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Labour rights in the readymade garments industry in Bangladesh

Since May 2006, the RMG industry of Bangladesh has been experiencing various workers unrest which turned into violent incidents in 2008, causing violations of the prevalent emergency situation which even the major political parties did not dare to do. In this background, Odhikar, with support from OXFAM Great Britain, embarked on an initiative of advocacy […]

January 1, 2009 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Campaign for the International Criminal Court in Bangladesh

Odhikar, a human rights organisation in Bangladesh, has been campaigning for the International Criminal Court (ICC) for last few years. This publication is an attempt to compile campaign reports, speeches made by distinguished personalities and articles on the ICC. The objective of this publication is to give relevant people an idea about the ICC campaign […]

February 1, 2006 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Report 2005 : investigation, research and publication of human right violation

2005 is the third and final year of Odhikar’s project, “Investigation, Research and Publication of Human Rights Violations” funded by the Academy for Educational Development (AED) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This report is the final report for this project and compiles the out puts of the project activities, including fact […]

January 1, 2006 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Report 2004 : investigation, research and publication of human right violation

This report, which is second of the series, is compilation of outputs of project activities and other related documents produced during the year 2004. Under this project Odhikar’s fact finding team investigated human rights abuses perpetrated by law enforcement agencies, including the abuse of specific laws, torture in remand and other forms of verbal and […]

January 1, 2005 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Violence against children: the scenario in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh a large number of children are deprived of their basic human rights due to unacceptable health, nutrition and education as well as social conditions. In addition, children are exposed to severe forms of physical and mental violence at home, in the work place, in institutions and other public places. The nature and extent […]

January 1, 2002 | Read full story | Comments are closed