Agreement
Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, 1997
A negotiated settlement created a substantially autonomous Regional Council for the Hill Tracts, ending the first phase of the conflict.
What happened
On 2 December 1997, the Bangladeshi government and the PCJSS signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, establishing a CHT Regional Council with substantial devolved powers, described by one academic source as the highest level of autonomy possible short of independence, and restricting voting in CHT elections to certified permanent residents.[1]
Sources for this page
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Claim: On 2 December 1997, the Bangladeshi government and the PCJSS signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, ending the first phase of the insurgency; the accord established a CHT Regional Council with substantial devolved powers over areas including local law and order, education, health, land management and cultural protection, described by one academic source as the highest level of autonomy possible short of independence, and restricted voting in CHT elections to certified permanent residents, intended to preserve a Jumma electoral majority in the region.
- Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord (CHT) (Peace Accords Matrix, University of Notre Dame) link, Regional Council powers and electoral provisions sections. Source record