Update

***French President Hosts Reception for Human Rights Defenders at Élysée Palace***Human Rights Lawyer Shahanur Islam Joins Hands with ARDHIS for Bangladeshi LGBTQI Asylum Seekers in France***New Platform to Fight Discrimination Against LGBTQI+ Community in Bangladesh***Human Rights Advocates Meet with French Ambassador to the Council of Europe ***Bangladesh Needs to Make Further Progress Towards Gender Equality***JusticeMakers Bangladesh calls for justice and protection for religious minorities in Bangladesh***French Human Rights Ambassador Honours HR Defenders at Paris***JusticeMakers Bangladesh is deeply concerned over the harassment against student of Islamic University in Bangladesh***JusticeMakers Bangladesh urges to withdraw the ban of Prity's book "Jonmo O Jonir Itihas" immediately***JusticeMakers Bangladesh expresses deep concern, condemnation and protest over the vandalism 14 Hindu temples in Thakurgaon***JusticeMakers Bangladesh deeply concern over the threat of crossfire to the lawyer Aminul Gani Tito in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh gravely concerns over the attacked on CEO of BELA***JusticeMakers Bangladesh gravely concerns over the disappearance of lawyer in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh Urges Immidiate Release of Arrested Transgenders in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh concerns over viciously attacked on lawyer Abdur Rashid Mollah at Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh gravely concerned over attacked on indigenous people at Bogura***JusticeMakers Bangladesh welcomes the decision of Metropolitan Magistrate to acquit four Transgenders in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh Protests and concerns Over the Abduction and Torture of Two Trans-women in Meherpur***Shahanur Islam attended the 21st World Summit on Participatory Democracy at Grenoble, France***

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Concern about inadequate World Bank CSO engagement on key policy processes

JusticeMakers Bangladesh,and BIHR amongst with other Civil society organisations write to express their continued concern and frustration with the lack of adequate and substantive World Bank engagement on key policy processes, such as the IDA20 replenishment and Development Policy Financing retrospective. These processes are decisive pillars of the World Bank’s development assistance and lending policies in the post Covid-19 recovery context. Their design and implementation have a lasting impact on recipient countries across the world and it is the role of civil society to ensure that these processes are delivered in the public interest.

Thursday, December 2, 2021

‘হিজড়া’ লৈঙ্গিক পরিচয় নয়, একটি অন্তর্ভুক্তিমূলক ধারণা

হিজড়া কিংবা ট্রান্সজেন্ডার জনগোষ্ঠীর প্রতি বৈষম্য এবং তাঁদের বঞ্চনা নিয়ে উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ করা লেখাজোখা মাঝেমধ্যে আমরা পত্রিকায় দেখতে পাই। এ বিষয়ে আলোকপাত করে গত আগস্টের প্রথম ভাগে প্রথম আলোয় একাধিক প্রতিবেদন ছাপা হয়। এ ছাড়া ‘হিজড়া/ট্রান্সজেন্ডার জনগোষ্ঠীর স্বাস্থ্য সুরক্ষা ও অধিকার’ শীর্ষক গোলটেবিল বৈঠককেন্দ্রিক ক্রোড়পত্র প্রকাশিত হয়েছে। সম্প্রতি ট্রান্সপারেন্সি ইন্টারন্যাশনাল বাংলাদেশের (টিআইবি) ‘সরকারি সেবায় প্রান্তিক জনগোষ্ঠীর অভিগম্যতা: জবাবদিহি-ব্যবস্থার বিশ্লেষণ’ শীর্ষক এক গবেষণার ফলাফল প্রকাশ করে, যেখানে হিজড়ারাও রয়েছেন।

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

LETTER to UNSG: United Nations Regional Human Rights Commission in Asia.

Mr. António Guterres
Secretary General
United Nations

Dear Secretary General Guterres,

As a recognized UN organization together with Asian organizations and individuals listed below, we are writing to ask that you do all you can to bring about a United Nations Regional Human Rights Commission in Asia.

Considering that Asia is so large and diverse, the continent poses considerable challenges for organizations and individuals within the region to develop a harmonised approach to prevalent human rights issues, collaborate together and coordinate any human rights issues.