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Advocacy on addressing Business and Human Rights (occupational safety,
workers’ rights, Trade Union Rights etc.)
Advocacy on establishing rights of the Elderly People
Advocacy on establishing Rights of Freedom of Expression
Arranging seminar/workshop for raising public awareness on human rights for
developing human rights culture
1.1 Mandates
The National Human Rights Commission is legally mandated to work extensively with
the prime objective of establishing human rights in the country. The Commission needs
to intervene into quite a lot of aspects including examining human rights situation of
the country, legal system, national and international policies and conventions on
human rights etc. And that is why the Commission’s mandates are extensive. The
principal mandates of the Commission may be categorized as below:
Keeping Constant
Watch on
HR Violation
Taking action on
Complaint on HR
Violation
Providing Counseling
& Legal Aid to
Victims & Vulnerable
Groups
Awareness Building
& Advocacy
on HRt
Research &
Publication on
HR Issues
Issuing Guidelines &
Recommendations
on HR Issues
Legal Reformon
HR issues
International
Coordination,
Participation and
Reporting
1.2 Different Roles of NHRCB
Watchdog role: NHRCB predominantly plays anobserving and monitoring role on
human rights violation; NHRCB watches, studies and analyzes the prevailing human
rights situation of the country.
Advocacy role: NHRCB holds advocacy with government and non-government
organizations, NGOs, INGOs, donors and development partners etc. on many fronts.
NHRCB makes awareness building programs, sends recommendations and guidelines
to the government and duty-bearers to establish human rights. NHRCB launches call
for action to international community to come forward in helping special crises such as
the Rohingya crisis ongoing presently.
Catalytic role: NHRCB plays as a catalyst role and operates as a push factor towards
achieving targeted goals and objectives on human rights issues in different times.
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