National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh

The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh is an independent statutory body established by the National Human Rights Commission Act, 2009.

The Commission has a broad mandate that includes:

Monitoring the situation of human rights in the country
Promoting and protecting human rights
Monitoring the situation of and people's access to their fundamental rights and freedoms
Investigating cases of human rights violations.

In the conduct of investigations, the Commission has the status of a civil court.

In order to promote and protect human rights, the Commission performs the following:

Developing human rights policies through human rights research and issuing legal and administrative policy recommendations
Analysing laws, policies, and practices from a human rights perspective
Investigating human rights violation cases and providing access to justice
Promoting human rights education and raising public awareness
Monitoring, and comparing the national standards and implementation of international human rights treaties
Cooperating with government agencies, civil society organisations, UN human rights bodies, and national human rights institutions
Settlement of human rights complaints through mediation, providing legal aid if possible to the aggrieved party
Lodging or helping to lodge petitions in the apex court
Sensitising law-enforcing agencies through human rights training

The Commission has been a member of the APF since 2011 (16th Annual Meeting).

NHRIs meet to develop action plan on reproductive rights

NHRI participants provided inputs to a draft NHRI Advocacy Action Plan on reproductive rights in the Asia Pacific region.

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