A UN expert on Friday hailed the forensic analysis of 114 unidentified bodies of people killed during the July 2024 protests in Bangladesh as a “fundamental step” towards achieving “justice and accountability.”

UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Morris Tidball-Binz, who visited Dhaka in July to provide technical advice on forensic investigations to Bangladesh authorities, said:

In addition to helping to respond to victims’ and families’ needs for truth, justice and accountability, this investigation is a unique opportunity to strengthen the country’s medico-legal and forensic capacity in line with standards such as the Minnesota Protocol – as Bangladesh both needs and deserves

The Minnesota Protocol sets out the procedural obligations of states t

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