Bangladesh

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Overview

The OHCHR Mission in Bangladesh offers training and technical assistance to the authorities across a range of areas to support the country in meeting its human rights commitments. It also undertakes capacity-building initiatives for government institutions and civil society actors. In addition, the Mission provides independent assessments of the human and inform and engage with the relevant authorities of Bangladesh on emerging trends in this area, with a view to advising possible preventive or remedial actions by national authorities.

News & Statements

Latest news

25 Aug 2026

Special Procedures

Nine years on: Rohingya continue to face atrocity crimes, mass displacement and deepening humanitarian crisis, warn UN experts

29 Jul 2026

Special Procedures

Bangladesh: UN experts urge action to end trafficking and deaths of Rohingyas on Andaman Sea

13 Mar 2026

Special Procedures

Human Rights Council best positioned to stand up for rights in these perilous times, says outgoing UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar

11 Feb 2026

Press releases

Special Procedures

Bangladesh: UN experts call for robust human rights guarantees to ensure free, fair, and safe elections

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Latest statements & messages

25 Aug 2026

Special Procedures

Rohingya Remembrance Day: Remembering the Victims, Confronting Impunity, Upholding the Rights and Dignity of the Rohingya

30 Sep 2025

Multiple Mechanisms

High Commissioner Türk to Rohingya Conference: The international community must honour its responsibilities and act

29 Jul 2025

Multiple Mechanisms

HC Türk honours the memory of protestors killed in Bangladesh

30 Oct 2024

Multiple Mechanisms

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concludes official visit to Bangladesh

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Featured Stories

A young girl in a red and pink patterned outfit walks barefoot away from the camera along a wet, reflective beach, carrying a plastic bag. Waves break in the background under a clear blue sky, and her figure is mirrored in the wet sand below.
03 September 2026 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Myanmar’s Rohingya and other minorities face renewed terror, illicit economies boom

A new UN report documents continued grave violations against Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar, alongside the rapid, unregulated expansion of rare earth mining and its human and environmental toll.
12 February 2025 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN Human Rights investigation may support accountability for Bangladeshi student protests repression

A new report by UN Human Rights finds reasonable grounds to believe that Bangladesh’s former Government, security and intelligence apparatus, and violent elements of the Awami League systematically engaged in serious human rights violations to suppress protests and hold on to power.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

OHCHR Fact-Finding Report: Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh

Preliminary Analysis of Recent Protests and Unrest in Bangladesh

Flash/Situation Report on the Recent Protests in Bangladesh

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OHCHR Tools and Resources

OHCHR preliminary assessment of the May 2025 amendments to Bangladesh’s International Crimes Act and Anti-Terrorism Act OHCHR Technical Note on review of the Digital Security Act - June 2022 Technical advice on Bangladesh - Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/56/61/Add.1: Visit to Bangladesh - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter

A/HRC/54/26/Add.2: Visit to Bangladesh Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Claudia Mahler

A/HRC/53/26/Add.3: Visit to Bangladesh - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales

A/HRC/53/28/Add.1: Visit to Bangladesh - Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally

A/HRC/53/30/Add.2: Visit to Bangladesh - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CRPD/C/BGD/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of Bangladesh

Concluding observations on the initial report of Bangladesh

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Concluding observations on the initial report of Bangladesh

Concluding observations on the initial report of Bangladesh

Concluding observations on the initial report of Bangladesh

Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Bangladesh

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Asia Pacific Section
Tel. +41 22 928 9650

Field

OHCHR Mission
9th Floor, House 1 Road 86
Gulshan 2 Dhaka, 1212
Bangladesh
Website

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