UN Special Procedures Mechanism<\/a> is a key human rights mechanism which ASK and other organisations in Bangladesh have been working with various Special Procedures. Drawing from the experience, ASK believes that the Country\u2019s engagement with such procedures can be improved through consultations and dialogues between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), other human rights organisations and those who take time to use this mechanism.<\/p>\n<\/strong>ASK Invited the\u00a0Director-General UN and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Ms. Saida Muna Tasneem and Professor Mizanur Rahman, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission to elaborate on their roles and views.<\/p>\nThe reports of UN Special Rapporteurs are particularly useful in terms of highlighting the roles and responsibilities of the State. Information is collected on a particular thematic area of violations and through the lens of the principle of due diligence, state action in preventing particular violations from occurring, protecting and providing remedies to the victims \u00a0who have been subject to violence.<\/strong><\/p>\nSayeed Ahmed<\/strong>, Steering Committee Member of the Human Rights Forum Bangladesh set the scene of the Panel Discussion by presenting a few facts about an important mechanism for human rights violations advocacy in the Special Procedures\u00a0 – Visits from the Independant experts, UN Special Rapporteurs.<\/p>\nClick on Arrows Below to Navigate through the slides.
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