The following goals have been identified for Human Rights Monitoring and Investigation, taking into
consideration the implementation status of the first Five-Year Strategic Plan and the recommendations
from the Capacity Assessment of JAMAKON conducted by UNDP, APF, OHCHR and other staieholders
in December 2013:
1. Build an adequate infrastructure along with trained human resources to respond to clients’
complaints efficiently and effectively;
2. Enhance the institutional capacity of JAMAKON to monitor and investigate cases of systematic
human rights violations, including through national inquiries and fact-finding missions;
3. Enhance the capacity of law enforcement agencies on human rights issues, particularly their role
in dealing with children, women, indigenous, Dalit, sexual minorities and other marginalised
communities;
4. Improve the human rights situation in detention centres through regular and robust monitoring,
visits and investigation of complaints;
5. Develop JAMAKON’s guidelines on preventing torture (including custodial torture) and
custodial deaths;
6. Develop human rights manuals for police, judiciary, public servants and the armed forces;
7. Resolve and archive the previous complaints and analyse the data to identify the trend of human
rights violations;
8. Protect and defend human rights defenders in Bangladesh;
9. Collaborate with GO and NGO’s with a view to improving prison conditions and protecting the
rights of prisoners.
Outcome: Human rights grievances effectively resolved through investigation and conciliation. A
progressive and sustained reduction in human rights violations by the authorities. A visible reduction of
human rights violations reflected in data management. New guidelines developed for police, civil
servants, the judiciary and the armed forces.
5.4 Human rights research, reporting and policy development
Following its first Five-Year Strategic Plan, JAMAKON has published a significant number of research
and study reports on compliance with international human rights legislation and policies (e.g. ESCR,
CAT, CEDAW, CRC and ICERD)
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