Meeting of Thematic Committee on Business and
Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Members of Thematic Committee on Business and Human Rights and
Corporate Social Responsibility
Meeting of this committee was held on
15 March 2021. NHRCB Full Time
Member and Chair of this committee
Dr. Kamal Uddin Ahmed presided
over the meeting. He made a
presentation on how the business
activities are related with human
rights. Aroma Dutta, MP; Dr. Rubana
Hoque, President, BGMEA; Sanjeeb
Drong, General Secretary, Bangladesh
Adibasi
Forum,
Meheruna
Chowdhury, Business and Human
Rights
Specialist,
HRP-UNDP
attended the meeting. The highlights
of discussions:
• Businesses must be related to
human rights and businesses
should
be
aligned
with
international
human
rights
standards. Labor’s welfare should
be one of the main goals of
business entities. Without this
business organizations can’t
make profits and sustainable
development can’t be achieved.
• Taking Free, Prior and Informed
Consent must be ensured before
taking any project that will affect
livelihoods of ethnic people.
National Human Rights Commission
Annual Report 2021
77