ANNUAL REPORT 2016 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Foreword From the Chairman Table of Contents Chapter 1: About National Human Rights Commission, Bangladesh 1.1 Background of NHRC 1.2 Mandates of National Human Rights Commission 1.3. Dealing with Media Chapter 2: Human Rights Situation in Bangladesh Chapter 3: Highlights of Activities of NHRC in 2016 3.1 Advocacy Effort of NHRC for Protection & Promotion of HR 3.2 Research & Publications 3.3 NHRC & ICT 3.4 Some Key Commission Meetings Chapter 4: Protecting rights by dealing with Complaints in 2016 4.1 Summary Statistics of Complaints up to 31st December, 2016 4.2 Some Successful Intervention of NHRC Chapter 5: Challenges and Way Forward Annexure: 01. Financial Statements 02. Members of NHRC 03. Officers List 01 01 05 06 13 13 26 27 28 29 30 33 37 40 41