This Alternative Report is submitted by the Advocates for Human Rights; Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN); Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD); Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC); International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH); Odhikar; Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights; and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) to the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT) one year following its adoption of the Concluding Observations on the initial report of Bangladesh at its 67th session on 8 August 2019. At that time, the CAT requested the Bangladesh Government to submit a follow-up report on measures it had taken to implement the Committee’s recommendations. The CAT specifically requested Bangladesh to report on progress made toward four key recommendations. In this Alternative Report, the submitting organisations have highlighted on the key recommendations identified by the CAT for follow-up in its Concluding Observations on the initial report of Bangladesh, and the perspectives of civil society organisations on actions taken by the Government of Bangladesh toward implementation of those recommendations.
Civil Society Joint Alternative Follow Up Report to Submit to the UN CAT (Full Text)
