We need legal frameworks to prevent their future misuse

BNP expressed satisfaction with the UN fact-finding report on the July-August uprising

Human rights office also finds systematic abuse by former ministers, security agency officials, AL leaders

Several senior officials gave crucial information to the UN Fact Finding Mission about Sheikh Hasina’s actions during the July uprising.

The UN will not share evidence from its investigation with Bangladesh unless trials of perpetrators of the brutal response to the July uprising meet international standards, says a top official at the UN Human Rights Office.

The UN has recommended prompt and independent investigations into human rights violations that took place from August 5 to 15 last year after the fall of Sheikh Hasina.

A fact-finding report by the United Nations has shed light on cases of sexual violence targeting both protesters and the supporters of the Awami League during the July mass uprising in Bangladesh

OHCHR says minority communities, indigenous people also faced human rights abuses from early August last year

Full version of UN fact-finding report

It also recommended demilitarize control of paramilitary forces Ansar and VDP

He reiterated the interim government's commitment to upholding the rule of law and called on all members of Bangladesh's justice system

.High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is expected to launch the report in Geneva