Amnesty International Report : PUSHED TO THE EDGE : INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DENIED IN BANGLADESH’S CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS

IWGIA Report : Militarization in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

Indigenous Women and Culture in the Colonized Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

UN DEVELOPMENT GROUP GUIDELIENS ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ ISSUES

PCJSS: Report on the Implimentation of the CHT Accord (January 2013)

UNDERSTANDING of the term indigenous.

UNDERSTANDING of term indigenous peoples Excerpt from DESA framework for technical cooperation in countries with indigenous peoples.

UN Peacekeeping Profile: Bangladesh : 28 November 2012

Gender and Land Rights in Asia : Workshop Report, November 20-21, 2010

In February 2009, Bangladesh was up for review under the Universal Period Review under the Human Rights Council. In that connection various reports were produced, some of which make reference to the situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The reports can be found on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development“. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, S. James Anaya, A/HRC/9/9/Add.1, August 15, 2008 (the report can be accessed under symbolA/HRC/9/9/Add.1)

Access to Justice for Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh“, Raja Devasish Roy, Sara Hossain and Dr. Meghna Guhathakurta, UNDP 2007

Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development“. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, Rodolfo Stavenhagen, A/HRC/6/15/Add.1, November 20, 2007 (the report can be accessed by under symbol/HRC/6/15/Add.1)

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (adopted by the UN General Assembly September 13, 2007)

The ILO Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Populations, 1957 and the Laws of Bangladesh: A Comparative Review ” Raja Devasish Roy, ILO 2006

Who funds the acts of racism and racial discrimination in the Chittagong Hill Tracts?“, Asian Centre for Human Rights, 2005

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – The right to food“. Report of the Special Rapporteur, Jean Ziegler. Mission to Bangladesh E/CN.4/2004/10/Add.1, October 29, 2003

Indigenous Rights in Bangladesh: Land Rights and Self-Government in the Chittagong Hill Tracts“, Raja Devashish Roy, Paper submitted at Indigenous Rights in the Commonwealth Project South & South East Asia Regional Expert Meeting Indian Confederation of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (ICITP), India. March 11- 13,2002

Bangladesh: Human rights in the Chittagong Hill Tracts“, Amnesty International 2000

The Land Question and the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord” Raja Devasish Roy, Published in Victoria Tauli Corpuz et al (eds.), The Chittagong Hill Tracts: The Road to a Lasting Peace, Tebtebba Foundation, Baguio City, Philippines, 2000

Interim report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief“, Jean Ziegler, 2000, A/55/280/Add.1

The following organisations publish regular reports on the rights situation in Bangladesh and the Chittagong Hill Tracts:

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