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30 November 2020
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:
District Map of Bangladesh
Source:
Bangladesh. Local Government Engineering Department.
Accessed Date:
17 September 2013
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:
18 November 2020
Accessed Date:
23 November 2020
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:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Religious minorities and atheists. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2018
Accessed Date:
30 October 2018
Title:
Bangladesh. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
5 October 2019
Accessed Date:
13 February 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Actors of protection. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2020
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
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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 and Healthcare issues. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
13 February 2020
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:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Bangladesh
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Journalists, publishers and internet bloggers. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
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:
22 August 2019
Accessed Date:
13 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
Accessed Date:
16 March 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
13 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. Human Rights in Asia-Pacific: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 January 2020
Accessed Date:
13 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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:
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
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Human Rights Situation of Bangladesh in 2018: An Observation
Source:
Ain o Salish Kendra
Date of Document:
January 2019
Author:
Abu Ahmed Faijul Kabir et al.
Accessed Date:
13 February 2020
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:
Annual Human Rights Report 2019: Bangladesh
Date of Document:
8 February 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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. The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia.
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
11 October 2017
Author:
Megumi Makisaka; Victor Bernard
Accessed Date:
25 October 2017
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.6/30/BGD/1
Date of Document:
26 February 2018
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
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:
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
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
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:
10 November 2020
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:
Birth registration and birth certificates in Bangladesh
Source:
Denmark. Danish National ID Centre.
Date of Document:
15 January 2019
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) (Amendment) Ordinance 1978
Accessed Date:
31 October 2016
Title:
Reports of fraudulent documents (2011-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 August 2015
Accessed Date:
28 September 2015
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
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
President's Order No. 149 of 1972. The Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1972.
Accessed Date:
31 October 2016
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:
Act No. 29 of 2004; The Law framed to amend and to consolidate Births and Deaths Registration
Accessed Date:
31 October 2016
Title:
Issuance of the Bangladeshi passport
Source:
Denmark. Danish National ID Centre.
Date of Document:
20 March 2019
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Muslim marriage registration and the issuance of marriage documents
Source:
Denmark. Danish National ID Centre.
Date of Document:
19 December 2018
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
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
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: issuance of UNHCR identity cards to Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals/Persons of Concern to the UNHCR
Source:
Denmark. Danish National ID Centre.
Date of Document:
5 March 2019
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
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. 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
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
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
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Bangladesh. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
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:
Five Years After Bangladesh's Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2010. Is it helping Survivors?
Source:
Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers' Association; Plan International Bangladesh
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
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:
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
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
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:
COVID-19 Bangladesh Rapid Gender Analysis
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
23 November 2020
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
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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:
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. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
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
Title:
Bangladesh. Types of criminalisation: Criminalises sex between men.
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
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
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Overview of corruption and anti-corruption in Bangladesh
Source:
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre; Transparency International
Date of Document:
15 February 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. 2020 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
27 April 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Corruption in Service Sectors: National Household Survey 2017. Extended Executive Summary.
Source:
Transparency International Bangladesh
Date of Document:
30 August 2018
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Access to Justice in Bangladesh Situation Analysis
Source:
United Nations Development Programme; Bangladesh. Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.
Date of Document:
May 2015
Accessed Date:
11 October 2017
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:
August 2018
Author:
Md. Ershadul Karim; Omar Sial
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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:
Muzzling Dissent Online. Bangladesh: Amend the Draconian Digital Security Act
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
12 November 2018
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Violations of the right to freedom of expression in 2017
Date of Document:
2 May 2018
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Bangladesh: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. States of Control: Covid, Cuts and Impunity. South Asia Press Freedom Report 2019 – 2020.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
3 May 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom on the Net 2020.
Editor:
Elisha Aaron et al.
Accessed Date:
17 November 2020
Title:
Caught Between Fear and Repression: Attacks on Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 May 2017
Accessed Date:
11 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh: Digital Security Act
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
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:
Bangladesh. International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Bangladesh: A Joint Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Source:
Kapaeeng Foundation et al.
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
11 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh. The Indigenous World 2020.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2020
Author:
Pallab Chakma; Bablu Chakma
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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 No303.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
27 December 2019
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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.
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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
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 March 2020:
Title:
Bangladesh. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
7 February 2020
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html
Accessed Date:
24 February 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Background information, including actors of protection, and internal relocation. Version 2.0
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2018
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679718/Bangladesh_-_Background_-_CPIN_v2.0__January_2018__pdf.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Bangladesh
Date of Document:
25 November 2016
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/HRI/CORE/BGD/2015
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom in the World 2019.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/bangladesh
Accessed Date:
27 June 2019
Title:
Annual Human Rights Report on Bangladesh 2018
Date of Document:
8 August 2019
URL:
http://odhikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Annual-HR-Report-2018_Engl.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
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:
14 February 2020
Title:
Country Information Note. Bangladesh: Documentation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/860942/Bangladesh-Documentation-CPIN-v1.0_Jan_2020_.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Women fearing gender based violence. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2018
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679719/Bangladesh-Women_fearing_GBV-CPIN_v2.0__January_2018_.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2017
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/660538/Bangladesh_-_SOGI_-_CPIN_-_v3.0__Nov_2017_.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 October 2018
Title:
Bangladesh. 2019 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
27 February 2019
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Country/Bangladesh/Content/Detail/Report/cd97ec31-c357-4a72-b32e-15f4aea9e77f
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-trafficking-in-persons-report-2/bangladesh/
Accessed Date:
8 August 2019
Title:
Bangladesh. Country Reports on Terrorism 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 November 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2018/#Bangladesh
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
ISIS-Bangladesh. Country Reports on Terrorism 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 November 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2018/#ISIS-Bangladesh
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Protest and Pushback. Truth Vs Misinformation: The Collective Push Back. South Asia Press Freedom Report 2018 – 2019.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
3 May 2019
URL:
https://www.ifj.org/fileadmin/user_upload/IFJ_SAPFR_-_BANGLADESH.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom on the Net 2019.
Author:
Adrian Shahbaz; Allie Funk
Editor:
Tyler Roylance et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/bangladesh/freedom-net/2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
21 June 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/bangladesh/
Accessed Date:
4 July 2019
Title:
Bangladesh. The Indigenous World 2019.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2019
Author:
Pallab Chakma; Bablu Chakma
URL:
https://www.iwgia.org/en/documents-and-publications/documents/4-the-indigenous-world-2019/file
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2018
URL:
http://minorityrights.org/country/bangladesh/
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Chapter 3 Bangladesh. Cracks in the Foundation. South Asia State of Minorities Report 2018: Exploring the Roots.
Source:
The South Asia Collective
Date of Document:
22 February 2019
Author:
Zakir Hossain; Monjurul Islam
URL:
http://www.misaal.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/bangladesh.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 February 2020
Title:
Country policy and information note. Bangladesh: Opposition to the government. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2018
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679716/Bangladesh-Political_Oppn-CPIN_v2.0__January_2018_.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Gonojagoron Moncho, including origin, purpose, structure, membership, areas of operation and activities (April 2013-January 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 January 2014
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455083&pls=1
Accessed Date:
22 September 2014
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Bangladesh.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
http://www.bti-project.org/fileadmin/files/BTI/Downloads/Reports/2018/pdf/BTI_2018_Bangladesh.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Roles and responsibilities of the executive members of the local branches of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal (Bangladesh Nationalist Youth Party) (2010-August 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 August 2014
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455463&pls=1
Accessed Date:
26 September 2014
Title:
Bangladesh. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Annual Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2017
URL:
http://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2017.USCIRFAnnualReport.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 October 2017
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:
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
URL:
https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-State-of-Bangladeshs-Political-Governance-Development-and-Society_According-to-its-Citizens.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Bangladesh
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
https://www.bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report-BGD.html
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Capacity Assessment (mid-term) of the National Human Rights Commission, Bangladesh
Source:
Bangladesh. National Human Rights Commission.
Date of Document:
29 May 2019
URL:
http://nhrc.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/nhrc.portal.gov.bd/page/bf638136_9155_44d0_b73f_d1e9ae3e6cd3/Sidoti%20REPORT%20%20May%202019%20(1).pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Political parties and Affiliation. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/921445/Bangladesh-Political_parties_and_affiliation-CPIN.pdf
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.
URL:
https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2484/
Accessed Date:
17 November 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
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/12/03/are-we-not-human/denial-education-rohingya-refugee-children-bangladesh
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
COVID-19 Bangladesh Rapid Gender Analysis
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
May 2020
URL:
https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/-/media/field%20office%20eseasia/docs/publications/2020/05/rga%20bangladeshfinalmay2020.pdf?la=en&vs=1725
Accessed Date:
23 November 2020
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
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/10/29/i-sleep-my-own-deathbed/violence-against-women-and-girls-bangladesh-barriers
Accessed Date:
17 November 2020
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:
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
URL:
https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/fidh_-_joint_submission_for_un_cat_-_june_2019.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/i903_bgd_persecutions_ict_act.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Challenges to Religious Freedom in Bangladesh
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
May 2020
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2020%20Bangladesh%20Country%20Update.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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.
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f3268d58fa8f57ac440fb1c/Age-and-gender-based-violence-risks-facing-Rohingya-and-Bangladeshi-adolescents-in-Cox_s-Bazar-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
A Sustainable Policy for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh. Asia Report No303.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
27 December 2019
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asia/bangladesh/303-sustainable-policy-rohingya-refugees-bangladesh
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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
URL:
https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/bangladesh753ang.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
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