UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

Read more about the Universal Periodic Review of Bangladesh, incl. links to reports and states’ recommendations


UN TREATY BODIES

The issue of caste discrimination in Bangladesh has not been addressed extensively by UN treaty bodies, but in 2011, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) voiced concern at the lack of information and statistics on Dalit women. In 2009 the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) made some interesting observations. CERD also made some preliminary comments on the basis of its review in 2001.


UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES

Country visit

The Independent Expert on water and sanitation and the Independent Expert on human rights and extreme poverty visited Bangladesh in December 2009. Their report was presented to the 15th session of the Human Rights Council in September 2010 and contained some important references to caste discrimination. Read more here


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