from childhood. In addition, this year NHRCB handed over draft Sexual Harassment Prevention and Protection Act to hon’ble Minister of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. NHRCB forms fact-finding committees and takes strong actions on human rights violation cases. The Commission is working tirelessly for creating awareness on human rights and identifying causes of human rights violations. It is also doing research in this regard. We regularly follow up with the concerned ministries so that they send back reports as soon as possible as asked by the Commission and we are getting reports more quickly than before. NHRC has played effective role by doing inquiry on communal attack in Pirganj, Rangpur, ensuring justice for Abiron, freeing Salam Dhali from jail, filing case on removing good kidney, giving connection of water and electricity line of a victim whose water and electricity line were disconnected due to conflict between tenant and house owner. Recently, the Commission has amended NHRC Act 2009 and drafted complaint management Rules and sent them to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. We are working for protecting human rights for women, children, persons with disabilities, Dalit, Hijra, ethnic minorities and others through 12 thematic committees. We are maintaining communication with 8 international forums such as APF, GANHRI, OHCHR, CFNHRI and also urged the international community to come forward to resolve the Rohingya Crisis. Recently, Violence against Women specially rape have increased. Realizing the worst situation, government has amended Violence against Women and Children Repression Act and incorporated death sentence as the punishment for rapist. On the other hand, NHRCB also has formed a National Inquiry committee to identify solutions. I think that social intolerance and degradation of humane values are the main reasons for increasing trend of VAW and rape. Bangladesh is considered as a role model for women empowerment. Different initiatives have been taken for the development of women. However, women are facing sexual violence and other crimes in public place, work place and other such places. As a result, it affects women empowerment and it blurs achievements of the state. Thus, it is very important to arrest the perpetrators, complete investigation quickly to ensure justice and give exemplary punishment immediately. I hope that human rights will be established and Bangladesh will stand up with pride in the world when we all will be introduced as human beings not as woman, man, transgender, person with disabilities, ethnic minority. For this, it is important to promote family values,