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Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh

Alamgir, Abul Hasnat Mohammed LU (2021) SANK01 20152
Social Anthropology
Abstract
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh was for a long time an area of conjuration, affection, brotherhood, social and natural contribution in livelihood as well as harmony between nature and culture. At present, eight hundred thousand indigenous peoples in CHT are living in poverty, hunger, malnutrition, killings, conflicts, and imbalanced situation in society and economy. Different development programs in different times has demolished the indigenous peoples way of life. The Peace Accord of 1997 singed between the Government of Bangladesh and the local political party PCJSS in CHT aimed at establishing rights of indigenous peoples including rights to language, culture, economic and environmental development. However, after more... (More)
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh was for a long time an area of conjuration, affection, brotherhood, social and natural contribution in livelihood as well as harmony between nature and culture. At present, eight hundred thousand indigenous peoples in CHT are living in poverty, hunger, malnutrition, killings, conflicts, and imbalanced situation in society and economy. Different development programs in different times has demolished the indigenous peoples way of life. The Peace Accord of 1997 singed between the Government of Bangladesh and the local political party PCJSS in CHT aimed at establishing rights of indigenous peoples including rights to language, culture, economic and environmental development. However, after more than two decades since the signing of the Peace Accord, peace in CHT is far from implemented. However, both using qualitative and quantative data from primary and secondary sources, the vulnerable socio-economic situation of the indigenous peoples of CHT has been analyzed. Instead of peace, deprivation and hunger as well as human rights violation are still prevalent in the CHT. (Less)
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author
Alamgir, Abul Hasnat Mohammed LU
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course
SANK01 20152
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
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keywords
Key Words: Indigenous People, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, Human Rights.
language
English
id
9038147
date added to LUP
2021-02-07 11:03:26
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2021-02-07 11:03:26
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  abstract     = {{The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh was for a long time an area of conjuration, affection, brotherhood, social and natural contribution in livelihood as well as harmony between nature and culture. At present, eight hundred thousand indigenous peoples in CHT are living in poverty, hunger, malnutrition, killings, conflicts, and imbalanced situation in society and economy. Different development programs in different times has demolished the indigenous peoples way of life. The Peace Accord of 1997 singed between the Government of Bangladesh and the local political party PCJSS in CHT aimed at establishing rights of indigenous peoples including rights to language, culture, economic and environmental development. However, after more than two decades since the signing of the Peace Accord, peace in CHT is far from implemented. However, both using qualitative and quantative data from primary and secondary sources, the vulnerable socio-economic situation of the indigenous peoples of CHT has been analyzed. Instead of peace, deprivation and hunger as well as human rights violation are still prevalent in the CHT.}},
  author       = {{Alamgir, Abul Hasnat Mohammed}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}