Bangladesh joined the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED).
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus signed the instrument to join the convention on Thursday (29 August).
“It is a historic occasion,” he said.
The instrument was signed a day before the International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
The interim government earlier this week formed a commission to investigate every case of enforced disappearances by security forces during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year-long authoritarian rule.
Bangladesh has been subject to criticism in the international arena over the allegations of state-sponsored enforced disappearance for over one and a half decades.
The issues came to the limelight once again following the release of several people from a secret prison known as "Ayanaghar" or "The House of Mirrors" after a long time following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government.
Relatives of the victims of enforced disappearance have long been demanding justice over such human rights violations, but it did not work out.
