BLAST

Through local and national level networks with community based organizations and other human rights and legal aid organizations, BLAST has engaged in:  

·         Conducting joint investigations on rights violations Formulating legal and advocacy responses to public interest litigation including on

o   Forced eviction of slum dwellers and the landless

o   Gender discrimination in public employment

o   Wholesale and arbitrary arrests

o Wrongful imprisonment of juveniles and foreign prisoners 

·         Seeking wider interpretations and enforcement of constitutionally guaranteed rights to life to include the right to shelter, livelihood, water, sanitation and healthy living conditions;  

·    Securing compensation to the victims of accidents at workplace within the garments industry and other sectors;

·          Ensuring rehabilitation of landless and displaced persons;

·         Enhancing legal awareness of garments workers and protecting their employment rights through law;

·         Undertaking advocacy for law and policy reform to ensure incorporation of the experiences of the poor and marginalized in the justice system, and to address laws and practices those discriminate or deny their rights;