ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Commonwealth Forum of NHRIs (CFNHRI), Breewell, England (11-14 April 2011) Annual Meeting (Full Time Member Mr. Kazi Reazul Hoque) National Human Rights Commission of India, New Delhi (24-29 May 2011) Dialogue and meetings regarding human rights with a focus on complaints handling and complaints management systems (NHRC Secretary Shamsuzzaman Bhuiyan; Director, Complaints and Inquiry, Shamim Ahmed; National Human Rights Commission Bangladesh with UK Equality & Human Rights Commission Deputy Director, Complaints and Inquiry, Imam Uddin Kabir; Project Director A.Q.M. Nasir Uddin) Danish Institute of Human Rights and UK Commonwealth Secretariat Copenhagen, Denmark and London, England (20-29 June 2011) Experience sharing meetings, promotion of Lord Avebury with members of National Human Rights Commission Bangladesh in UK human rights and training for the Commission on management, collaboration, communication and organizational issues (Chairman Prof. Dr. Mizanur Rahman; Full Time Member Kazi Reazul Hoque, Honorary Members Prof. Dr. Niru Kumar Chakma., Ms. Selina Hosain, Ms. Fawzia Karim Firoze, Ms. Aroma Dutta, Ms. Nirupa Dewan, BNHRC-CD Project Manager Mona M’Bikay Boin). Asian Forum for Human Rights Development (FORUM Asia) and Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), Kathmandu, Nepal (25-26 July 2011) The purpose of the “Second Sub-regional workshop on South Asian Human Rights Mechanisms” was to raise awareness and sensitize the participants to the experience of existing regional mechanism of human rights and facilitating discussion on the possible role of civil society organizations to engage with SAARC on advocacy for regional human rights mechanisms in South Asia. (NHRC Chairman Prof. Dr. Mizanur Rahman) University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India (30-31 July 2011) National Seminar on Human Rights in the 21st Century, the Issues and Challenges (NHRC Chairman Prof. Dr. Mizanur Rahman) Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions Bangkok, Thailand (6-8 September 2011) At the 16th Annual Meeting & Biennial Conference of the APF, the Commission was granted Associate Membership in the institution, after a relatively short period of service by the current Commission. (NHRC Chairman Prof. Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Full Time Member Mr. Kazi Reazul Hoque, Commission Secretary Sheikh Abdul Ahaed) Asia Pacific Forum of NHRIs/Association for the Prevention of Torture Kathmandu, Nepal (19-23 September 2011) The Prevention of Torture training program, developed by APF and APT, is designed to