TIB warns draft NHRC, enforced disappearance laws could enable impunity

Watchdog says key stakeholder recommendations ignored 9 MIN(s) UPDATED 8 MIN(s) Star Online Report VISUAL: SALMAN SAKIB SHAHRYAR Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern over the cabinet's in-principle approval of the draft National Human Rights Commission Act, 2026, and the draft Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Redress Act, 2026, saying that key recommendations from stakeholders were ignored.The anti-graft watchdog also questioned whether the government and the ruling party had learned any lessons from enforced disappearances, killings, and other "brutal and multifaceted" human rights violations committed during the ousted authoritarian regime.In a statement today, TIB said that while the two cabinet-approved drafts contain several positive provisions,