ব্যাপকভাবে কেন্দ্র দখল, জাল ভোট ও সংঘর্ষের মধ্যে দিয়ে ৩০ ডিসেম্বর পৌরসভার নির্বাচন সম্পন্ন হয়। নির্বাচন কমিশনে একটি নিবন্ধিত প্রতিষ্ঠান হওয়া সত্ত্বেও অধিকার কে ২০১৫ এর পৌরসভা নির্বাচন আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে পর্যবেক্ষণ করতে অনুমতি দেয়নি নির্বাচন কমিশন। এরই প্রেক্ষিতে গত ২৭ ডিসেম্বর অধিকার এর পক্ষ থেকে নির্বচন কমিশনের সচিবকে চিঠি দিয়ে লিখিতভাবে এই ব্যাপারে জানাতে অনুরোধ করলেও […]
Municipality Elections 2015 : Odhikar Report
The Municipality elections were marked with widespread incidents of capturing polling centres casting fake votes and violence on December 30, 2015. Despite being registered with the Bangladesh Election Commission (BEC), it did not allow Odhikar to formally observe the Municipality Elections of 2015. Being denied official permission to monitor the municipality polls, Odhikar sought to collect […]
Odhikar observes elections in Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet city corporations
On June 15, 2013 elections were held in Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet City Corporation. Odhikar observed elections in four city corporations. Each observation team had five mobile observers. Although no major violations were marked, elections in four City Corporations concluded with some irregularities at the polling centres. It was learnt from the observer teams […]
Union Parishad Elections 2011 : narrative report
Odhikar has been working with human rights issues in relation to elections since 1995. As a continuing endeavour Odhikar monitors national elections, by-elections, city corporation elections, and local government elections whenever they are held. Odhikar has also been observing national and local government elections in a number of Asian countries as an international observer. Realising […]
Final report : Election Violence Education and Resolution (EVER)
This report details the findings from the Election Violence Education and Resolution (EVER) program, designed by IFES and implemented by Odhikar for the December 28, 2008 parliamentary election in Bangladesh. The EVER program is designed document accurate information about incidents of election-related violence in a methodologically reliable manner, so that stakeholders in the electoral process […]
Upazila Parishad Election Observation Annex-2009
Odhikar, a human rights organisation, has been observing elections as a part of its organisational spectrum of work. Since its inception in 1994, Odhikar has established itself as a credible and reliable organisation in Bangladesh in the area of election observation, both national and local. Internationally, it has earned a good reputation and established relationship […]
Themes
Members/Partners
- Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN)
- Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
- Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
- CIVICUS
- HURIDOCS
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- World Organization against Torture (OMCT)