2. Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including Health Rights, Discrimination against
the Marginalized and People with Disabilities;
3. Full and Prompt Implementation of, and compliance with, the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Accord
Focusing on Land Rights;
4. Violence against Indigenous, Ethnic and Religious Minorities with Special Focus on Land Rights of
the Indigenous and other Marginalised & Excluded Communities in Plainlands;
5. Women Empowerment and Discrimination against Women, Gender‐based Violence;
6. Protection of Child Rights, Elimination of hazardous Child Labour and Prevention of Early and
Forced Marriage;
7. Human Trafficking, Safe Migration and Discrimination and Abuse of Migrant Workers;
8. Impediments to Access to Justice, particularly for the Poor;
9. Occupational Safety, Wages and Welfare including Trade Union Rights of the Garments Workers;
10. Ensuring Right to Education;
11. Right to Food (ensuring food security, safety, nutrition, etc.);
12. Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Justice;
13. Rights of the People of Char Land and newly Acquired Territories (former Enclaves);
14. Social and Religious Cohesion and Harmony;
15. Rights of Older Persons;
16. Rights to Freedom of Expression;
17. Establishment of a Database of Human Rights Violations and Abuses.
This list is not exhaustive and it may be amended by JAMAKON from time to time. Moreover, there may
be other urgent human rights issues that emerge which may require JAMAKON’s immediate attention.
These will be added to the Commission’s priorities as necessary.
Section 5. Focal Areas for the Five‐Year Period (2016‐2020)
5.1 Institutional Development of JAMAKON
Unless JAMAKON is an efficient and effective institution, it has little hope to achieve its long-term
goals. Moreover, it will be challenging for JAMAKON to meet the high expectations of the people of
Bangladesh that have been generated after its establishment.
At present, JAMAKON has limited staff to operate its day-to-day work. JAMAKON needs, as a matter of
urgency, to employ more staff and, train them in all their functional roles, including in processing
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