Professor Dr. Mizanur Rahman LL.M (Hons), MCL (Cum Laude) PGD (Distinction), Dip. in Journalism, Ph.D. Chairman, National Human Rights Commission Bangladesh FOREWORD Since it’s inception JAMAKON- the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh has been playing a pivotal role for the protection and promotion of human rights in the country. JAMAKON pays special attention and remains constantly vigilant for the protection and promotion of the Child rights. JAMAKON has conducted umpteenth research works relating to child rights e.g. study report on regulating the unregulated child engaged in the domestic chores, UNCRC 1989 and so forth. Besides these, JAMAKON has taken into its consideration the multiple issues relating to child rights. It has inter alia, accomplished the following: a. timely intervention in any incident of child rights violation by the state or non-state actors, b. protection and promotion of child rights in different state institutions e.g. in the safe homes, day care centers for the lactating mothers, vagrant homes, Victim Support Centers, Child Development Centers etc, c. pressing demand to enact an exhaustive legislation on child rights which culminated into the adoption of The Children Act 2013, d. playing a sine qua non role for the protection of the rights of the juvenile delinquents and help establish a juvenile friendly justice system for them, e. paying on-site timely visit by the Chair and other members of the commission to different places of occurrence of child rights violation. Moreover, JAMAKON at the same time called for initiatives to be taken by the state and non state actors for the protection of the child rights. However there remain some constraints e.g. child labor in the informal sectors, child marriage, drop-out from the primary and secondary schools albeit an upward enrolment rate which JAMAKON considers as an issue to be addressed on an urgent basis. JAMAKON thinks that proper and effective education of the child can reduce the incidents of child marriage as well as other forms of violations of child rights. JAMAKON often organize child rights awareness campaigns. Besides JAMAKON has formed 9 thematic committees on different human rights issues. It is a matter of pleasure that JAMAKON has a special thematic committee dedicated to child rights. All these speak of JAMAKON’s honest endeavours in promotion and protection of human rights in general and child rights in particular. Our report to the United Nations’ CRC committee is a new beginning which bears the testimony of our sincerity and honest accountability to the nation and to the world at large. This is the first such report submitted by JAMAKON to the treaty body and I can very confidently say that the trendsetting role set by JAMAKON in this regard will continue to be followed. Professor Dr. Mizanur Rahman Chairman JAMAKON