Nothing but a great news.The government of Bangladesh and the United Nations signed an agreement Thursday aiming to strengthen the country’s National Human Rights Commission.
“In the days when the news started to coming that human rights are voilated in many way…Hope throgh the strong initiative goverment will able to establish real values of human rights. We must shoul renote through establishing real values of human rights a goverment can proof them success.”
?The partnership will support the National Human Rights Commission to become an effective leader for the promotion and protection of human rights for all in Bangladesh,? a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) statement said in Dhaka.
Under the agreement, the UNDP will contribute $7 million through a new project titled “Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission Capacity Development Project” over the next five years.
Fundamental human rights are enshrined in the Bangladesh constitution and are at the core of the country?s development vision, which focuses on pro-poor growth and outreach to the most vulnerable, including women and minority groups, the UNDP said.
The commission strengthens the institutional safeguards of these human rights and allows each citizen to seek and receive redress when rights are violated, the statement said, adding that the Commission as a national independent institution is a symbol of the national commitment to the recognition and respect of the human rights of all citizens.
