Acronyms and Abbreviations APF Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions ASK Ain O Shalish Kendra BLAST Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust BNHRC-CDC Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission Capacity Development Project CAT Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CMS Complaints Management System CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child CRPD Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities CSO Civil Society Organization DANIDA Danish International Development Agency ERD Economic Relations Division FIR First Information Report GoB Government of Bangladesh HRC Human Rights Council ICC International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICESCR ILO NHRC MWC NHRC NHRI OP OPCAT OPCRPD SDC SIDA SOP UNDP UNHCHR UPR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Labour Organization National Human Rights Commission (Jatiyo Manobadhikar Komisson) Migrant Workers Convention (Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families) National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh National Human Rights Institution Optional Protocol Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Standard Operating Procedures United Nations Development Programme United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Universal Periodic Review NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT, 2012 15