representatives, students, youths among
others attended the consultations.
In 2012, the NHRC organized 4 campaigns
in Sylhet, Sirajganj, Rangpur and Moulvibazar. A good number of recommendations
emerged out of these interactions. These
are as follows:
yNHRC should form a Human Rights
Watchdog Group in each district comprising different sections of people.
dates, taking action to ask for the release
of prisoners who are being incarcerated
for minor offence, foreign prisoners who
are in acute need of legal protection etc.
Seminar on Prosecuting Crimes
against Humanity
In order to help prosecution of crimes
against humanity by the International
Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) and ensure due process of law in accordance with
Roundtable on Communal Harmony and Human Rights.
yNHRC should lead a mass awareness campaign to enrich people's understanding
and shape a rights sensitive mind-set.
yChildren's voice should be heard and
their best interest should be taken into
account:
yA separate body, either Children's Ombudsman or Children's Commission has
to be established in order to look after
children's interests. The NHRC should
take an initiative to put the matter on the
table of the apex level of policy makers;
yThe NHRC should review the Special Marriage Act in order to prohibit child marriage;
yThe NHRC should pay more attention to
monitoring of prison conditions especially
condition of the under-trial prisoners who
should be brought to the court on due
the principles of fairness and justice, the
NHRC organized a seminar on 28 January,
2012 focusing on Transparency, Accountability and Due Process of Law at the ICTB.
Dialogue on Communal Harmony,
Human Rights and Today's
Bangladesh
A dialogue was initiated by the NHRC on a
number of national issues, such as communal harmony and human rights in the perspective of current political situation in the
country. A round table discussion was organized by the NHRC on December, 02, 2012,
on these issues, which was attended by the
representatives of a cross-section of organizations, civil society members, academics, government officials, NGOs and media
personalities.
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