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54 Court Yard meetings were held
where the knowledge gained in the
training had been disseminated
amongst 1350 women and girls.
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10 fact finding missions were
convened in different villages of the
UP on the alleged complaints of
violence against women.
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6 meetings with the UP Standing
committee were held at the UP head
office where up to date data of
received complaints had been
discussed.
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A public gathering was held in
Bharatkhali UP where the Chairman
UP have placed the statistics on how
the the number of VAW cases have
been decreased as a result of the
implementation of the MoU (30 in
2014 but 20 in 2015)
Participants
Training for JAMAKON Officers
International Human Rights Law Training
On their first day of work, JAMAKON’s
seven new officers enthusiastically received
two days of International Human Rights
training on October 20 & 21. The training
session was inaugurated by Md. Amjad
Hossain Khan. Professor, Dr. Lyal S. SungaIDLO Special Advisor on Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law and Head of the ‘Rule of
Law Program’ at the Hague Institute for
Global Justice took the session.
The key concepts included: a session on the
relationship between international law and
the law of Bangladesh where he explained
in depth the development of human rights
law in historical and political context. Over
the course of the training, he explored the
question of how the UN Human Rights
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systems work and its application to
JAMAKONS work. He answered a question
by showing how the international law is
binding in Bangladesh and he explained the
differences between the UN treaty body
system and the charter based system
including special procedures such as the
Universal Periodic Review. It was clear from
the in depth the discussions that the new
officers were already cognizant of the
leading human rights issues in the country
as they drew from their various experiences
to substantiate the seminar debates asking
many questions such as how to advocate
for the right to self-determination using the
articles contained in the ICCPR and other
Instruments.