Dhaka: The report of the UN fact-finding mission on human rights violations during the July-August uprising is in its final stages and will be released in mid-February. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said this.
He made this comment in a meeting with Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government, in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday (January 23) local time. The meeting between the two leaders took place on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual conference. Later, the chief adviser's deputy press secretary, Abul Kalam Azad Majumdar, gave this information.
Dr. Yunus has sought UN assistance in resolving the Rohingya crisis at this time. Volker Turk said that the report will be shared with Bangladesh ahead of its publication by the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva.
The Chief Adviser thanked the UN Human Rights Commission for investigating crimes committed during the student-led uprising. He also said that the reports of the six independent reform commissions will also be published at the same time.
Their observation is that these reports will complement each other.
At this time, Dr. Yunus called on the head of the UN Human Rights Commission to help resolve the Rohingya crisis. Assuring full support in this regard, Turk said that the issue will be discussed with relevant stakeholders including the UN Ambassador to Myanmar, Julie Bishop.
The UN fact-finding mission has been working in Bangladesh at the invitation of the interim government to investigate the protests demanding quota reforms in government jobs and the subsequent human rights violations that took place during the uprising. They are investigating allegations of human rights violations that occurred from July 1 to August 15.
The fact-finding team will uncover the truth of the allegations, identify responsibilities, analyze the root causes of human rights violations, and make recommendations to prevent the recurrence of such incidents.