International exposure visit in Thailand. Human Rights (HR) Education Programmes The NHRC has organized a large number of training and educational programs to raise awareness about human rights violations and how to get remedies of these, including celebration of International Human Rights Day (HRD) in Dhaka and in selected districts and Round Table Discussion jointly organized by the NHRC and the Daily Purbocon Khulna, the NHRC and the daily Azadi in Chittagong etc. The NHRC also organized a series of District-Level Seminars on Awareness Building on human rights violations, Role and Services available with the NHRC and on specific issues of human rights violations prevalent in these districts. Each of these District-level seminars was attended by the representatives of the NHRC (Chairman, Full Time Member and other senior executives), concerned Deputy Commissioners and other government officials, local civil societies, students of schools, colleges and universities, law enforcing agencies, NGOs. District Level Seminars were organized at Rangpur (August 30, 2012) Sylhet (March, 02 2012), Serajgoanj (July, 18, 2012), Gazipur (November, 24, 22 2012). Discussion of these seminars covered both the general human rights awareness raising issues as well as issues specifically important for their particular district. International Exposure of the NHRC Personnel During 2012, the high officials of the NHRC attended a number of international seminars, conferences, round table colloquium through the knowledge on human rights practices throughout the world has been enhanced. These programmes can be discussed under four broad headings, namely, Policy Related Programmes, Experience Sharing Programmes, Skill Development, Disadvantaged Group's Human Rights Related programmes. Policy-Related Programmes As many as six international programmes were attended by the Chairman, Full-Time Member and other high officials of the NHRC. Some of these programmes were : Human Rights Policy Development organized by KOICA, South Korea (7-28 March, 2012), 25th Meeting of International Coordination Committee (ICC) of NHRIs held