Huma Khan leaving her role as head of UN human rights office in Dhaka

Bangla Press Desk:   Outgoing head of the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) in Bangladesh Huma Khan paid a farewell call on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday, also exchanging views on the upcoming general election and the country’s ongoing democratic transition.

During the meeting at the State Guest House Jamuna, they discussed recent developments following the July Uprising, including issues of justice, accountability and healing of the victims.

Khan served as the first head of mission of the newly established Dhaka outpost of the UN's Human Rights Council, helping to set up the operation out of a small office at UN House in the capital's diplomatic quarter earlier this year. Previously, she also served as senior rights adviser at the UN Resident Coordinator's Office.

The Chief Adviser commended Khan for her service during a critical period for Bangladesh and praised the role of the UN human rights office, particularly its independent investigation into the atrocities committed in July and August of last year, said Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder.

Their discussions also covered the strengthening of the national human rights institution, and the work of the commission on disappearances in probing cases of enforced disappearances and secret detention centres in the country.

SDGs Affairs Principal Coordinator and Senior Secretary to the government Lamiya Morshed was also present at the meeting.

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