Chapter Four Human Rights Research and Policy Development T he NHRC began to develop its legislative review, policy advice and research functions, in order to fulfil its mandate regarding domestication of international human rights norms. The Commission worked in 2011 on building capacity to analyse existing laws and draft legislation from a human rights perspective, in order to identify inconsistencies arising from the application of national laws, policies, p ro g ra m m e s a n d p ra c t i c e s a n d to recommend how best to achieve harmonisation with international standards. 1 Baseline survey on human rights informs and challenges More than 4000 Bangladeshis participated in a baseline survey on human rights, which covered 7 divisions, 39 districts, 56 upazilas, and 222 villages. This groundbreaking survey, the first of its kind in the country, offers solid new “mapping knowledge” about human 45