Celebration of Human Rights Day, 2012 in Dhaka. The Key results are summed up below: yPerception and understanding of the general public on human rights issues increased; yLevel of awareness of people in the community on NHRC and Human Rights issues enhanced; yParticipation of the stakeholders including youth, students, adolescents and women in awareness campaigns increased; yLevel of understanding of the district level government officials on NHRC's role, mandate and functions increased; yAdoption of the Dhaka Declaration on the Right to Land and the Right to Food that encourages Governments of the region to take action against land grabbing, to protect the land of indigenous people and to assure an effective implementation of the; yindigenous people and to assure an effective implementation of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights; yThe NHRC's communication strategy is in place; 36 yThe NHRC engaged for the first time for the protection of sexual minorities; yThe NHRC visibility in the media increased. Mass Awareness Campaign on Working Together for the Promotion of Human Rights: The NHRC has designed and implemented an awareness campaign entitled 'Working Together for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in collaboration with the Deputy Commissioner's office at district level. The objective of the campaign was to raise awareness about the NHRC at district level with stakeholders of government and non government organisations, law enforcement agencies, CSO staff, teachers and students etc. In this effort, the workshops have widely addressed the human rights issues, NHRC's role, mandate and functions and the complaint lodging mechanism of the NHRC. More than 400 participants, including the government officials of district administration, members of the Judiciary, law enforcement officials, and journalists, NGO