However, the indigenous peoples’ contributions in this regard are often unacknowledged or under-valued, and their individual and collective human rights, under national and international law (including core human rights to which Bangladesh is a party), are routinely violated, and often with continued impunity to those responsible for such violations. Land grabbing in the plains led to the eviction of 1216 families from their homesteads and 1035 families were being threatened with eviction both in the CHT and in the plain land. Written on 10 August 2020. Copyright © Source (mentioned above). The Land Portal distributes materials without the copyright owner’s permission based on the “fair use” doctrine of copyright, meaning that we post news articles for non-commercial, informative purposes. Although the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Agreement was a constructive agreement between the indigenous peoples and the Government of Bangladesh, after 19 years, the mai… [9] This way, the rights of free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples are being violated. As many as 200 houses belonging to indigenous Santals were set on fire and burnt to ashes by land grabbers in presence of the law enforcing agencies and security forces in Gaibandha district in November, 2016. Thus, although such positive developments were observed throughout the year, some initiatives put into action by the government violated the educational rights of children and youths instead and suffered as well from serious limitations. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Moreover, this year, at least 17 houses belonging to indigenous peoples were destroyed and looted while 37 women were molested by land grabbers in the land related incidents both in the CHT and in the plains. According to the 2011 census, the country’s Indigenous population numbers approximately 1,586,1411 which represents 1.8% of the total population. Their human rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to which Bangladesh is a signatory, are routinely violated. There is the lack of segregated data and information on indigenous children issues. Indigenous peoples' organizations have protested against the growing number of human rights violations and demand protection, promotion and respect for their human rights. James Anaya, former Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People, has defined indigenous people as "living descendants of pre-invasion inhabitants of … Change ), Peace and Development in Chittagon Hill Tracts, Amendment of CHT Land Commission Act: Opposition of the Communal Groups and Silence of Local Branches of Ruling Party, পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম চুক্তি বাস্তবায়নে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর সহযোগিতা কামনা ও প্রাসঙ্গিক বিষয়, পার্বত্য ভূমি কমিশন আইন সংশোধন : সাম্প্রদায়িক গোষ্ঠীর বিরোধিতা ও স্থানীয় ক্ষমতাসীন দলের নিরবতা, জাতিসংঘের ২০১৫-উত্তর এজেন্ডা ও আদিবাসী জাতিগোষ্ঠী : বাংলাদেশ প্রেক্ষিত, আদিবাসী জনগণের অর্থনৈতিক উন্নয়নের পথে প্রতিবন্ধকতা কোথায় ও উত্তরণের উপায়, To support the GOB to take adequate and context-specific measures to consult the indigenous peoples with regard to the adoption of the 7. 169, 2) formulating a land policy to deal with land disputes involving ethnic communities and finally 3) ensuring the participation of local governments in the management of natural resources” are yet to be materialized. Notwithstanding the deep frustration overshadowing the hopes of CHT indigenous peoples, a bold move by the government towards implementing the CHT Accord in 2016 was the amendment of contradictory provisions of the CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission Act 2001. Over the past few months, as the pandemic spread into the three hill districts, widespread human rights violations have been reported by the security forces and the police, as well as vigilante groups, which includes cases of harassment, intimidation, arbitrary house searches, attack on religious places of worship, abduction and threats against indigenous leaders, activists and prisoners. The figures of human rights violations against indigenous women and girls as reported in 2016 dropped slightly in relation to what happened in 2015. © Copyright 2018 - Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders Network. In November 2016, for instance, an indigenous Christian Santal community was attacked in Gaibandha District, north western Bangladesh, after a land rights dispute with an adjacent sugar mill factory. It also took steps to establish CHT Complex in Dhaka, conduct language surveys, and introduce mother tongue-based pre-primary education in five indigenous languages. In spite of many other challenges that still stand in the way of implementing the said law for resolution of land disputes, it is, however, hoped that this amendment would help to resolve land disputes in the CHT and facilitate restitution of dispossessed lands to the rightful owners. The situation for Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh in many ways echoes the situation of other Indigenous Peoples in Asia: they face heavy militarization; they are stigmatized as anti-national for wanting to be included in decisions affecting their lives – such as industrial development taking place on their ancestral lands, lands which they depend on for their livelihood; and their lands are grabbed at the speed of light, and with their land goes a huge part of their identity. It is believed that 70 percent of the world's indigenous peoples live in Asia. All of these institutions are supervised by the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (MoCHTA). SDGs constitute a step up from the MDGs, which had no references to indigenous peoples. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted on September 13, 2007 at the 61st session of the General Assembly … [4] However, indigenous peoples in Bangladesh are still lagging far behind in many of these key goals and targets, if not all. However, indigenous peoples claim that their population is over three million. Also, the spirit of the sustainable development agenda 2030 is “leave no one behind”. At least, 99 members of indigenous communities were physically tortured and harassed, and 297 houses including a Buddhist Temple were searched and ransacked by law enforcement agencies while conducting a search operation. Written on 29 June 2020. It outlaws discrimination against the indigenous peoples and promotes their full and effective participation in all matters that concern them.

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