Celebration of Human Rights Day, 2012 in Dhaka.
The Key results are summed
up below:
yPerception and understanding of the general public on human rights issues increased;
yLevel of awareness of people in the community on NHRC and Human Rights issues enhanced;
yParticipation of the stakeholders including youth, students, adolescents and
women in awareness campaigns increased;
yLevel of understanding of the district
level government officials on NHRC's
role, mandate and functions increased;
yAdoption of the Dhaka Declaration on
the Right to Land and the Right to Food
that encourages Governments of the region to take action against land grabbing,
to protect the land of indigenous people
and to assure an effective implementation of the;
yindigenous people and to assure an effective implementation of the International Covenant on Economic Social and
Cultural Rights;
yThe NHRC's communication strategy is in
place;
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yThe NHRC engaged for the first time for
the protection of sexual minorities;
yThe NHRC visibility in the media increased.
Mass Awareness Campaign on
Working Together for the
Promotion of Human Rights:
The NHRC has designed and implemented
an awareness campaign entitled 'Working
Together for the Protection and Promotion
of Human Rights in collaboration with the
Deputy Commissioner's office at district
level. The objective of the campaign was to
raise awareness about the NHRC at district
level with stakeholders of government and
non government organisations, law enforcement agencies, CSO staff, teachers
and students etc.
In this effort, the workshops have widely
addressed the human rights issues, NHRC's
role, mandate and functions and the complaint lodging mechanism of the NHRC.
More than 400 participants, including the
government officials of district administration, members of the Judiciary, law enforcement officials, and journalists, NGO