1.7
Coordination with the National Human Rights Institute of Bangladesh
HRC/3125/2012
Plaintiff: R.P.Mirsadin
Respondent: Ministry of External Affairs
A woman lodged a complaint with the Commission over a dispute with her husband. In the
complaint it was stated that plaintiff’s husband who was a Bangladesh national forced their eldest
child of 14 years of age out of the country to Bangladesh without consent of both her and that of the
child. The other two children were left with her but the woman claimed that she was so much
depressed over the safety and security of her eldest child. The petitioner requested the Commission
to intervene in this matter. Since it did not fall directly under its purview, the Commission advised
the petitioner initially to lodge a complaint with the Police and then followed up police
investigations. The Police had informed the Banladesh Police via INTERPOL and the Plaintiff got
more depressed when her husband telephoned her and conveyed his idea of not returning to Sri
Lanka and also when she learnt that the child was not treated well. The Commission referred this
matter to the National Human Rights Institute of Bangladesh & ASK, which is an NGO operating
in Bangladesh and asked those institutions to check the whereabouts of the child. It was revealed
then the father had kept him under the custody of his mother and step father and left for a job in
Italy. As instructed by the National Human Rights Institute of Bangladesh, the Plaintiff then filed a
case in Dhaka Court, obtained a court order in her favour, went along with Bangladesh Police and
officers of National Human Rights Institute of Bangladesh to the place where the child was kept
and successfully returned to Sri Lanka with her child.
1.8. Follow-up Action on Implementation of Recommendations Issued
The Human Rights Commission, after inquiring and investigating into complaints lodged, issue
recommendation whenever a violation of Fundamental Rights is detected. The Human Rights
Commission for years has exercised follow-up action to check whether the recommendations issued
were enforced. The Commission in year 2013 took follow-up action in 886 cases. The procedure
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