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Organizing Committee Chittagong Hill Tracts Campaign Collection

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

LIST

1-32
Processed and printed documents, including reports, statements, newsletters, press releases and some correspondence.   (1959-) 1977-1997.  17 maps, 14 covers and 1 box.
1
1959-1972.
2
1977-1980.
3
1981.
4
1981-1985.
5
1982.
6
1982-1986.
7
1983.
8
1984.
9
1984-1985.
10
1985-1988.  1 cover.
11
1986.  1 box.
12
1986-1990.  1 cover.
13
1987.
14
1987-1988.  1 cover.
15
1988.
16
1989.
17
1990.
18
1990-1992.
19
1991.
20-21
1991-1992.  1 cover.
22-24
1991-1993.  1 cover.
25
1993.  1 cover.
26-27
1994.  1 cover.
28-29
1994-1996.  1 cover.
30
1994-1997.  1 cover.
31
1996-1997.
32
1995.
33-37
Processed and printed documents, including reports, statements, newsletters, press releases and some correspondence.   1983-2000.  5 covers.
38-45
Documents regarding the Chittagong Hill Tracts Campaign.   1985-1996.  8 covers.
46-47
Minutes of preparatory meeting of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission in Oxford 12-14 October 1990. With 'Information package'.   1990.  2 covers.
48
Received letters.   1986-1991.  1 cover.
49
Copies of sent letters.   1986-1992.  1 cover.
NB. Only accessible with permission of the OCCHTC.

ACCRUAL 2006


Minutes

50
Draft minutes of meetings.   1994-1997.  1 folder.
NB. Only accessible with permission of the OCCHTC.

Correspondence

51-54
Copies of outgoing letters. With some incoming letters.   1985-1996.  4 folders.
51
1985-1986.
52
1986-1989.
53
1990.
54
1991-1996.
55
Copies of outgoing letters.   1992-1998, 2003.  1 box.
NB. Only accessible with permission of the OCCHTC.
56-57
Incoming letters (and documents).   1985-2000.  2 boxes.
NB. Only accessible with permission of the OCCHTC.
56
1985-1991 and n.d.
57
1992-2000.
58-61
Incoming letters (and documents).   1992-2002.  3 boxes and 1 folder.
58
1992-1993.
59
1993-1995.
60
1995-1998.
61
1998-2002.  1 folder.

Conferences, meetings and workshops

62-63
Documents concerning the conference on the Chittagong Hill Tracts, held in Amsterdam October 11, 1986.   1986-1987.  2 folders.
64
(Draft) papers, minutes and notes. With some other documents.   1991-1994, 1998 and n.d.  1 folder.
NB. Only accessible with permission of the OCCHTC.
65
Documents concerning the international conference 'The Right to Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples, held in Antwerp, January 14-15, 1994.   1993-1994.  1 folder.
66-68
Documents concerning the (preparation of the) International Peace Conference on Chittagong Hill Tracts, held in Bangkok, February 23-26, 1997.   1994-1997.  3 folders.
NB. Only accessible with permission of the OCCHTC.
66
1994-1995.
67
1996.
68
1996-1997.
69
Documents concerning the workshop on 'CHT Jummas-Struggle for Identity', held in Calcutta, India, 1996, 28-29 April.   1996.  1 folder.

Other documents relating to Bangladesh

70-72
Documents concerning the law in Bangladesh.   1976-1977, 1983-1986, 1989 and n.d.  3 folders.
70
1976-1977, 1983-1984.
71
1985-1986, 1989 and n.d.
72
N.d.
73
Documents concerning the military built up in Bangladesh (notes and documentation).   1976, 1979-1981, 1984, 1986-1988, 1991-1992 and n.d.  1 folder.
74
Documents concerning the European Community aid to Bangladesh.   1976, 1987-1992, 1996-1997.  1 folder.
75
Documents concerning foreign aid.   1980, 1990-1991, 1996.  1 folder.
76-78
Documents concerning the situation in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) by non-Jumma organizations.   1980-1984, 1990, 1992-1996, 1998 and n.d.  3 folders.
76
1980-1984, 1990.
77
1992-1993.
78
1994-1996, 1998 and n.d.
79
Documents concerning Buddhist monks.   1981, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2003 and n.d.  1 cover.
80
Documents concerning the human rights situation and food aid.   1981-1983, 1989, 1991-1992, 1996-1997 and n.d.  1 cover.
81
Documents concerning the International Labour Office.   1984, 1986-1991, 1993-1996.  1 folder.
82-83
Documents concerning the Humanity Protection Forum (HPF).   1986, 1990-1997.  2 folders.
NB. Only accessible with permission of the OCCHTC.
82
1986, 1990-1991.
83
1992-1997.
84-87
Documents concerning the Humanity Protection Forum (HPF).   1986-1987, 1990-1998.  3 folders and 1 box.
84
1986-1987, 1990-1991.
85
1992-1994.  1 box.
86
1994-1995.
87
1996-1998.
88
Documents concerning the U.S. State Department relating to human rights in Bangladesh.   1986, 1994.  1 cover.
89
Documents concerning Amnesty International relating to Bangladesh.   1985-1988, 1990-1991, 1993-1994, 1997.  1 cover.
90
Documents concerning Survival International .   1987-1988, 1992.  1 cover.
91-93
Documents concerning the United Nations, mainly on indigenous populations.   1987-1989, 1991-1996.  3 folders.
91
1987-1989, 1991-1992.
92
1993.
93
1993-1996.
94-95
Documents, mainly concerning the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre.   1989, 1992-1997 and n.d.  2 folders.
94
1989, 1992-1994.
95
1995-1997 and n.d.
96
Documents received by the CHT commission in India and Bangladesh. In Bengali.   1990.  1 box.
NB. Only accessible with permission of the OCCHTC.
97
Documents received by the CHT commission from Jumma.   1990-1991.  1 box.
98-100
Documents received by the CHT commission during a visit to the Tripura refugee camps.   1990-1991.  3 folders.
NB. Only accessible with permission of the OCCHTC.
101-103
Documents received by the CHT commission in India and Bangladesh.   1990-1991.  3 folders.
NB. Only accessible with permission of the OCCHTC.
104-108
Documents concerning the indigenous peoples.   1990, 1992-1999 and n.d.  5 folders.
104
1990, 1992.
105
1993.
106
1993.
107
1994-1996.
108
1997-1999 and n.d.
109-112
Documents concerning the United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF), Hill Watch Human Rights Forum, Hill Peoples' Council and other documents, mainly concerning human rights violations.   1990-2001 and n.d.  3 folders and 1 box.
109
1990-1991.
110
1992.
111
1992.
112
1993-2001 and n.d.  1 box.
113-114
Documents concerning comments on the report 'LIfe is not Ours' by the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission.   1991-1992 and n.d.  2 folders.
113
1991.
114
1991-1992 and n.d.
115
Documents concerning the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO).   1991-1993.  1 folder.
116
Documents concerning the World Chakma Conferences.   1991-1993, 1995 and n.d.  1 cover.
117
Documents concerning the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (Copenhagen).   1992-1994, 1998 and n.d.  1 cover.
118
Documents concerning Amnesty International relating to Bangladesh.   1992-1994, 1996, 1998-2000 and n.d.  1 folder.
119-120
Documents concerning the legal aid project for CHT.   1992-2000.  2 folders.
NB. Only accessible with permission of the OCCHTC.
119
1992-1994.
120
1995-2000.
121-123
Documents concerning Jumma's 'outside of Bangladesh'.   1992-2000, 2002 and n.d.  3 folders.
121
1992-1996.
122
1997-1998.
123
1999-2000, 2002 and n.d.
124-129
Documents concerning the Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) (United Peoples Party).   1982-2000 and n.d.  3 boxes and 3 folders.
124
1982-1986.
125
1987.
126
1988-1989.
127
1990-1993.  1 box.
128
1993-1997.  1 box.
129
1997-2000 and n.d.  1 box.

Other documents

130
Documents concerning the Landelijke India Werkgroep (LIW). With (earlier) documentation.   1981, 1983-1986.  1 folder.
131-132
Documents concerning the action group 'Nooit meer Bhopal'.   1984-1988.  2 folders.
131
1984-1985.
132
1985-1988.
133-134
Documents concerning Burma.   1986-1987, 1991-1992, 1994-1995, 1997 and n.d.  2 folders.
133
1986-1987, 1991-1992.
134
1994-1995, 1997 and n.d.
135-137
Teaching material from Thailand.   N.d.  3 folders.

DOCUMENTATION


Bangladesh
138-141
Newspaper clippings and articles in newspapers and periodicals relating to Bangladesh in the Bengali and Indian press. Partly photocopies.  2 boxes and 2 folders. 1978, 1980-1981, 1984-2000 and n.d.
138
1978, 1980-1981, 1984-1987.
139
1988-1994.  1 box.
140
1994-1997.  1 box.
141
1998-2000.
142-144
Newspaper clippings and articles in newspapers and periodicals relating to Bangladesh, mainly in the Western press.   1979, 1981, 1983-1988, 1990, 1992-1993, 1996-1998.  3 folders.
142
1979, 1981, 1983-1986.
143
1987-1988, 1990.
144
1992-1993, 1996-1998.
145-149
Newspaper clippings and articles in newspapers and periodicals relating to Bangladesh in the Bengali press. Partly photocopies.   1980-1996.  3 folders and 2 boxes.
145
1980-1991.  1 box.
146
1991-1993.  1 box.
147
1992.
148
1994.
149
1995-1996.
150-152
Printed and typed articles, mainly on the Chittagong Hill Tracts and Bangladesh.   1980-1982, 1984, 1986-1987, 1989-1992, 1995-1998 and n.d.  3 folders.
150
1980-1982, 1984, 1986-1987.
151
1989-1992, 1995-1997.
152
1998 and n.d.
153-154
Printed and typed articles and papers from Raja Devasish Roy. With some other documents.   1981, 1990-1992, 1994-1997 and n.d.  2 folders.
153
1981, 1990-1992, 1994-1995.
154
1996-1997 and n.d.
155-158
'CHT Info Network'. Documentation from the International Work Group for Indigenous affairs (IWGIA), Copenhagen, Denmark, concerning the Chittagong Hill Tracts.   1986-1988.  4 folders.
155
1986-1987.
156
1987.
157
1987.
158
1987-1988.
159-161
Bengali government reports on Chittagong Hill Tracts.   1986-1992, 1994-1995 and n.d.  3 folders.
159
1986-1991.
160
1991.
161
1992, 1994-1995 and n.d.
162-164
Documentation concerning background information to the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission members. Photocopies.   c. 1987-1990.  3 folders.
165
Lists of signatures of persons and organizations collected against the forced repatriation of the Jumma refugees from Tripura (India) to the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh). Photocopies.   c. 1993.  1 folder.
166-167
'Electronic News'. Documentation mainly on Bangladesh from newsgroups on the internet. Alphabetically arranged on subjects.   1993-1998.  2 folders.
166
B-H.
167
I-Z.
168-169
Other documentation concerning Bangladesh.   1983-1984, 1989, 1991-1993, 1996-1998, 2000-2001, 2004 and n.d.  2 folders.
168
1983-1984, 1989, 1991-1993, 1996-1998, 2000.
169
2001, 2004 and n.d.

Other documentation
170-172
Leaflets and other documentation concerning women.   1972-1973, 1983, 1985-1987, 1989, 1991-1994 and n.d.  3 folders.
170
1972-1973, 1983, 1985-1986.
171
1987, 1989, 1991-1993.
172
1993-1994 and n.d.
173
Other documentation.   1987, 1990-1992, 1995, 1997 and n.d.  1 folder.

Accrual 2007

174
Document appealing 'to rescue the threatened Jumma people/nation from the on-going Bangladeshi Islamic Jihad' and other documents on the current situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.   2006-2007.  1 folder.

Accrual 2008

175
Correspondence and documentation.   c. 1962-2003 and n.d.  1 box.

Accrual 2011

176
Report and letter sent by Ramendu S. Dewan to Eric Avebury, Vice-Chairman of the (British) Parliamentary Human Rights Group and Co-Chairman of the (International) Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission. With a letter sent by Dewan to Willem van Schendel.   2010.  1 folder.

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