Bangladesh ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on 6th September 2000. In the last fourteen and half years, Bangladesh has not even submitted its Initial Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. In this submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which is holding its 113th Session from 16 […]
Over the last few years, there have been several high profile cases where the United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has ordered the return of Nepali peacekeepers after it became known that there was prima facie evidence of their involvement in serious human rights violations in Nepal. Two of the most emblematic cases […]
Despite a return to democracy in December 1990, the Bangladesh Army remains “the power behind the throne” in Dhaka. Its control over the security forces is absolute. A large number of senior positions in the Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force are served by Army officers as per Section 2A of the Army Act of […]
Despite a return to democracy in December 1990, the Bangladesh Army remains “the power behind the throne” in Dhaka. Its control over the security forces is absolute. A large number of senior positions in the Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force are served by Army officers as per Section 2A of the Army Act of […]
Since 1960, Nigeria has been one of the United Nations’ (UN) largest troop contributing countries. Throughout these years, Nigerian forces have been regularly accused of corruption and human rights abuses. For example in 2005, 11 Nigerian policemen serving on a UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were withdrawn over sexual harassment […]
As Nepal successfully concluded the second Constituent Assembly elections on 19th November 2013, the Supreme Court in a historic judgement on 2 January 2014 held that general amnesty provided in the ‘Commission of Inquiry on Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Ordinance’ of March 2013 is unconstitutional. The Court further held that the merger of two […]
As Nepal prepares to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections on 19th November 2013, there already seems to be one positive lesson: those “convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude” have been barred from contesting the elections. Law has finally caught up though accountability for the violations committed during the conflict remains elusive. The […]
On 23 May 2013, the Union Cabinet presided by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh approved a Special Recruitment Drive to fill the backlog in reserved vacancies including that for the Scheduled Tribes (STs) by 2013. Earlier on 4 January 2013, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions issued instructions to appoint Liaison Officers in […]
Considering that Nepal failed to adopt its constitution even after thirteen amendments of the 2007 Interim Constitution during 2008 to 2012 and continuation of Dr Baburam Bhattarai as Prime Minister had already become untenable, the formation of the Interim Election Council (IEC) headed by Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi on 14 April 2013 raised a […]
