a) Letter to be sent to DG, Department of Social Services to share the draft Act on
Protecting Rights of Hijra with the NHRC
b) Letter to be sent to concerned authorities to end medical test for identifying gender
of Hijra population.
c) Recommendation to be sent to the concerned authority to do medical test in
presence of gender expert and psychologist if any doubt arises seeing the attitude
of any Hijra person.
Committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Autism
On 3rd April 2022, meeting of the thematic committee on Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and Autism was held, chaired by the then Chairman of NHRC Nasima
Begum, ndc. Following decisions were made at the meeting:
1) Dr. Anwar Ullah, Managing Director, NDD Trust, Ms. Farida Yasmin, Executive
Director, DRRA, Md. Maruf Hasan, Lead-Policy and Partnership, ASC-Brac will
submit a report analysing situation on accessibility for Persons with Disabilities.
2) 11-member Committee including representatives of relevant ministries /
organisations will be formed considering accessibility as an important issue of
country Action Plan on Human Rights.
4.3 NHRC in International Forums
Biennial Meeting of Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights
Institutions
Biennial Meeting of Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
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