Introductory Session. From right side Tamanna Hoq Riti, Assistant Coordinator, ASK, Md Nur Khan, Executive Director, ASK, Dr. Sarkar Ali Akkas, Chairman, Department of Law, Jagannath University and Abu Ahmed Faijul Kabir, Senior Coordinator, ASK.

Conducting session on the UPR and Bangladesh

Member states of the UN Human Rights Council, Mock-UPR

Students actively performing the role of different Stakeholders

Mock-UPR: Members of the Civil Society Organisations

Group work: assessing the status of implementation

Group 1

Group presentation on the progress and challenges regarding the implementation of the recommendations Bangladesh received during the 3rd UPR cycle

Group 2

Group presentation on the progress and challenges regarding the implementation of the recommendations Bangladesh received during the 3rd UPR cycle

Group 3

Group presentation on the progress and challenges regarding the implementation of the recommendations Bangladesh received during the 3rd UPR cycle

ASK has been holding a series of dialogues with university students on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and Bangladesh. As part of that, ASK organised a dialogue with the Department of LAW, Jagannath University, on 22 September 2022, where the students identified key progress Bangladesh has made while also noting the multi-faceted challenges in implementing the UPR recommendations of the 2018 cycle. Keeping in mind that these students will be the advocates of change for the cycles to come, they were also given potential roles as different stakeholders in the UPR process during the Mock-UPR session. The dialogue covered sessions on the United Nations Human Rights Mechanism and the UPR.