Odhikar is a human rights organisation in Bangladesh that was founded in 1994 and registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau in March 1995. The principal objectives of the organization are to raise the awareness of human rights and its various abuses, on the one hand and to create a vibrant democratic system through election monitoring […]
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 […]
Annual activity report : 2003
Odhikar has attempted to highlight the human rights situation in Bangladesh with documentation, investigation, research and monitoring activities. This means especially highlighting the negative side of the balance. The situation in the police stations is still something to worry about; inmates are harassed, the system is corrupt due to various factors and innocent people get […]
City corporation election : 2002
On 25 April 2002, the City Corporation Elections were held. However, the major opposition party, Awami League, did not take part in it. They refused to recognize this election. Odhikar arranged a total of 11 mobile observation teams throughout Bangladesh. Among these teams, 7 worked in Dhaka and there were 2 teams in Khulna […]
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 […]
8th Parliamentary Election 2001, Bangladesh
Odhikar is a human rights organization established in 1994 with lawyers, university professors, journalists, social and development activists committed to human rights. Among many other activities one of the mandates of Odhikar is to observe elections and to monitor human rights violations related to elections. Since Odhikar attaches special importance to election monitoring, it submitted […]
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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)
