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BANGLADESH
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Bangladesh – Reference Map
Date of Document:
19 September 2017
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
Carte des provinces et districts du Bangladesh
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
June 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Rapport de mission en République populaire du Bangladesh du 3 au 15 juin 2023
Source:
France.Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.; France. Cour nationale du droit d'asile.
Date of Document:
24 April 2024
Accessed Date:
31 December 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
16 June 2025
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
EUAA Country of Origin Information Report. Bangladesh: Country Focus.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
July 2024
Accessed Date:
31 December 2024
Title:
Présentation du Bangladesh
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
12 August 2024
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: COI Compilation
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
August 2023
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Actors of protection. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Healthcare Provision in Bangladesh. Medical Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
June 2023
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
Survey of the Bangladeshi People: A Democracy Perception Survey
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
29 August 2023
Author:
Mirza M. Hassan et al.
Accessed Date:
31 December 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Medical treatment and healthcare. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2022
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 January 2022
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
31 December 2024
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
4 November 2024
Author:
Maria A. Blackwood
Accessed Date:
2 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Point de situation. Période: 1er juillet – 7 août 2024 : Du mouvement étudiant au soulèvement populaire.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
8 August 2024
Accessed Date:
17 January 2025
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Bangladesh
Date of Document:
5 December 2019
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Bangladesh
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
30 November 2022
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
The socio-economic situation in Dhaka and Chittagong [Chattogram], including rates of criminal violence and political violence; access to housing, including the tenant registration system, employment, education, and healthcare services in Dhaka...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2022
Accessed Date:
31 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
20 February 2025
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Impact of Tropical Cyclone Remal
Date of Document:
12 June 2024
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2025
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh. The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia 2021: Identity-based Conflict and Extremism.
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
The Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC), including their mandate, structure, and activities in Bangladesh; role of volunteers in the organization and whether members have been targeted due to their human rights work; types of cases investigate...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 April 2022
Accessed Date:
27 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh: Labor Activist Killed
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
6 July 2023
Accessed Date:
2 January 2024
Title:
Out of Control: Human rights and rule of law crises in Bangladesh
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
December 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh arrests 1,300 in crackdown on pro-Hasina protests
Date of Document:
10 February 2025
Author:
Roshni Majumdar et al.
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Annual Human Rights Report 2024
Date of Document:
10 February 2025
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Are human rights eroding under Muhammad Yunus?
Date of Document:
30 December 2024
Accessed Date:
17 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
Fact-Finding Report: Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
12 February 2025
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his visit to Bangladesh
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
30 April 2024
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
National report submitted pursuant to Human Rights
Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21: Bangladesh
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/44/BGD/1
Date of Document:
1 September 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Bangladesh
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/44/BGD/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 August 2023
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/44/BGD/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 August 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Majoritarianism in Bangladesh: Drivers, Consequences and Solutions. South Asia State of Minorities Report 2023: Majoritarianism and its Impact on Minorities.
Source:
South Asia Collective
Date of Document:
April 2024
Author:
Farhan Hossain Joy
Editor:
Apurwa Baral et al.
Accessed Date:
2 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Review laws and protect human rights standards
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 May 2025
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Bangladesh
Source:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh. U. S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
National Identity Card (NIC), including requirements and procedures to obtain; purpose and uses of the card; appearance and security features (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 February 2020
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Impact of the suspension of birth registration on the host community in Cox's Bazar
Date of Document:
3 August 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1972 (amended 1990)
Accessed Date:
26 January 2024
Title:
Availability of fraudulent documents, especially identity documents, medical files and financial documents; state response (2017–December 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 December 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Procedures and requirements to acquire a passport; characteristics of a Bangladesh passport
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 July 2010
Accessed Date:
10 October 2012
Title:
Citizenship Act, 1951 (amended 2009)
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Bangladeshis can now avail dual citizenship in 101 countries
Date of Document:
28 February 2023
Accessed Date:
2 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Rules, 1978 (amended 1985)
Accessed Date:
3 October 2012
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain and renew a passport at the Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa; information on the procedures that the High Commission follows with the old passport booklet (2014 – May 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 May 2015
Accessed Date:
28 September 2015
Title:
The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 2004
Accessed Date:
31 October 2016
Title:
Country Information Note. Bangladesh: Documentation. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2024
Accessed Date:
17 January 2025
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
The Bangladesh Awami League (AL), including its structure, leaders, membership and membership documents, associated organizations and factions, activities; relationship with the opposition (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 February 2020
Accessed Date:
25 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh : Les organisations islamistes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 January 2018
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
A New Era in Bangladesh? The First Hundred Days of Reform. Asia Report N°344.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
14 November 2024
Accessed Date:
2 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh Query Response: Awami League (AL) and supporters of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP)
Source:
Asylum Research Consultancy
Date of Document:
15 December 2016
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh Nationalist [National] Party (BNP), including its structure, leaders, factions, associated organizations, activities, membership and membership documents; treatment of members and supporters by the authorities (2017-May 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 May 2019
Accessed Date:
26 August 2019
Title:
Bangladesh : Le Parti prolétarien du Bengale oriental (Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party, PBSP ou PBS)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 January 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Political Parties in Bangladesh. CPD-CMI Working Paper 8.
Source:
Chr. Michelsen Institute; Centre for Policy Dialogue
Date of Document:
August 2014
Accessed Date:
23 September 2015
Title:
Bangladesh's protests explained: What led to PM's ouster and the challenges that lie ahead
Date of Document:
6 August 2024
Accessed Date:
2 January 2025
Title:
Facing Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh: A global threat in need of a global response
Source:
South Asia Democratic Forum
Date of Document:
2 March 2017
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Political situation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2024
Accessed Date:
17 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Parliament
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
26 June 2025
Title:
Information on the Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL), including structure and membership; treatment of members of the KSJL by Awami League members and by authorities (2014-August 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 September 2016
Accessed Date:
28 October 2016
Title:
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), including structure, leaders, activities; membership cards and confirmation letters, and activities; treatment of members by authorities (2014-April 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 May 2016
Accessed Date:
19 October 2016
Title:
Bangladesh : Poursuites judiciaires à l'encontre de dirigeants du Parti nationaliste du Bangladesh (Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP) depuis 2019
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 June 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
From Revolutionaries to Visionless Parties: Leftist Politics in Bangladesh. The Politics of Opposition in South Asia.
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
6 September 2022
Editor:
Paul Staniland; Milan Vaishnav
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
The Violent Politics of Bangladesh's 2024 Elections
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data
Date of Document:
4 January 2024
Accessed Date:
2 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh 2024 Final Report. Parliamentary Election 7 January 2024.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Accessed Date:
2 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Le Parti national socialiste (Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, JSD) faction Rab, 2014-2022
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
8 December 2022
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: End Political Prosecution of Rights Leaders
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 August 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Prime Minister Hasina Resigns amid Mass Protests
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
6 August 2024
Accessed Date:
27 November 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: The fall of the Hasina Government and recent political developments
Source:
United Kingdom. House of Commons.
Date of Document:
23 January 2025
Accessed Date:
19 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh: Overview and Issues for Congress. Insight.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
1 February 2024
Author:
Maria A. Blackwood
Accessed Date:
27 November 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: Arrest Warrant for Sheikh Hasina
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 October 2024
Accessed Date:
27 November 2024
Title:
Bangladesh's new outcasts: Students from ex-PM Hasina's party now in hiding
Date of Document:
27 October 2024
Author:
Mehedi Hasan Marof
Accessed Date:
27 November 2024
Title:
Bangladesh ex-ministers face 'massacre' charges, Hasina probe deadline set
Date of Document:
18 November 2024
Accessed Date:
27 November 2024
Title:
Travel ban imposed on ex-MP Abdus Sobhan Golap, SK Sur
Date of Document:
2 October 2024
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
COI Query Response. Bangladesh: The protests in July and August 2024 and their aftermath.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
15 November 2024
Accessed Date:
17 January 2025
Title:
15th amendment to constitution: HC scraps part that abolished caretaker system
Date of Document:
18 December 2024
Author:
Ashutosh Sarkar; Asifur Rahman
Accessed Date:
17 January 2025
Title:
Interim Government and the Constitution of Bangladesh
Source:
Library of Congress Blogs
Date of Document:
29 August 2024
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
Fact Box: Who is who in Yunus-led transitional government in Bangladesh
Date of Document:
9 August 2024
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
Awami League, all its affiliates now officially banned
Source:
The Business Standard
Date of Document:
12 May 2025
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
18 former ministers, 8 MPs barred from leaving country
Source:
The Business Standard
Date of Document:
2 September 2024
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
Former acting mayor of Sylhet, six others arrested
Date of Document:
17 February 2025
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (BJI) [JI; JeI] political party, including its ideology, structure, leadership, membership and membership documents, associated organizations and factions, and activities; its relationship to the group Hefazat-e-Islam...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 July 2025
Accessed Date:
29 July 2025
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
The treatment by authorities and society of women, particularly single women and heads of households, including their ability to live on their own, and their access to housing, income, education, health care, and support services in Dhaka an...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 January 2023
Accessed Date:
26 January 2023
Title:
‘Safe in the Grave': Young people's risk of sexual and gender-based violence in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
Source:
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence
Date of Document:
May 2024
Author:
Silvia Guglielmi et al.
Accessed Date:
2 January 2025
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally, on her visit to Bangladesh
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
28 April 2023
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Rape in Bangladesh: Socio-legal Issues and Barriers to Justice. Women Break the Silence: Gender-based Torture in Asia.
Source:
World Organisation Against Torture; Philippine Alliance for Human Rights Advocates
Date of Document:
May 2022
Author:
Saira Rahman Khan
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Women fearing gender-based violence. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh : Les femmes victimes de la traite des êtres humains à des fins d'exploitation sexuelle
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 May 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Overview of laws, policies and practices on gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work in Bangladesh
Source:
International Labour Organization
Date of Document:
April 2020
Editor:
Aya Matsuura; Ruya Leghari
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
“I Sleep in My Own Deathbed”: Violence against Women and Girls in Bangladesh: Barriers to Legal Recourse and Support
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 October 2020
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
17 November 2020
Title:
Understanding intimate partner violence in rural Bangladesh: Prevention and response
Source:
Overseas Development Institute
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Ruchira Tabassum Naved et al.
Accessed Date:
10 October 2017
Title:
Women and Men in Bangladesh: Facts and Figures 2022
Source:
Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
11 January 2023
Title:
Gender Statistics of Bangladesh 2018
Source:
Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh. Next Steps Towards Reform: Assessing good practice and gaps in Commonwealth sexual offences legislation: Asia.
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
March 2020
Author:
Indira Rosenthal et.al.
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
26 January 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Version 5.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
17 December 2024
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Bangladesh: Overview of corruption and anti-corruption
Source:
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre; Transparency International
Date of Document:
16 August 2021
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Bangladesh.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
5 July 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Special Report. The Persistent Challenge of Extremism in Bangladesh.
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
June 2022
Author:
Mubashar Hasan; Geoffrey Macdonald
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including operational capacity, areas of operation, and activities (2015-November 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 November 2016
Accessed Date:
6 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
17 January 2025
Title:
Harkat-ul-Jihadi al-Islami
Source:
Stanford University. Mapping Militant Organizations.
Date of Document:
July 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Countering Jihadist Militancy in Bangladesh. Asia Report N°295.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 February 2018
Accessed Date:
15 October 2018
Title:
ISIS-Bangladesh. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh : La répression violente du trafic et de la consommation de stupéfiants
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
29 September 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Research Report 8 – The Hefazat-e-Islam and the Islamist challenge in Bangladesh
Source:
South Asia Democratic Forum
Date of Document:
29 July 2022
Author:
Siegfried O. Wolf
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh: trafficking through labour exploitation
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
26 September 2023
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
Mob in Bangladesh Destroys Ousted PM's Family Home
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
6 February 2025
Author:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Challenges with Access to Justice in Bangladesh
Source:
Centre for Governance studies
Date of Document:
13 January 2021
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
The Special Powers Act, including implementation by authorities; police procedures directed by the Act, including warrants and notifications (2011-August 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 September 2014
Accessed Date:
26 September 2014
Title:
Case Study: Bangladesh. Global State of Democracy 2023 Report.
Source:
International IDEA
Date of Document:
November 2023
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
Whether the court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Dhaka issues order sheets and arrest warrants in absentia of the accused in petition cases; whether an accused person can obtain a copy of an order sheet and an arrest warrant in petition case...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 November 2016
Accessed Date:
6 October 2017
Title:
Affidavits, including different types of affidavits, their content, appearance, and security features; requirements and procedures for issuance, including cost; who is authorized to notarize an affidavit and role of notaries; prevalence of fraudulen...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 January 2023
Accessed Date:
27 January 2023
Title:
The Legal System of the Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh
Date of Document:
December 2023
Author:
Mohammad Ershadul Karim
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
Community Perspectives on Access to Civil Justice After Cross-Border Displacement: The Needs of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Source:
Centre for Peace and Justice; The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
February 2021
Author:
Faustina Pereira et al.
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Living Under Sentence of Death. A study on the profiles, experiences and perspectives of death row prisoners in Bangladesh.
Source:
University of Dhaka. Department of Law.
Date of Document:
December 2020
Author:
Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Separation of Judiciary and Judicial Independence in Bangladesh: An Appraisal
Source:
Open Access Library Journal
Author:
Mohammad Abdul Hannan; Md. Arifuzzaman
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Bangladesh: Signing of Convention on Enforced Disappearances is a much welcome first step
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
30 August 2024
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
Initial report submitted by Bangladesh under article 19 of the Convention, due in 1999
Date of Document:
3 October 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Bangladesh
Source:
United Nations. Committee Against Torture.
Date of Document:
26 August 2019
Accessed Date:
17 February 2020
Title:
Bangladesh: Rampant Police Abuse of Rohingya Refugees
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 January 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
After the Monsoon Revolution: A Roadmap to Lasting Security Sector Reform in Bangladesh
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 January 2025
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly et al.
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
Requirements and procedures to file a complaint with the police, including reports of false accusations; First Information Reports (FIRs), including registration and whether these reports automatically lead to an investigation; content, appearance ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 January 2022
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Where are they? Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh
Source:
Centre for Governance Studies
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Executions at will? Extrajudicial Killings by State Actors in Bangladesh
Source:
Centre for Governance Studies
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh : Le Bataillon d'action rapide(Rapid Action Battalion, RAB)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 June 2022
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
Title:
State and local police following the end of the Sheikh Hasina government, including whether they continue to take orders from or be influenced by the Awami League (AL); treatment of political opponents of the government, including low-rankin...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 May 2025
Accessed Date:
24 June 2025
Title:
Police general diaries (GD), including their purpose, content, and usage (2023–June 2025)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 July 2025
Accessed Date:
29 July 2025
Title:
Repackaging Repression: The Cyber Security Act and the continuing lawfare against dissent in Bangladesh
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 August 2024
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: RSF condemns the outrageous charges of crimes against humanity brought against at least 25 journalists
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
30 August 2024
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Democratic Deficit. Artificial Independence: The Fight To Save Media And Democracy. 22nd Annual South Asia Press Freedom Report 2023–2024.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
May 2024
Editor:
Jane Worthington; Laxmi Murthy
Accessed Date:
17 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom on the Net 2024.
Editor:
Amelia Larson et al.
Accessed Date:
17 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: RSF condemns unacceptable acts of intimidation against two independent newspapers
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
27 November 2024
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
Challenges to Religious Freedom in Bangladesh
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his mission to Bangladesh
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
22 January 2016
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, on his mission to Bangladesh: comments by the State
Date of Document:
19 February 2016
Accessed Date:
11 October 2017
Title:
Bangladesh: La situation de la communauté Barua depuis 2019
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 August 2022
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh. Freedom of Thought Report.
Source:
Humanists International
Date of Document:
11 April 2025
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh, Canada, Pakistan, United Kingdom, and United States: Registration procedures and documents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ) [Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC), Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (AMA)] in Canada, the US and the UK, particularly for Ahmadis of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin (2020–December 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 January 2023
Accessed Date:
24 January 2023
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Religious minorities and Atheists. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2025
Accessed Date:
26 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Deadly Attacks on Hindu Festival
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 October 2021
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh : Les communautés soufies
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh : Tensions religieuses dans le district de Cumilla (Comilla)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 April 2023
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: L'ordre soufi Maizbhandari
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 September 2024
Accessed Date:
17 January 2025
Title:
‘Our lives don't matter': Bangladeshi Hindus under attack after Hasina exit
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Author:
Mehedi Hasan Marof
Accessed Date:
17 January 2025
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Hate Speech and Incitement to Violence against Minorities in Bangladesh. South Asia State of Minorities Report 2021: Hate Speech Against Minorities.
Source:
South Asia Collective
Date of Document:
December 2021
Author:
Monjurul Islam; Zakir Hossain
Editor:
Sudeshna Thapa et al.
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh. The Indigenous World 2025.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2025
Author:
Pallab Chakma; Bablu Chakma
Editor:
Dwayne Mamo et al.
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
Title:
Bangladesh. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
10 November 2020
Title:
Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 44th Session of the Universal Periodic Review. Bangladesh.
Source:
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion et al.
Date of Document:
5 April 2023
Accessed Date:
6 January 2025
Title:
Bangladesh: Spiraling Violence Against Rohingya Refugees
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 July 2023
Accessed Date:
12 January 2024
Title:
Five Years On, Rohingya Refugees Face Dire Conditions and a Long Road Ahead
Source:
International Crisis Group
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh : La situation de la communauté hindoue (5 août – 13 décembre 2024)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 December 2024
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Tenant registration (or tenant verification) system, including implementation; whether authorities share information on tenant registration (2016-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 February 2020
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
Country Report: Bangladesh. D4.5 Final Country Reports.
Source:
Global Asylum Governance and the European Union's Role
Date of Document:
October 2023
Author:
M Sanjeeb Hossain
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Bangladesh: Internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Bangladesh: New Restrictions on Rohingya Camps
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 April 2022
Accessed Date:
16 January 2023
Title:
Bangladesh: New Rohingya Refugees Lack Protection, Aid
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 September 2024
Accessed Date:
20 June 2025
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 June 2025:
Title:
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (BJI) [JI; JeI] political party, including its ideology, structure, leadership, membership and membership documents, associated organizations and factions, and activities; its relationship to the group Hefazat-e-Islam...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 July 2025
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=459039
Accessed Date:
29 July 2025
Title:
Police general diaries (GD), including their purpose, content, and usage (2023–June 2025)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 July 2025
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=459041
Accessed Date:
29 July 2025
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