions of its own constitution: Right to equality before law (Article - 27)  Right to protection of law (Article - 31) Right to protection in respect of trial and punishment (Article - 35)  Protection of right to life and personal liberty (Article - 32) Right to freedom of religion (Article - 41)