The InternationalCovenant on Civil and Political Rights: A Study on Bangladesh Compliance indigenous rights groups have criticized this decision since they believe Bengali settlers will be able to obtain false documents detailing ownership of traditionally indigenous lands. The National Committee for Implementation of the CHT Peace Accord was also reconstituted, with Deputy Leader of Parliament Sajeda Chowdhury as chairman. On December 27, the National Committee for the Implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accords suspended the activities of the land commission pending further review, the government ceded some key functions, such as primary education, to local authorities, but it did not cede responsibility for other key functions, such as land use and natural resources as the accord specified. Law and order problems and alleged human rights violations continued, as did dissatisfaction with the implementation of the Peace Accord. According to NGO and press reports, there were a number of skirmishes between Bengali settlers and indigenous communities in Baghaihat in the CHT on February 19 and 20, 95 Indigenous communities in other areas continued to report loss of land to Bengali Muslims. The government neither cancelled work on national park projects on land traditionally owned by indigenous communities in the Moulvibazar and Modhupur forest areas, nor did it undertake any new activities. In addition indigenous communities, local human rights organizations, and churches in the area continued to claim the government had yet to withdraw thousands of false charges the Forestry Department filed against indigenous residents. See, US Department of States, Annual Human Rights Reports 2010, Bangladesh Chapter (released on April 8, 2011), available at: <http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/sca/154478.htm>. 75