Pressing Human Rights Issues with Priority Areas for 2016-2020: 1. Violence by State Mechanism, particularly Enforced Disappearances, Torture including Custodial Torture, Extra-judicial Killings and Culture of Impunity; 2. Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including Health Rights, Discrimination against the Marginalized and People with Disabilities; 3. Full and Prompt Implementation of, and compliance with, the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Accord Focusing on Land Rights; 4. Violence against Indigenous, Ethnic and Religious Minorities with Special Focus on Land Rights of the Indigenous and other Marginalised & Excluded Communities in Plainlands; 5. Women Empowerment and Discrimination against Women, Gender‐based Violence; 6. Protection of Child Rights, Elimination of hazardous Child Labour and Prevention of Early and Forced Marriage; 7. Human Trafficking, Safe Migration and Discrimination and Abuse of Migrant Workers; 8. Impediments to Access to Justice, particularly for the Poor; 9. Occupational Safety, Wages and Welfare including Trade Union Rights of the Garments Workers; 10. Ensuring Right to Education; 11. Right to Food (ensuring food security, safety, nutrition, etc.); 12. Addressing Climate Change Environmental Justice; and 13. Rights of the People of Char Land and newly Acquired Territories (former Enclaves); 70 JAMAKON 14. Social and Religious Cohesion and Harmony; 15. Rights of Older Persons; 16. Rights to Freedom of Expression; 17. Establishment of Human Rights Abuses. a Database of Violations and This list is not exhaustive and it may be amended by JAMAKON from time to time. Moreover, there may be other urgent human rights issues that emerge which may require JAMAKON’s immediate attention. These will be added to the Commission’s priorities as necessary. Section 4. Focal Areas for the Five‐Year Period (2016‐2020) 4.1 Institutional JAMAKON Development of Unless JAMAKON is an efficient and effective institution, it has little hope to achieve its long-term goals. Moreover, it will be challenging for JAMAKON to meet the high expectations of the people of Bangladesh that have been generated after its establishment. At present, JAMAKON has limited staff to operate its day-to-day work. JAMAKON needs, as a matter of urgency, to employ more staff and, train them in all their functional roles, including in processing complaints of human rights violations, implementing awareness and education programs and conducting research. The budget of JAMAKON needs to be increased substantially. JAMAKON is encouraged that the Hon’ble President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the Government has expressed a commitment to protect and promote human rights and to make JAMAKON a more effective organization. The following goals have been identified for institutional development, taking into consideration the implementation status of the first Five-Year Strategic Plan and the recommendations from the Capacity Assessment of JAMAKON conducted in December 2013 by UNDP, APF, OHCHR and