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BANGLADESH
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Bangladesh – Reference Map
Date of Document:
19 September 2017
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Carte des provinces et districts du Bangladesh
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
June 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Title:
Bangladesh. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
17 January 2024
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Bangladesh: Country Overview.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Présentation du Bangladesh
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
25 August 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
22 December 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Actors of protection. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Healthcare Provision in Bangladesh: Medical Country of Origin Information Report
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
June 2023
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
The State of Bangladesh's Political Governance, Development, and Society: According to its Citizens
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
July 2020
Author:
Mirza M. Hassan et al.
Editor:
Syeda Salina Aziz; MD. Zakaria
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Medical treatment and healthcare. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2022
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
13 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
20 June 2023
Author:
Joseph O. Yinusa; Maria A. Blackwood
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
Report of a Home Office Fact-Finding Mission: Bangladesh. Conducted 14-26 May 2017.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2017
Accessed Date:
23 November 2020
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Bangladesh
Date of Document:
5 December 2019
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Bangladesh
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
30 November 2022
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
The socio-economic situation in Dhaka and Chittagong [Chattogram], including rates of criminal violence and political violence; access to housing, including the tenant registration system, employment, education, and healthcare services in Dhaka...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2022
Accessed Date:
31 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
22 January 2024
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides – May 2022
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh: COI Compilation
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
August 2023
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
1 August 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 March 2023
Accessed Date:
26 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia 2021: Identity-based Conflict and Extremism.
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Bangladesh
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Date of Document:
18 April 2018
Accessed Date:
13 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Labor Activist Killed
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
6 July 2023
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
Human Rights Situation of Bangladesh in 2020: An Observation
Source:
Ain o Salish Kendra
Date of Document:
May 2021
Author:
Abu Ahmed Faijul Kabir et al.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Bangladesh by ARTICLE 19 and Research Initiatives Bangladesh for consideration at the 30th Session of the Working Group in May 2018
Source:
Article 19; Research Initiatives Bangladesh
Date of Document:
5 October 2017
Accessed Date:
25 October 2017
Title:
Human Rights Report 2022: Bangladesh
Date of Document:
30 January 2023
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
Capacity Assessment (mid-term) of the National Human Rights Commission, Bangladesh
Source:
Bangladesh. National Human Rights Commission.
Date of Document:
29 May 2019
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom in the World 2023.
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
Vanished Without a Trace: The Enforced Disappearance of Opposition and Dissent in Bangladesh
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
April 2019
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
Title:
An Alternative Report of the Civil Society on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
Source:
Association for Land Reforms and Development
Date of Document:
15 February 2018
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Bangladesh
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/44/BGD/1
Date of Document:
1 September 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Bangladesh
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/BGD/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
13 March 2018
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/44/BGD/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 August 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh : Le mouvement pour la réforme des quotas : Notamment dans la division de Sylhet
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
21 August 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh: Civic Space and Minority Rights. South Asia State of Minorities Report 2022: Minorities and Shrinking Civic Space.
Source:
South Asia Collective
Date of Document:
February 2023
Author:
Zakir Hossain et al.
Editor:
Deepak Thapa et al.
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
Human Rights in Bangladesh: A Mid-term Assessment of Implementation During the UPR 3rd Cycle
Source:
Solidarity Group for Bangladesh
Date of Document:
2 December 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Out of Control: Human rights and rule of law crises in Bangladesh
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
December 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Three-Month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh
Date of Document:
10 July 2023
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
The Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC), including their mandate, structure, and activities in Bangladesh; role of volunteers in the organization and whether members have been targeted due to their human rights work; types of cases investigate...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 April 2022
Accessed Date:
27 January 2023
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Bangladesh
Source:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh. U. S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
National Identity Card (NIC), including requirements and procedures to obtain; purpose and uses of the card; appearance and security features (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 February 2020
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Impact of the suspension of birth registration on the host community in Cox's Bazar
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
3 August 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
The Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1972
Accessed Date:
26 January 2024
Title:
Availability of fraudulent documents, especially identity documents, medical files and financial documents; state response (2017–December 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 December 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Procedures and requirements to acquire a passport; characteristics of a Bangladesh passport
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 July 2010
Accessed Date:
10 October 2012
Title:
Citizenship Act, 1951 (amended 2009)
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
President's Order No. 149 of 1972. The Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1972.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Rules, 1978
Accessed Date:
3 October 2012
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain and renew a passport at the Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa; information on the procedures that the High Commission follows with the old passport booklet (2014 – May 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 May 2015
Accessed Date:
28 September 2015
Title:
The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 2004
Accessed Date:
31 October 2016
Title:
Country Information Note. Bangladesh: Documentation. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
The Bangladesh Awami League (AL), including its structure, leaders, membership and membership documents, associated organizations and factions, activities; relationship with the opposition (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 February 2020
Accessed Date:
25 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh : Les organisations islamistes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 January 2018
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
People's Republic of Bangladesh. Election for President of 18 February 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
24 October 2018
Title:
Bangladesh Query Response: Awami League (AL) and supporters of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP)
Source:
Asylum Research Consultancy
Date of Document:
15 December 2016
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh Nationalist [National] Party (BNP), including its structure, leaders, factions, associated organizations, activities, membership and membership documents; treatment of members and supporters by the authorities (2017-May 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 May 2019
Accessed Date:
26 August 2019
Title:
Bangladesh: Le parti prolétarien du Bengale oriental (Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party, PBSP ou PBS)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 January 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Political Parties in Bangladesh. CPD-CMI Working Paper 8.
Source:
Chr. Michelsen Institute; Centre for Policy Dialogue
Date of Document:
August 2014
Accessed Date:
23 September 2015
Title:
'Creating Panic': Bangladesh Election Crackdown on Political Opponents and Critics
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 December 2018
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Facing Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh: A global threat in need of a global response
Source:
South Asia Democratic Forum
Date of Document:
2 March 2017
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Political parties and Affiliation. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
People's Republic of Bangladesh. Election for Jatiya Sangsad (Bangladeshi National Parliament) of 30 December 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
17 November 2020
Title:
Information on the Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL), including structure and membership; treatment of members of the KSJL by Awami League members and by authorities (2014-August 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 September 2016
Accessed Date:
28 October 2016
Title:
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), including structure, leaders, activities; membership cards and confirmation letters, and activities; treatment of members by authorities (2014-April 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 May 2016
Accessed Date:
19 October 2016
Title:
Bangladesh : Poursuites judiciaires à l'encontre de dirigeants du Parti nationaliste du Bangladesh(Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP)depuis 2019
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 June 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
From Revolutionaries to Visionless Parties: Leftist Politics in Bangladesh. The Politics of Opposition in South Asia.
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
6 September 2022
Editor:
Paul Staniland; Milan Vaishnav
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh: Crackdown on Political Opposition
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 October 2022
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh: Excessive Force Against Political Protesters
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
2 August 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Le Parti national socialiste (Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, JSD) faction Rab, 2014-2022
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
8 December 2022
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: End Political Prosecution of Rights Leaders
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 August 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
The treatment by authorities and society of women, particularly single women and heads of households, including their ability to live on their own, and their access to housing, income, education, health care, and support services in Dhaka an...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 January 2023
Accessed Date:
26 January 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Bangladesh
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
25 November 2016
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Information received from Bangladesh on follow-up to the concluding observations on its eighth periodic report
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
21 October 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh: Les mariages forcés précoces
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 November 2017
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention. Eighth periodic report of States parties due in 2015.
Date of Document:
29 May 2015
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Title:
Report on Violence Against Women (VAW) Survey 2015
Source:
Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh Government Responses to Child Marriage. Marry Before Your House is Swept Away: Child Marriage in Bangladesh.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 June 2015
Accessed Date:
23 September 2015
Title:
A Critical Appraisal of Laws Relating to Sexual Offences in Bangladesh
Source:
National Human Rights Commission Bangladesh
Accessed Date:
21 October 2016
Title:
Understanding intimate partner violence in rural Bangladesh: Prevention and response
Source:
Overseas Development Institute
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Ruchira Tabassum Naved et al.
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Women and Men in Bangladesh: Facts and Figures 2022
Source:
Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Gender Statistics of Bangladesh 2018
Source:
Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Voices to Choices: Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment
Author:
Jennifer L. Solotaroff et al.
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
'Are We Not Human?' Denial of Education for Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 December 2019
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Officials Threaten Rohingya for Setting Up Schools
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 March 2022
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Women fearing gender-based violence. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
“I Sleep in My Own Deathbed”: Violence against Women and Girls in Bangladesh: Barriers to Legal Recourse and Support
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 October 2020
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
17 November 2020
Title:
Bangladesh : La situation des enfants nés hors mariage ainsi que celle de leurs mères
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 September 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Ending Child Marriage: A profile of progress in Bangladesh
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Overview of laws, policies and practices on gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work in Bangladesh
Source:
International Labour Organization
Date of Document:
April 2020
Editor:
Aya Matsuura; Ruya Leghari
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Community Participatory Analysis Study: Summary Findings on Child Marriage in Bangladesh
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh : Les femmes victimes de la traite des êtres humains à des fins d'exploitation sexuelle
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 May 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh. 2022 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
29 September 2023
Accessed Date:
26 January 2024
Title:
Rape in Bangladesh: Socio-legal Issues and Barriers to Justice. Women Break the Silence: Gender-based Torture in Asia.
Source:
World Organisation Against Torture; Philippine Alliance for Human Rights Advocates
Date of Document:
May 2022
Author:
Saira Rahman Khan
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Submission by – Mir Abu Reyad, Representative of the LGBTI community in Bangladesh, to the UN Human Rights Committee
Source:
Boys of Bangladesh
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
11 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
26 January 2024
Title:
“I Want to Live With My Head Held High”: Abuses in Bangladesh's Legal Recognition of Hijras
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 December 2016
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Version 5.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. Next Steps Towards Reform: Assessing good practice and gaps in Commonwealth sexual offences legislation: Asia.
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
March 2020
Author:
Indira Rosenthal et.al.
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Understanding the Lives of Bangladesh's LGBTI Community
Source:
International Republican Institute
Date of Document:
8 April 2021
Author:
Geoffrey Macdonald
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
LGBTQ+ Rights in Bangladesh
Source:
Global Human Rights Defence
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Overview of corruption and anti-corruption in Bangladesh
Source:
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre; Transparency International
Date of Document:
16 August 2021
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Bangladesh.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
5 July 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Special Report. The Persistent Challenge of Extremism in Bangladesh.
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
June 2022
Author:
Mubashar Hasan; Geoffrey Macdonald
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including operational capacity, areas of operation, and activities (2015-November 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 November 2016
Accessed Date:
6 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh. Country Reports on Terrorism 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Harkat-ul-Jihadi al-Islami
Source:
Stanford University. Mapping Militant Organizations.
Date of Document:
July 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Countering Jihadist Militancy in Bangladesh. Asia Report N°295.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 February 2018
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
ISIS-Bangladesh. Country Reports on Terrorism 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
Accessed Date:
26 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh : La répression violente du trafic et de la consommation de stupéfiants
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
29 September 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Research Report 8 – The Hefazat-e-Islam and the Islamist challenge in Bangladesh
Source:
South Asia Democratic Forum
Date of Document:
29 July 2022
Author:
Siegfried O. Wolf
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Challenges with Access to Justice in Bangladesh
Source:
Centre for Governance studies
Date of Document:
13 January 2021
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
The Special Powers Act, including implementation by authorities; police procedures directed by the Act, including warrants and notifications (2011-August 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 September 2014
Accessed Date:
26 September 2014
Title:
Political Conflict. Extremism and Criminal Justice in Bangladesh. Asia Report N° 277.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
11 April 2016
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Title:
Whether the court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Dhaka issues order sheets and arrest warrants in absentia of the accused in petition cases; whether an accused person can obtain a copy of an order sheet and an arrest warrant in petition case...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 November 2016
Accessed Date:
6 October 2017
Title:
Cycle of Fear: Combating Impunity for Torture and Strengthening the Rule of Law in Bangladesh
Source:
World Organisation Against Torture; Odhikar
Date of Document:
July 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Update: The Legal System of the Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh
Date of Document:
December 2023
Author:
Md. Ershadul Karim
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Community Perspectives on Access to Civil Justice After Cross-Border Displacement: The Needs of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Source:
Centre for Peace and Justice; The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
February 2021
Author:
Faustina Pereira et al.
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Living Under Sentence of Death. A study on the profiles, experiences and perspectives of death row prisoners in Bangladesh.
Source:
University of Dhaka. Department of Law.
Date of Document:
December 2022
Author:
Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Separation of Judiciary and Judicial Independence in Bangladesh: An Appraisal
Source:
Open Access Library Journal
Author:
Mohammad Abdul Hannan, Md. Arifuzzaman
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Affidavits, including different types of affidavits, their content, appearance, and security features; requirements and procedures for issuance, including cost; who is authorized to notarize an affidavit and role of notaries; prevalence of fraudulen...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 January 2023
Accessed Date:
27 January 2023
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Killed in 'Crossfire': Allegations of Extrajudicial Executions in Bangladesh in the Guise of a War on Drugs
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
4 November 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Initial report submitted by Bangladesh under article 19 of the Convention, due in 1999
Date of Document:
3 October 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Bangladesh
Source:
United Nations. Committee Against Torture.
Date of Document:
26 August 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Civil Society Joint Alternative Report on Bangladesh Submitted to the Committee against Torture
Source:
Asian Legal Resource Centre et al.
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
“Where No Sun Can Enter”: A Decade of Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 August 2021
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Requirements and procedures to file a complaint with the police, including reports of false accusations; First Information Reports (FIRs), including registration and whether these reports automatically lead to an investigation; content, appearance ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 January 2022
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Where are they? Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh
Source:
Centre for Governance Studies
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Executions at will? Extrajudicial Killings by State Actors in Bangladesh
Source:
Centre for Governance Studies
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh : Le Bataillon d'action rapide(Rapid Action Battalion, RAB)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 June 2022
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh: Rampant Police Abuse of Rohingya Refugees
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 January 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Government must remove draconian provisions from the Draft Cyber Security Act
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
31 August 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Digital Security Act, 2018: How Is It Being Enforced
Source:
Centre for Governance Studies
Date of Document:
April 2021
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh Country Report. Solidarity and Survival: The Story of South Asia. South Asia Press Freedom Report 2022-23.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
May 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom on the Net 2023.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Who Owns the Media in Bangladesh?
Source:
Centre for Governance Studies
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
How Bangladesh's Digital Security Act Is Creating a Culture of Fear. The Politics of Opposition in South Asia.
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Editor:
Paul Staniland; Milan Vaishnav,
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
No Place for Criticism: Bangladesh Crackdown on Social Media Commentary
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 May 2018
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly et al.
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Bangladesh: La répression des publications et des médias sur le web
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 May 2019
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
No Space for Dissent: Bangladesh's Crackdown on Freedom of Expression Online
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 July 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Journalists, the press and social media. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh: End Crackdown Against Journalists and Critics
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 May 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association are systematically violated amid the pandemic
Date of Document:
11 February 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Alarming offensive by Bangladesh's ruling party against journalists based abroad
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
26 October 2021
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Challenges to Religious Freedom in Bangladesh
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his mission to Bangladesh
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council
Date of Document:
22 January 2016
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, on his mission to Bangladesh: comments by the State
Date of Document:
19 February 2016
Accessed Date:
11 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh: La situation de la communauté Barua depuis 2019
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 August 2022
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom of Thought Report.
Source:
Humanists International
Date of Document:
13 October 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh, Canada, Pakistan, United Kingdom, and United States: Registration procedures and documents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ) [Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC), Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (AMA)] in Canada, the US and the UK, particularly for Ahmadis of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin (2020–December 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 January 2023
Accessed Date:
24 January 2023
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Religious minorities and atheists. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh: Deadly Attacks on Hindu Festival
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 October 2021
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Hate Speech and Incitement to Violence against Minorities in Bangladesh. South Asia State of Minorities Report 2021: Hate Speech Against Minorities.
Source:
South Asia Collective
Date of Document:
December 2021
Author:
Monjurul Islam; Zakir Hossain
Editor:
Sudeshna Thapa et al.
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. The Indigenous World 2023.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2023
Author:
Pallab Chakma; Bablu Chakma
Editor:
Dwayne Mamo et al.
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
NGO report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Caste based discrimination in Bangladesh for the consideration of reports submitted by State party (CCRP/C/BGD/1) under article 40 of the Covenant during its 119th session
Source:
Bangladesh Dalit and Excluded Rights Movement et al.
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
11 October 2017
Title:
Age- and gender-based violence risks facing Rohingya and Bangladeshi adolescents in Cox's Bazar
Source:
Gender And Adolescence: Global Evidence
Date of Document:
April 2020
Author:
Silvia Guglielmi et al.
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
A Sustainable Policy for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh. Asia Report N°303.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
27 December 2019
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
South Asia State of Minorities Report 2022 – Weakening Human Rights Commitments and Its Impact on Minorities
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh : L'ethnie Manta / Bedey
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
21 June 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh: Spiraling Violence Against Rohingya Refugees
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 July 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Five Years On, Rohingya Refugees Face Dire Conditions and a Long Road Ahead
Source:
International Crisis Group
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Tenant registration (or tenant verification) system, including implementation; whether authorities share information on tenant registration (2016-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 February 2020
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
“I don't know what my future will be”: Advocacy update on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 August 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
“An Island Jail in the Middle of the Sea”: Bangladesh's Relocation of Rohingya Refugees to Bhasan Char
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
7 June 2021
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh: New Restrictions on Rohingya Camps
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 April 2022
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Country Report: Bangladesh
Source:
Global Asylum Governance and the European Union's Role
Date of Document:
May 2022
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Women at Work: Systematic violations of labor rights in the construction and garment sectors in Bangladesh
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights; Odhikar
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 August 2023:
Title:
Bangladesh. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
11 January 2023
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bangladesh/
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
Présentation du Bangladesh
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
18 February 2021
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/bangladesh/presentation-du-bangladesh/
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
5 October 2019
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/asie/Bangladesh.htm
Accessed Date:
13 February 2020
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
27 September 2022
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10214
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
18 September 2022
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/bangladesh
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. World Report 2023: Events of 2022.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/bangladesh
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/fr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/POL1048702022ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Human Rights Report 2021: Bangladesh
Date of Document:
31 January 2022
URL:
http://odhikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Annual-HR-Report-2021_English.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom in the World 2022.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/bangladesh/freedom-world/2022
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Bangladesh
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/BGD/1
Date of Document:
26 February 2018
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/30/BGD/1
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
Title:
Compilation on Bangladesh
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/BGD/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
19 March 2018
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/30/BGD/2
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Civic Space and Minority Rights. South Asia State of Minorities Report 2020: Minorities and Shrinking Civic Space.
Source:
South Asia Collective
Date of Document:
November 2020
Author:
Zakir Hossain et al.
Editor:
Deepak Thapa et al.
URL:
https://thesouthasiacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SASM2020-FullReport.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Three-Month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh
Date of Document:
8 July 2022
URL:
https://anfrel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/HRR_April-June_2022_English.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. U. S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Bangladesh.html
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
President's Order No. 149 of 1972. The Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1972.
URL:
http://www.clcbd.org/document/download/891.html
Accessed Date:
31 October 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Women fearing gender-based violence. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/896259/BGD-Women-GBV-CPIN-v3.0__June_2020_.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. 2021 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
28 September 2022
URL:
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resources/reports/child-labor/bangladesh
Accessed Date:
27 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
URL:
https://ilga.org/downloads/Our_Identities_Under_Arrest_2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/880555/BGD-SOGIE-CPIN-v4.0__April_2020_.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Overview of corruption and anti-corruption in Bangladesh
Source:
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre; Transparency International
Date of Document:
15 February 2019
URL:
https://knowledgehub.transparency.org/assets/uploads/helpdesk/Country-profile-Bangladesh_2019.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Bangladesh.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
27 October 2021
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/249e43e5-d5e6-4506-86bf-1ce7eab76dec
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
19 July 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-trafficking-in-persons-report/bangladesh/
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2020/bangladesh/
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
ISIS-Bangladesh. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2020/#ISIS-Bangladesh
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Update: The Legal System of the Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh
Date of Document:
August 2018
Author:
Md. Ershadul Karim; Omar Sial
URL:
https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Bangladesh1.html
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Bangladesh Country Report. Solidarity and Survival: The Story of South Asia. South Asia Press Freedom Report 2021-22.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
3 May 2022
URL:
http://samsn.ifj.org/SAPFR21-22/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IFJ-SAPFR21-22-SolidaritySurvival-Bangladesh.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom on the Net 2022.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/bangladesh/freedom-net/2022
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. International Religious Freedom Report for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/bangladesh/
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. The Indigenous World 2022.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2022
Author:
Pallab Chakma; Bablu Chakma
Editor:
Dwayne Mamo et al.
URL:
https://www.iwgia.org/en/bangladesh/4647-iw-2022-bangladesh.html
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Actors of protection. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/879628/Bangladesh-Actors_of_protection-CPIN-v1.0._April_2020_.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Background information, including internal relocation. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2020
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2028466/BGD-Background-internal-relocation_CPIN.v3.0._April_2020_.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Joint NGO Alternative Report to the UN Human Rights Committee on Bangladesh (119th Session – 6-29 March 2017)
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
February 2017
URL:
http://ccprcentre.org/files/documents/INT_CCPR_CSS_BGD_26483_E.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment) Ordinance 1978
URL:
http://www.bdembassyusa.org/uploads/forms/Citizenshiplaw%20amendment.pdf
Accessed Date:
31 October 2016
Title:
Good Governance in Passport Services: Challenges and the Way Forward. Governance Challenges of Bangladesh: The Way Forward. Volume-VIII.
Source:
Transparency International Bangladesh
Date of Document:
February 2018
Author:
Md. Shahnur Rahman
URL:
https://www.ti-bangladesh.org/beta3/images/2018/publications/Good_Governance_in_Bangladesh(Volume-8)_English.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. Electoral Challenges in Asia Today.
Source:
Asian Network for Free Elections
Date of Document:
October 2016
Author:
Adilur Rahman Khan
Editor:
Lilibeth Erlano; Kristina Uy Gadaingan
URL:
http://anfrel.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Electoral-Challenges-in-Asia-Today.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh's Brutal Crackdown on Political Opposition
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 December 2022
Author:
Meenakshi Ganguly
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/09/bangladeshs-brutal-crackdown-political-opposition
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
URL:
https://www.genderindex.org/wp-content/uploads/files/datasheets/2019/BD.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
Situation and treatment of single women and women who head their own households, including availability of support services and ability to access housing and employment, including in Dhaka and Chittagong (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 February 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458011
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
COVID-19 Bangladesh Rapid Gender Analysis
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
May 2020
URL:
https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Field%20Office%20ESEAsia/Docs/Publications/2020/05/RGA%20BangladeshFinalMay2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 November 2020
Title:
Access to Justice During COVID-19 for Survivors of Domestic Violence
Source:
BRAC University. Gender and Social Transformation Cluster.
Date of Document:
31 May 2021
URL:
https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Access-to-Justice-During-COVID-19-for-Survivors-of-Domestic-Violence.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
The impact of Covid-19 on women workers in the Bangladesh garment industry
Source:
University of Aberdeen; Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre
Date of Document:
January 2022
Author:
M.A. Islam et al.
URL:
https://modernslaverypec.org/assets/downloads/Women-Bangladesh-garment-industry-report-final-smaller.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Life in the Times of Coronavirus in Bangladesh: A Gendered Perspective
Source:
BRAC University. BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health; Manusher Jonno Foundation
Date of Document:
March 2021
Author:
Shahana Siddiqui et al.
URL:
http://www.manusherjonno.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/LifeInTimesOfCorona_FinalReport.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh : Les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2112_bgd_mgf_154914_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
Corruption in Service Sectors: National Household Survey 2021. Extended Executive Summary.
Source:
Transparency International Bangladesh
Date of Document:
31 August 2022
URL:
https://ti-bangladesh.org/beta3/images/2022/nhs/2021/extended-executive-summary-english.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Muzzling Dissent Online: Bangladesh: Amend the Draconian Digital Security Act
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
12 November 2018
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ASA1393642018ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Digital Security Act
Date of Document:
November 2019
URL:
https://www.article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Bangladesh-Cyber-Security-act-2018-analysis-FINAL.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Digital authoritarianism in Bangladesh: Weaponising a draconian law to silence dissent in the pandemic era
Date of Document:
25 July 2022
URL:
https://globalvoices.org/2022/07/25/digital-authoritarianism-in-bangladesh-weaponising-a-draconian-law-to-silence-dissent-in-the-pandemic-era/
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Religious Persecution / Religion-Based Violence in Bangladesh
Source:
Global Human Rights Defence
Author:
Lucas Mitidieri et al.
URL:
https://ghrd.org/uploads/reports/pdf/32e48f0e525b382ecd097ea2fc65f984.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
The State of Statelessness in Bangladesh: An Overview. South Asia State of Minorities Report 2019: Migrants, Refugees and the Stateless.
Source:
The South Asia Collective
Author:
Zakir Hossain; S.M. Masum Billah
Editor:
Deepak Thapa et al.
URL:
http://thesouthasiacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2019Bangladesh.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Community Perspectives on Access to Civil Justice After Cross-Border Displacement: The Needs of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Source:
Centre for Peace and Justice; The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
February 2021
Author:
Faustina Pereira et al.
URL:
https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/X-Border_Community-Perspectives-on-Access-to-Civil-Justice-after-Cross-Border-Displacement-The-needs-of-Rohingya-Refugees-in-Bangladesh.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Country Information Note. Bangladesh: Documentation. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/873150/Bangladesh-Documentation-CPIN-v2.0_March_2020_.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
The treatment by authorities and society of women, particularly single women and heads of households, including their ability to live on their own, and their access to housing, income, education, health care, and support services in Dhaka an...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 January 2023
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458753
Accessed Date:
26 January 2023
Title:
Women and Men in Bangladesh: Facts and Figures 2022
Source:
Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
Date of Document:
June 2022
URL:
http://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2022-06-13-04-42-f063cb30c78ea58d75bd29f0056af636.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Rape in Bangladesh: Socio-legal Issues and Barriers to Justice. Women Break the Silence: Gender-based Torture in Asia.
Source:
World Organisation Against Torture; Philippine Alliance for Human Rights Advocates
Date of Document:
May 2022
Author:
Saira Rahman Khan
URL:
https://www.omct.org/site-resources/legacy/Gender-based-Torture-in-Asia.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Special Report. The Persistent Challenge of Extremism in Bangladesh.
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
June 2022
Author:
Mubashar Hasan; Geoffrey Macdonald
URL:
https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/sr511-persistent-challenge-extremism-bangladesh.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Actors of protection. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2023
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65687c305936bb000d3167a5/BGD+CPIN+Actors+of+Protection.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Healthcare Provision in Bangladesh: Medical Country of Origin Information Report
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
June 2023
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2023_06_EUAA_MedCOI_Report_Bangladesh_Healthcare_provision.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: COI Compilation
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
August 2023
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2096725/ACCORD_Bangladesh_August_2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Labor Activist Killed
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
6 July 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/06/bangladesh-labor-activist-killed
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
The Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1972
URL:
http://bdcode.gov.bd/upload/bdcodeact/2020-11-17-10-52-24-452_Bangladesh_Citizenship_Temporary_Provisions_O.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Le parti prolétarien du Bengale oriental (Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party, PBSP ou PBS)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 January 2023
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2301_bgd_reseau_sarbahara_party__156447_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Excessive Force Against Political Protesters
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
2 August 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/02/bangladesh-excessive-force-against-political-protesters
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Le Parti national socialiste (Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, JSD) faction Rab, 2014-2022
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
8 December 2022
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2212_bgd_jsd_157704_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: End Political Prosecution of Rights Leaders
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 August 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/10/bangladesh-end-political-prosecution-rights-leaders
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Officials Threaten Rohingya for Setting Up Schools
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 March 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/21/bangladesh-officials-threaten-rohingya-setting-schools
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Rampant Police Abuse of Rohingya Refugees
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 January 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/17/bangladesh-rampant-police-abuse-rohingya-refugees
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Government must remove draconian provisions from the Draft Cyber Security Act
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
31 August 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/08/bangladesh-government-must-remove-draconian-provisions-from-the-draft-cyber-security-act/
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
How Bangladesh's Digital Security Act Is Creating a Culture of Fear. The Politics of Opposition in South Asia.
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Editor:
Paul Staniland; Milan Vaishnav,
URL:
https://carnegieendowment.org/files/Vaishnav_et_al_-_Politics_of_Opposition_Final_1.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: End Crackdown Against Journalists and Critics
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 May 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/03/bangladesh-end-crackdown-against-journalists-and-critics
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: La situation de la communauté Barua depuis 2019
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 August 2022
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2208_bgd_la_situation_de_la_communaute_barua_depuis_2019_156894_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
South Asia State of Minorities Report 2022 – Weakening Human Rights Commitments and Its Impact on Minorities
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
February 2023
URL:
https://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SASM2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Spiraling Violence Against Rohingya Refugees
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 July 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/13/bangladesh-spiraling-violence-against-rohingya-refugees
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Country Report: Bangladesh
Source:
Global Asylum Governance and the European Union's Role
Date of Document:
May 2022
URL:
https://www.asileproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/D4.2-Bangladesh-Interim-Country-Report-Final.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2023
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/656753ab75007400131dee31/BGD+CPIN+Internal+relocation.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
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