Chapter 1: Five Year Journey of National Human Rights Commission: Achievements and Challenges  Full Time Member National Human Rights Commission The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Bangladesh was established in 2010 under the National Human Rights Commission Act, 2009. NHRC works as the apex national human rights institution in the country. It is noteworthy to mention that the current Commission will complete its two tenures on June 22, 2016. The report reflects its last five years’ activities. Institutional Development The core attention of the capacity building of the staff for ensuring better delivery in monitoring & investigation, research, communication and media and complaint handling. The commissioners and staff participated in series of training program at home and abroad. Capacity assessment survey was conducted for the commissioners and staff of the commission by Asia Pacific Forum in Dhaka in December 2013. This enabled NHRC to identify the areas where further capacity building is required. Accordingly some recommendations were adopted some of which are yet to be implemented. A week long training on the national enquiry and other human rights violation for the Commissioners and staff were jointly conducted by APF and Raul Wallenberg Institute of Sweden. The Commission also took up a comprehensive approach to build the capacity of key actors working for the promotion and protection of human rights such as; Government officials, Police, Human Rights Defenders, NGO representatives, journalists, judges, lawyer, Students, Community Facilitators and Union Parishad Representatives. The training covered a wide range of issues, including reporting to treaty bodies, ToT on human rights, women, children and minority rights. As a result of this intervention, motivation and skills were developed among the participants so that they were better prepared to protect human rights. Human Rights Awareness The Commission has developed its capacity to efficiently and effectively undertake human rights awareness raising and developing a human rights-based culture in Bangladesh. In 2010, NHRC conducted a Nation-wide Baseline Survey where data revealed that about 50% respondents heard of the term “human rights” and 32% respondent heard of the terms “National Human Rights Commission”. NHRC’s interventions over the years created a major impact to bring significant changes in the areas of human rights awareness. The follow–up survey in 2014 explored that 68% respondents heard of the term “human rights” and 45% respondents heard of the term “National Human Rights Commission”. This is the reflections of National Human Rights Commission achievements in human rights awareness creation. In addition, the NHRC 1 JAMAKON