OHCHR Fact-Finding Team on Bangladesh (FFTB)
At the invitation of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, OHCHR will conduct an independent and impartial fact-finding into alleged human rights violations that occurred in the context of protests which took place from 1 July to 15 August 2024. The fact-finding is tasked to establish facts, identify responsibilities, analyse root causes and provide concrete recommendations on the next steps Bangladesh should take to address the past violations and to ensure non-recurrence. Based on this framework and the information collected by a fact-finding team on Bangladesh, OHCHR will publish a human rights report setting out key findings, conclusions and recommendations.
The fact finding is an independent and impartial OHCHR human rights investigation of the events occurring between 1 July and 15 August along with root causes. As such it will operate independently of any domestic criminal investigation, and will not seek to make determinations of criminal guilt.
Call for submissions
The fact-finding team is interested in receiving first-hand information that is not already on social media or otherwise in the public domain concerning the period of 1 July to 15 August 2024 and human rights violations and abuses in the context of the protests during that period.
The fact-finding team on Bangladesh invites individuals, groups and organizations to submit information and documentation to OHCHR-FFTB-Submissions@un.org
The deadline for submissions is 30 September 2024 and preferably sooner.
If you wish to submit large videos, digital materials, or files containing sensitive information (e.g. names of victims or eye witnesses), please inform the fact-finding team in advance via abovementioned email. The fact-finding team will contact you in due time to enable the submission of such files in a safe manner.
Please note that individual acknowledgements of receipt of information will not be sent. It should be noted that not all information provided will necessarily be reflected in public reports. In particular, cases alleging violations falling outside the scope of the investigation cannot be considered.
OHCHR attaches the utmost importance to the protection of sources, notably concerning the respect for confidentiality and the ‘do no harm’ principle (not to jeopardize the life, safety, freedom and well-being of victims, witnesses, and other cooperating persons). OHCHR will not disclose the identity of cooperating persons to anyone unless there is informed consent from the source to share the information with specific third parties, and after OHCHR duly considering protection concerns for the source or other persons.
Media inquiries
For more information and media requests, please contact the Media Outreach and Spokesperson’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: ohchr-media@un.org.