July Charter


The July National Charter 2025 is a political declaration in Bangladesh based on the consensus between 30 political parties and the interim government over the constitutional, electoral, and administrative reforms in the aftermath of the July Revolution in 2024. It was signed on 17 October 2025 at South Plaza of the National Parliament by the National Consensus Commission and 25 political parties of Bangladesh.

Draft

The July Charter follows the July Revolution, a mass uprising in Bangladesh in July 2024.
A preliminary draft of the July Charter, intended to bring reform to the Constitution of Bangladesh, was released on 28 July 2025, following a series of consultations involving the 30 political parties and the interim government under Muhammad Yunus. These discussions were facilitated by the National Consensus Commission, a commission formed by the Chief Adviser Yunus to draft the document. After further deliberation and review, the participating parties are expected to formally sign and adopt the final version of the charter. The charter consists of 28 points. On 31 July 2025, protesters injured during the July-August mass uprising blockaded Dhaka's Shahbagh intersection, demanding the immediate declaration of the "July Charter" and "July Declaration". The demonstration caused major traffic disruption, with participants vowing to continue until their demands are fulfilled.

Objectives

The commitments of the Charter include:
  1. Ensuring its full implementation in accordance with public aspirations and sacrifices;
  2. Enacting recommendations related to governance, the judiciary, elections, public administration, law enforcement, and anti-corruption through necessary constitutional amendments, legal revisions, or new legislation;
  3. Completing these reforms within two years of the formation of a government elected after the Charter's formal adoption;
  4. Establishing legal and constitutional safeguards throughout the implementation process;
  5. Guaranteeing full legal and constitutional protection for the Charter's contents; and
  6. Formally recognizing, within the Constitution, the historical significance of the 2024 pro-democracy movement and popular uprising that led to the Charter.

    Finalisation and signature

The July Charter was finalised in August 2025 after weeks of consensus talks. During the process, 11 notes of dissent, 9 of which came from the BNP and its allies, were filed to register disagreement with some key aspects of the July Charter. However, commission vice-president Ali Riaz remained optimistic about the implementation of the Charter.
The charter was signed on 17 October 2025 at South Plaza of the National Parliament by the National Consensus Commission and 24 political parties of Bangladesh. The Gano Forum signed the charter on 19 October 2025, bringing the total number of signatory parties to 25.

Signatories

Referendum

Reactions

and many more remained neutral but stated that it would benefit some parties even more, notably the student-led party National Citizen Party. BNP later said that it supported state recognition of the charter, but opposed incorporating the July Charter in the constitution.
While the National Citizen Party refrained from signing the charter demanding its legality immediately, the Communist Party of Bangladesh, the Socialist Party of Bangladesh, the Socialist Party of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal refrained from signing the charter alleging that it distorts the history of the Liberation War of Bangladesh and alters the constitutional principles.