Social movement and mass awareness stressed to combat disappearance : campaign for the accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Odhikar in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland organised a discussion meeting on a campaign for the accession of the government to the International Convention for the Protectionof All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, at Hotel Agrabad in Chittagong on 15 October 2011; as part of Odhikar’s programme. Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar, moderated the discussion while Sazzad Hussain, Programme Coordinator of the Organisation presented the keynote paper that highlighted the present status of the crime of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh. Moyeen Uddin Khan Badal, Member of Parliament was present as special guest.