Programme Outline

UN Special Procedures Mechanism is a key human rights mechanism which ASK and other organisations in Bangladesh have been working with various Special Procedures. Drawing from the experience, ASK believes that the Country’s engagement with such procedures can be improved through consultations and dialogues between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), other human rights organisations and those who take time to use this mechanism.

ASK is holding a panel discussion on “Bangladesh’s Engagement with the UN Special Procedures” on 15 July 2014 from 10.30 am to 01.00 pm at CIRDAP Auditorium, Topkhana Road, Dhaka.

Speakers/ Panelists of the discussion (See Programme Outline Below)

• Professor Mizanur Rahman, Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission, Bangladesh;

• Ms. Saida Muna Tasneem, Director-General UN and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA);

• Dina M Siddiqui, Professor, BRAC University;

• Sultana Kamal, Executive Director of Ain o Salish Kendra will convene the panel discussion.

We would highly appreciate your kind presence and valuable contribution in this discussion.

Report which Will be Highlighted by Dina Siddiqui available at this link (Click on Highlighted Text)

The Finding’s of the Special Rapporteurs Visit to Bangladesh in May 2013 was launched in April 2014. This report contains the findings of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, following her visit to Bangladesh from 20 to 29 May 2013. It examines the situation of violence against women in the country, taking into account its causes and consequences, and implications for the effective exercise and enjoyment of human rights by women. It also discusses the State’s responses, through the lens of the principle of due diligence, to prevent such violence, protect and provide remedies to women who have been subjected to violence, and prosecute and punish the perpetrators.

Bangladesh’s Engagement with the UN Special Procedures