Bangladesh
Casualties and Victim Assistance
Casualties
The last recorded new landmine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) casualties in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh occurred in 2008 when there were three reported ERW casualties in two incidents.[1] The last reported mine casualties were in 2001.
The total number of casualties from mines and ERW in Bangladesh is not known. Between 1993 and the end of 2008, there were at least 198 mine/ERW casualties; 66 people were killed and another 132 injured in landmine/ERW incidents.[2]
Victim Assistance
The total number of mine/ERW survivors living in Bangladesh is not known.
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Department of Social Services, and National Foundation for the Development of the Disabled were responsible for protecting the rights of persons with disabilities.
The Disability Rights and Protection Act (2013) provides for equal treatment and freedom from discrimination for persons with disabilities.[3]
Bangladesh ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on 30November 2007.
[1] “Bomb blows away farmer’s hand in Jhenidah,” The Daily Star (Jhenidah), 30 April 2008; and “2 women killed as grenade goes off,” The Daily Star (Bandarban), 13 December 2008.
[2] ICBL, Landmine Monitor Report 2004: Toward a Mine-Free World (New York: Human Rights Watch, 2004). In addition to the 64 people killed and 131 injured reported until 2001, three casualties (two killed, one injured) were recorded in 2008. ICBL, Landmine Monitor Report 2009: Toward a Mine-Free World (Mines Action Canada, 2009).
[3] United States Department of State, “2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bangladesh,” Washington, DC, 25 June 2015.