Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus led Bangladesh’s interim authorities in signing the Worldwide Conference for the Safety of All Individuals from Enforced Disappearance on Thursday.
Yunus, who holds the place of Chief Advisor of the Authorities of Bangladesh, shared the Instrument of Accession for the Conference on his X (previously Twitter) account. He acknowledged that by signing the Conference, the federal government was “demonstrating its dedication to research each case of enforced disappearances.”
Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty Worldwide Smriti Singh welcomed the step taken by the Bangladesh interim authorities. She added:
Transferring ahead, the interim authorities should proactively work in direction of the total implementation of the Conference by ratifying it and enacting a powerful home laws that acknowledges the continual nature of the crime and considers incidents of enforced disappearances which have already occurred previous to its enactment. It should additionally permit for the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to ‘obtain and contemplate communications’ on behalf of victims, as per Article 31 of the UN Conference.
In keeping with data shared by Bangladeshi rights group Odhikar, there have been 709 enforced disappearances from 2009 to June 2024. The Fast Motion Battalion, which is an anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh police, is reported to be accountable for 206 of the 709 enforced disappearances. Then again, the Detective Department of the Bangladesh Police is reported to be accountable for 240 of the overall disappearances. Bangladesh police are reportedly accountable for 104 on their very own.
The Convention is a UN treaty geared toward stopping enforced disappearances and making certain justice and reparations for victims. It defines “enforced disappearance” because the arrest, detention or abduction by state brokers or these appearing with state assist adopted by a refusal to acknowledge the act. The Conference emphasizes that no distinctive circumstances can justify enforced disappearances and obliges states to research and prosecute such acts.
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