## B8-0539/2018 European Parliament resolution on The human rights situation in Bangladesh (2018/2927(RSP))

### The European Parliament,

- - regard to its previous resolutions on Bangladesh - regard to its previous resolutions on Bangladesh
- - regard to the European Parliament resolution of 27 April 2017 on the EU flagship - regard to the European Parliament resolution of 27 April 2017 on the EU flagship initiative on the garment sector (2016/2140(INI))
- - regard to The Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the - regard to The Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on Partnership and Development, in particular its Article I containing the so-called Human Rights Clause, signed on 22 May 2000 and entered into force on 1 March 2001,
- - regard to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the - regard to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the International Covenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and on Civil and Political Rights of 1966, ratified by Bangladesh in 2000, and the United Nations Declarations on Human Rights Defenders of 1998,
- - regard to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 81 on Labour - regard to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No. 81 on Labour Inspection, ILO Convention 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise and to ILO Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, to which Bangladesh is a party,
- - regard to Articles 33 and 35 of the Constitution of Bangladesh, which stipulate that no - regard to Articles 33 and 35 of the Constitution of Bangladesh, which stipulate that no person shall be subjected to torture or cruel, inhumane or degrading punishment or treatment and that no person shall be arrested or detained in custody without being informed of the grounds for such arrest,
- - regard to the Bangladesh Supreme Court ruling which laid down safeguard measures - regard to the Bangladesh Supreme Court ruling which laid down safeguard measures against arbitrary arrests by the police under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which also requires that any death incidents occurring in police custody be investigated by a magistrate, and the necessary legal proceedings taken,
- - regard the statements made by the HR of the European Union on 29 September 2015 - regard the statements made by the HR of the European Union on 29 September 2015 with respect to the human rights situation in Bangladesh,
- - regard to Rule 135 of its Rules of Procedure, - regard to Rule 135 of its Rules of Procedure,
- A. whereas in Bangladesh general elections will be held on December 23; whereas last general elections was preceded by weeks of political tensions and violence and that a lot of people were killed, hundreds injured, thousands arbitrarily arrested and there has been extensive destruction of property in the run-up to the elections;
- B. whereas repression against civil society, trade unions, political activists, journalists, members of the opposition, as well as against minorities, has increased in recent years in Bangladesh;