Consultation on 2nd Five Year Strategic Plan of JAMAKON (2016-2020) held
The National Human Rights Commission,
Bangladesh
organized
a
day
long
consultation meeting on its Strategic Plan
for the period 2016-2020, on the 16th
August, 2015 at CIRDAP Auditorium,
Dhaka.
The objective of the program was to
present the 2nd Five Year Strategic Plan
(2016-2020) of JAMAKON which was
prepared on the basis of lessons learnt
during the implementation of the 1st
(2010- 2015) Strategic Plan. State
agencies, NGOs, JAMAKON Commissioners
and members of civil society attended the
sessions and contributed to fruitful
discussions.
JAMAKON should have a mandate to
Key ecommendations
JAMAKON must maintain a national
database of human rights violations
and abuse
sensitize political and religious
leaders,
government
officials,
District Commissioners regarding HR
awareness
The JAMAKON strategic plan should
be aligned with the current Five Year
plan of the government
The plan must include stringent
improvements to the complaint
receiving mechanisms
The right to freedom of speech
should be prioritized in the strategic
plan
The right to food and right to work
has to be included in the strategic
plan
The content on health rights should
needs to include sexual and
reproductive health rights
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