Universal Periodic Review of Bangladesh

BANGLADESH - 4th session - February 2009:

The review of the Government of Bangladesh took place on 3 February 2009. IDSN prepared a joint submission on caste-based discrimination in Bangladesh together with national Dalit platform members.

• UPR report on caste discrimination in Bangladesh prepared by IDSN in association with the Bangladesh Dalit and Excluded Rights Movement (BDERM) and Nagorik Uddyog in Bangladesh

• UPR Recommendations prepared by Bangladesh Dalit and Excluded Rights Movement (BDERM), IDSN and Nagorik Uddyog in Bangladesh

• Joint UPR report prepared by a coalition of 17 NGOs in Bangladesh. See para. 60-61 for a section on caste discrimination.

• List of Key Issues from the Human Rights Forum on the UPR Bangladesh

• Summary of other stakeholders' information compiled by OHCHR - see references to Dalits in paragraphs 6, 10, 12, 13, 38, 43, 54)

• UPR report of the UPR working group

• Press Relase about the UN review of Bangladesh Human Rights record at the UPR - 4 February 2009

Mid-term assessment

IDSN, BDERM and NU prepared a mid-term assessment of the Government's implementation of UPR recommendations relevant to the human rights situation of Dalits in Bangladesh. The report was submitted to UPR-Info in November 2011.

• Mid-term assessment of UPR Bangladesh by IDSN, BDERM and NU

Bangladesh is going to be reviewed by the UPR working group the next time in 2013.

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