Following the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 4th August 2024 after 15 years of iron rule, an Interim Government headed by Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus took over. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) was invited to investigate the violations committed during July-August 2024 mass protests that led […]
1. Executive summary and recommendations Bangladesh is scheduled to hold its next, the 13th Parliamentary Elections, on 12th February 2026. On one hand the exclusion of the Awami League, on other hand, the release of the Islamic terrorists, the availability of approximately 400,000 illegal weapons, and overall lawlessness that permeated the society, raise serious doubts […]
The Constitution of Bangladesh guarantees fundamental rights which are non-derogable by any law, and laws inconsistent with fundamental rights are void as per Article 26 of the Constitution. This report, Bangladesh: Interim Govt Fails Constitution Compliance Test On Fundamental Rights, shows as to how the Interim Government failed to protect fundamental rights and how it […]
As the UNESCO’s 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee takes place in Paris till 16 July 2025, the betrayal of indigenous peoples living in the World Heritage sites of the UNESCO, where they often become victims of forced evictions, torture, extrajudicial executions, sexual violence etc, has come to the fore. I. UNESCO BLOCKING THE […]
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in its latest report (A/HRC/42/39) submitted to the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council being held in Geneva from 9-27 September 2019 stated that many detainees who were subjects of its opinions have faced reprisals from the Member States and called on the States concerned […]
The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has urged the Government of Bangladesh to cooperate with the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to determine the fate or whereabouts of those disappeared and to prevent future enforced disappearances in the country. The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in its latest report submitted […]
The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz in her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council stated that the indigenous peoples around the world are facing discrimination and hurdles in accessing justice. According to the report, indigenous peoples are often less likely to receive favourable rulings than non-indigenous litigants and […]
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture in a report in 2014 recognized that “corrupt and malfunctioning criminal justice systems are a root cause of torture and ill-treatment of detainees”[1]. In 2014, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment highlighted the correlation between corruption and torture or […]
That autopsies are critical for the administration of justice is undisputed. In cases warranting death sentence, autopsy reports determine the issue of death or life. Yet, autopsy reports in India are often doctored by the medical professionals, raising serious questions about administration of justice. On 2 August 2013, the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR)submitted […]
Prisons in India are synonymous with deplorable conditions amounting to inhuman and degrading treatment and deaths of the prisoners from denial of basic medical facilities to torture. Prison reform is the least priority of the society and the State. Would Justice (retd) Amitava Roy Committee therefore be able to reform the shameful prisons of India? […]
