Executive Summary It is indeed immense pleasure for National Human Rights Commission (JAMAKON), Bangladesh to present its Annual Report 2015 to the Honorable President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, in pursuance of National Human Rights Commission Act 2009. The Commission has made all out efforts throughout the year to carry out its mandated responsibilities. This report provides an almost crystal clear understanding of JAMAKON activities during 2015. Care was taken to shed light on almost all sectors of human rights. JAMAKON spent a very busy year in complying with its’ mandated responsibility during 2015 in organizing a large number of Round Table Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Rallies etc with the participation of Government organizations, NGOs, CSOs, CBOs, Students and Members of the public to raise awareness, encourage them to be vocal against human rights violations and obtain appropriate remedy. In the year 2015, JAMAKON adopted its Strategic Plan (2016- 2020). Moreover, JAMAKON revised its Thematic Committees which are dedicated to protection and promotion of human rights. Annual Report 2015 projects huge issues which have been categorized in different chapters. To sum up the whole report we can present it as follows Chapter 2- Human Rights Situation in Bangladesh: In this chapter it was attempted to give a comprehensive picture of total human rights scenario of 2015 in Bangladesh. Effort was also given to take care of all aspects of human rights. Chapter 3- Activities of NHRC in 2015: This chapter illustrates the activities performed by the JAMAKON in the year 2015. In this chapter, the Statistics of Complaints, Seminars, Workshops and Meetings, Research and Publications, Awareness and Training, Visits, JAMKON in the media, NHRC and ICT have been shown. x JAMAKON Chapter 4- A Portrayal of Success Stories of NHRC: JAMAKON bagged huge success stories. However, amongst them, some of the success stories have been highlighted here. Chapter 5- Challenges and Ways Forward: In spite of the successes, there are some multifaceted challenges in the NHRC founding legislation, which need to be revisited in order to ensure the compliance with the provisions of the Paris Principles 1993 to make the Commission truly effective and independent. The other such challenges relate to inadequate manpower, resources, logistics etc. The administrative and financial autonomy, mentioned in the NHRC Act, are not being exercised due to lack of proper legal coverage. The commission is well aware that, maintaining and ensuring human rights in a densely populated country like Bangladesh with diverse religions, languages and ethnic groups, is a tough job. The Commission, with its limited resources, is stepping forward to face these challenges in collaboration with the stakeholders including the policy implementing agencies. Chapter 6 – Annual Financial Statement: This chapter gives a clear picture of the budgetary details of the preceding fiscal year. Annexure - This Report ends with an annexure which contains National Human Rights Commission Act 2009, Standard Operating Procedure, Strategic Plan (2016-2020), Members of the Commission, List of Officers, Thematic Committees, Complaint Form and Organogram of the Commission. National Human Rights Commission (JAMAKON), Bangladesh believes this report provides the Honorable President, the Government, development partners and all other stakeholders with a fair, well founded and comprehensive picture of what the Commission has achieved during 2015 and what the Commission is aspiring to achieve in the days ahead.