man-power all the complaints cannot be handled in a given time. Moreover, despite considerable IT-related improvement the Complaint Management System of the Commission still requires to be made
fully automated and digitally activated.
As per the second Five Year Strategic Plan (2016-2020) NHRCB has been working relentlessly to
reduce discriminations from the society. To eliminate gender-based violence and discrimination
NHRCB is conducting country-wide awareness raising campaigns. Moreover, NHRCB drives and
leads necessary policy and legal reforms and wants to expedite those initiatives. The Draft Anti
Discrimination Law is submitted for enactment with a view to curving discrimination against women
and others but discriminatory stereotypes and harmful practices such as child marriage, forced marriage, polygamy etc remains in the society compromising the equal rights of women. To create a
momentum in the minds of stakeholders and duty-bearers with regards to understanding the immediacy
of an Anti-Discrimination Law and implementing all other relevant legislations is a great challenge.
Challenge part in the thematic area includes studies on situations of the minorities along with their right
to land, protection of rights of the ethnic minorities, implementation of the Peace Accord in CHT, rights
of women, children and persons with disabilities vis-à-vis implementation of policies and legislations,
labor rights including ILO convention, CBA rights, EPZ law, ensuring universal education and of
course the Rohingya issue giving rise to many humanitarian crises. Collection of authentic data on
different thematic issues is also to be considered as a great challenge.
Under the charismatic leadership of Honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh the country is progressing on many fronts including astounding economic advancement. Government is committed to establishing Rule of law curbing loop holes of systems, corruption and malpractices and augmenting transparency and accountability of the duty-bearers.
Implementation of SDGs is important; achieving SDGs is incorporated with Government’s all short
and long-term plans, policies and visions like the Vision 2021, Vision 2041 and the Vision 2100 or the
Delta Plan which sufficiently highlight on Government’s conviction and determination of achieving
the sustainable goals. If SDGs are implemented properly poverty and hunger will be alleviated, food
security and nutrition will be ensured, good health and wellbeing of people will be maintained, quality
education will be delivered, woman’s empowerment and gender parity will be achieved, decent
employment will be generated and sustainable economic growth will be attained. And not only these,
implementation of all goals and targets of the 2030 agenda has the potential of dispelling all kinds of
discriminations from the society incorporating principle of equity and access to opportunity for all. It
is also presumable that successful implementation of SDGs will enable us to combat climate change
and its impact; pollution and degradation of environment will disappear. SDG-16 promises a lot morethe establishment of human rights by means of ensuring access to justice, rule of law, peace and harmony for all; that means implementation of SDGs will help building an inclusive society where all citizens
including the marginalized ones, the persons with disabilities, the third gender or Hijra, the religious
and ethnic minorities, Dalits, Horijons, Bede, Muchietc all will be mainstreamed and none will be left
behind. In this way the objectives of the cherished dreams of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be reached and the visionary Sonar Bangla (Golden Bengal) will be
transformed into reality paving the way for fulfilling of human rights in a sustainable manner.
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