Organizing Committee Chittagong Hill Tracts Campaign Collection

Period (1959-) 1977-2010
Total size  7.80 m.
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History

The Chittagong Hill Tracts in the south-east of Bangladesh are inhabitated by several ethnic groups which are often referred to collectively as `Jumma'; from the 1970s armed resistance to the Bangladesh government, which was organized by the liberation organization Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS, United Peoples Party; its official name is Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti, United Peoples Party of the Chittagong Hill Tracts), resulted in extensive militarization of the region; the movement for Jumma self-determination has been supported by an international campaign, coordinated by the OCCHTC; this committee was founded in Amsterdam in 1986 at an international conference on human rights violations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts; an Information Network was founded in Copenhagen at the office of the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA).

Content

Collection of the OCCHTC consisting of reports and publications by the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti, United Peoples Party of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (PCJSS) and its armed wing, the Santi Bahini (SB); copies of proceedings of the dialogue between the Bangladesh government and the PCJSS; reports of human rights violations by the Bangladesh armed forces; printed and processed documents on Jumma refugees in India; press releases, statements, reports, newsletters and other documents of various Jumma organizations, including the Chittagong Hill Tracts Jumma Refugees Welfare Association, the Hill People's Council, the Hill Students' Council, the Hill Watch Human Rights Forum, the Hill Women's Council and the Jumma People's Network; reports by the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission, Amnesty International, Anti-Slavery Society, Survival International, United Nations and other international organizations; publications by Bengali settler organizations; press clippings (1959-) 1977-2000.

Archives of the OCCHTC consisting of minutes of meetings 1990, 1994-1997; correspondence 1985-2003; documents concerning conferences 1986-1987, 1993-1997; documents concerning the Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) (United Peoples Party) 1982-2000; the United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) 1990-2001, Hill Watch Human Rights Forum 1990-2001, Hill Peoples' Council 1990-2001; Humanity Protection Forum (HPF) 1986, 1990-1997 and other documents 1976-2003; press clippings 1978-2000 and other documentation on Bangladesh 1980-2004.

Processing information

List made by Mehmet Bilgen, list of accrual (nos. 33-49) by Bouwe Hijma in 2006, list of the accruals in 2006 and 2008 (nos. 50-174) by Tiny de Boer.