Completed Projects

Strengthening the voice of human rights defenders to protect rights and entitlements of ethnic minorities

Duration: May 2013 to February 2015

Donor: EU and OXFAM- GB. 

Number of beneficiaries: 33501

 

Brief description of the project

The focus of the project is Human rights and entitlement of ethnic minorities and Dalits communities in Bangladesh

Overall objective: Strengthening voice and action of civil society to protect and promote human rights and entitlement for ethnic minorities and dalits community in Bangladesh

 

Specific objective 01: To establish the grater networking of ethnic minorities and dalits communities to raise their voice and uphold the rights and entitlements from local to national level.

Specific objective 02: To support the existing movement of civil societies to create greater voice and sensitize government on dalit and ethnic communities’ human rights issues and entitlement as per national and international human rights policies and protocols.

 

Result 01: The indigenous people lead organizations are more active and united to mobilize the local community linking with national movement.

Result 02: The existing Civil Society Movements collectively and continuously promoting rights and entitlements aspect of the targeted communities.

 

Result 03: Government service providers are more sensitive to ensure rights and entitlement of targeted communities.

Major activities:

  • Develop Human Rights Defenders from indigenous and dalits communities (Training)
  • Training on land rights and land management for indigenous CBO and customary leaders
  • Support for access to justice in eviction and land grabbing cases of indigenous peoples
  • Rapid response on Human Right violation cases and access to justice
  • Public Hearing on Human Rights situation ethnic minorities and dalits
  • National level dialogue free and fair voting rights for ethnic minorities

 

IED provides support for the access to justice in eviction and land grabbing cases of indigenous peoples through awareness building and mobilisation, development of human rights defenders groups with the help of adivasi community leaders, civil society members, local elected bodies, GoB administrations, and local leaders.

IED also makes rapid response on Human Right violation cases and access to justice through fact finding visit, filing case, lobbying with local GoB administration towards reducing cases at local courts.

 

All the activities will be implemented at national level in Dhaka. OXFAM-GB has taken approval from AGO-AB and IED is the implementation partner of OXFAM-GB