Paper short abstract:

This paper will look at the state discourse on 'peace' building in the Chittagong Hill Tracts through the lens of government secret documents and policies and its effects on human rights in the multi ethnic societies.

Paper long abstract:

. This paper will analyse government discourse on peace building specially after the CHT Accord ( which is popularly known as peace accord) through the documents(secret letters, press note/release, circulars, bills and policies). Foucault's concept of normalisation helps us to understand the process of differentiation and exclusion used by the Bangladeshi government in terms of dealing and controlling indigenous people applying peace discourse. it is important to remember how 'peace' became a powerful tool in the context of the CHT to understand the violence .Therefore, this paper is interested to understand how is the term 'Peace' manifested in government documents and in practices?. It will also explore the difference between the perspective of state and local people in the CHT on the concept 'peace' and its effects on the lives of the local indigenous people in the CHT.