a) Letter to be sent to DG, Department of Social Services to share the draft Act on Protecting Rights of Hijra with the NHRC b) Letter to be sent to concerned authorities to end medical test for identifying gender of Hijra population. c) Recommendation to be sent to the concerned authority to do medical test in presence of gender expert and psychologist if any doubt arises seeing the attitude of any Hijra person. Committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Autism On 3rd April 2022, meeting of the thematic committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Autism was held, chaired by the then Chairman of NHRC Nasima Begum, ndc. Following decisions were made at the meeting: 1) Dr. Anwar Ullah, Managing Director, NDD Trust, Ms. Farida Yasmin, Executive Director, DRRA, Md. Maruf Hasan, Lead-Policy and Partnership, ASC-Brac will submit a report analysing situation on accessibility for Persons with Disabilities. 2) 11-member Committee including representatives of relevant ministries / organisations will be formed considering accessibility as an important issue of country Action Plan on Human Rights. 4.3 NHRC in International Forums Biennial Meeting of Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions Biennial Meeting of Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions 68 | Annual Report 2022 : National Human Rights Commission

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