Amnesty International has issued a 10-point human rights charter ahead of the forthcoming national election and urged all contesting political parties to ensure that the protection and promotion of human rights is a core part of their plans for Bangladesh.
With the brief 10-point agenda, the global rights organisation highlighted the obligations in accordance with the rights guaranteed by the country's commitment to international treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESR), as well as by the constitution of Bangladesh.
The 10 points, listed with nor order or priority, are:
1. Respect and protect freedom of expression and media freedom
2. Protect the protest
3. Sustainable solutions to the Rohingya crisis
4. End impunity for enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions
5. Protect women's rights
6. Protect the rights of religious minorities and indigenous peoples
7. Abolish the death penalty
8. Inclusive, sustainable responses to climate crisis
9. End impunity for custodial deaths and torture
10. Uphold corporate accountability and labour rights
Amnesty International also made some specific recommendations along with the calls.
