2024-09-16 08:26:29
The United Nations ‘fact-finding team’ has called for information to investigate allegations of human rights violations that took place between July 1 and August 15.
On Monday (September 16), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reported this information in a press release of the Organization’s Resident Coordination Office in Bangladesh.
It said, at the invitation of the interim government of Bangladesh, the United Nations Human Rights Office is conducting an independent and impartial investigation into human rights violations arising out of the recent protests from July 1 to August 15.
This UN investigative team is tasked with uncovering the truth, identifying responsibility, analyzing the root causes of human rights violations and making specific recommendations for Bangladesh to prevent past human rights violations and their recurrence.
According to the notification, all individuals, groups and organizations are invited to provide primary information regarding human rights violations and abuse of power in the context of the protests between July 1 and August 15. The group is requesting information, which is currently not available on social media and has not been published or disseminated. [email protected]Information must be submitted to this email.
The investigation team also plans to interview victims, law enforcement officials, medical professionals and eyewitnesses, the agency said.
The UN says the fact-finding inquiry is not a criminal investigation or a legal investigation. It operates independently of any national criminal justice process. This information search process is strictly confidential. During the investigation, members of the investigation team will not give interviews to any media. They requested everyone to respect the confidentiality of the information seeking process.
Following on-site inspections and data analysis, the UN Human Rights Office will issue a detailed human rights report containing the main findings, conclusions and recommendations of the investigation.
For more details on this, contact the spokesperson of the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva by email ([email protected]) is asked to communicate.