UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, is expected to visit Dhaka this month to oversee the work of the impartial and independent fact-finding mission investigating human rights violations committed from 1 July to 15 August.
Earlier, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, received an official invitation from the Chief Adviser to conduct an impartial and independent fact-finding mission into human rights violations.
However, the UN office deployed a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to report on violations and abuses perpetrated during the protests, analyse root causes, and make recommendations to advance justice and accountability, as well as for longer-term reforms.
Volker Turk is scheduled to meet Chief Adviser Prof Yunus and Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain, in addition to meetings with other stakeholders.
The UN Human Rights Chief, Volker Turk, made a phone call to Bangladesh's interim government Chief Adviser, Prof Muhammad Yunus, in August.
During his recent visit to New York, Chief Adviser Prof Yunus sought support from international allies for Bangladesh's new journey towards a happy and prosperous future, emphasising that they do not want to miss the opportunity to build a new Bangladesh.
On 17 September 1974, Bangladesh became a full member of the United Nations.
As part of ongoing engagement with the interim government, an advance team from the UN human rights body visited Bangladesh from 22 to 29 August.
They met with student leaders of the recent protests, as well as a wide range of advisers in the interim government, the Chief Justice, senior officers of the police and armed forces, lawyers, journalists, human rights defenders, representatives of political parties, and minority and indigenous communities.
