Building a Rights-Based State The Significance of Constitutionalizing Fundamental Rights in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, some constitutionally rights are affirmed in Constitution. These rights are called fundamental rights backed up by Constitution. The Fundamental rights have special status for all its citizens.[1] Actually these are traced back from the natural rights. The natural rights are gradually graded as the human rights in different times after movement.[2] Pursuant to this perspective, the 1789 Declaration of the French Revolution[3] may be considered as a concrete political statement on human rights.[4] After French Declaration[5] of Rights of Man and Citizen, many countries inserted the fundamental rights in Constitution in different purposes. The importance of fundamental rights to be written down in a constitution cannot be described in words. [1] Dr. Milan Hossain, “The Role of Higher Judiciary in Enforcing Citizens’ Rights: Bangladesh Perspective” (2019) 5(4) IJL 103-104 [2] U. Baxi, The Future of Human Rights, (3rd ed., New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2008) 236 [3] The French Revolution, which started in 1789 and ended with Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power in the late 1790s, was a turning point in contemporary European history. French population destroyed and reshaped their nation's political structure throughout this time, overthrowing long-standing structures like the feudal system and absolute monarchy. Widespread dissatisfaction with the French monarchy and King Louis XVI's bad economic policies—he and his wife Marie Antoinette were both executed by guillotine—were the main causes of the unrest. The French Revolution was crucial in forming modern nations because it demonstrated to the world the strength that comes from the will of the people, even though it fell short of its objectives and occasionally turned into a chaotic carnage. [4] Prarthna Bathijan and Raja V.K. Dandamudi, “Fundamental Rights as Natural Rights: A View from the Indian Perspective” (2017) 4(4) IJLLS 135 [5] The aim of the French Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen is the conservation of the natural and inalienable rights of man.