Acid throwing is one of the cruelest and most despicable forms of violence against women in Bangladesh today. To prevent acid violence the past government passed two laws: Acid Crime Control Act 2002 and Acid Control Act 2002. Despite these laws most of the perpetrators have neither been prosecuted nor punished. No systematic studies of the reasons for impunity in acid violence have been carried out in Bangladesh. Therefore, the main purposes of this research are to explore why so many perpetrators of acid violence against women are not punished and to suggest ways to end this impunity.
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