The government has drafted an ordinance to unshackle the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) from a 15-year bar on probing members of the security forces.

The interim government should have made some headway by now.

These oversight institutions must not be left in limbo any longer

Why hasn't the government reconstituted NHRC even after seven months?

The NHRC has historically had glaring shortcomings in fulfilling its function.

Government must protect rights workers from intimidation and legal persecution

NHRC Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed talks about how the commission has dealt with the cases of enforced disappearance.

The state must protect their rights unconditionally

The National Human Rights Commission today (June 28, 2022) asked authorities concerned to take legal steps against the policemen, who played silent role during the incident of putting garlands of shoes around the neck of a college teacher in Narail on June 17.

Chief of National Human Rights Commission Nasima Begum says the Dhaka University student who was raped in Kurmitola on Sunday night can recognise the rapist if she sees him.

National Human Rights Commission is going to launch an online complaint management system to help people from distant areas in lodging their grievances without any hassle, commission chairman Nasima Begum says.

Eminent jurist Dr Shahdeen Malik says National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has become a retirement home for top bureaucrats of the government.

The government has appointed former senior secretary Nasima Begum as the chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

When it comes to allegations of human rights violations against law enforcement agencies, the NHRC claims that its hands are tied in investigating themselves and it can only ask for reports from the government.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) finds negligence of the police, administration and madrasa management in the death of Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

The prevailing culture of impunity is breeding brutality on women and children, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque said.

The High Court observes that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is not discharging its legal responsibilities over the incident of barbaric torture on domestic help Khadija, 12, by her employer at Mirpur in Dhaka in 2010.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque today said an investigation should be conducted to find out whether the Chawkbazar fire had been caused due to negligence by those responsible for oversee people’s safety.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque thanks the media for creating scope for Jaha Alam’s release from jail.

The High Court observes that the National River Protection Commission and National Human Rights Commission seem to be dummy commissions as they cannot take actions against any perpetrators.