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25/08/2026

Trauma-Informed Approach Training at HRDC

HRDC conducted a two-day Trauma-Informed Approach Training for its staff on 24–25 August 2026, in collaboration with DIGNITY.

The training introduced three key elements of trauma-informed practice:

🔹 3 E’s of Trauma: Event, Experience, and Effect — understanding what happened, how it was experienced, and the lasting impact it may have.

🔹 4 R’s: Realize, Recognize, Respond, and Resist Re-traumatization — guiding us to understand trauma, recognize its effects, respond appropriately, and avoid causing further harm.

🔹 6 Principles: Safety; Trust & Transparency; Peer Support; Collaboration & Mutuality; Empowerment, Voice & Choice; and Cultural, Historical & Gender Responsiveness.

The training strengthened staff understanding and practical skills to create safe, respectful, inclusive, and empowering spaces for the people and communities they work with.

25/08/2026

Understanding Trauma-Informed Approaches

HRDC conducted a two-day Trauma-Informed Approach Training for its staff on 24–25 August 2026, in collaboration with DIGNITY.

The session explored the 3 E’s of Trauma—Event, Experience, and Effect—highlighting that trauma is not only about what happens to a person, but also how the event is experienced and the lasting effects it may have.

The training also introduced the principles of trauma-informed approaches, emphasizing safety, trust, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, voice and choice, and cultural, historical, and gender responsiveness.

Through this learning, HRDC staff strengthened their understanding of how to respond with empathy, dignity, sensitivity, and a commitment to preventing re-traumatization. International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture OMCT

24/08/2026

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24/08/2026

22/08/2026

Legal Empowerment & Rights Awareness | Savar
HRDC organized a Legal Empowerment and Rights Awareness Program with marginalized communities in Savar, creating a space for community members to learn about their rights, legal protections, and available support.
HRDC President Adv. Nazrul Islam attended the event and highlighted the importance of access to justice and legal empowerment for marginalized communities.
As part of the initiative, free legal aid camps were also organized by BLAST, providing community members with an opportunity to receive legal advice and support.
Together, we can build stronger communities where everyone knows their rights and can access justice.

22/08/2026

Monthly Online Storytelling – Episode 02-22 August 2026
Life-Saving Interventions from the Community
In Episode 02 of HRDC’s Monthly Online Storytelling, community mental health workers shared powerful stories of providing basic Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) at the community level.
Through timely support, care, and compassionate intervention, survivors found hope, regained strength, and began rebuilding their lives.
These stories remind us that community-based mental health support can save lives and help survivors restore their dignity, wellbeing, and future.
❤️ HRDC is doing meaningful work to bring hope and healing closer to communities.

22/08/2026

Policy Dialogue on Human Rights Protection in Bangladesh

HRDC and IILD organized a Policy Dialogue on “Strengthening Human Rights Protection in Bangladesh: Institutional Reforms and Legal Response to Enforced Disappearance” on 22 August 2026 at PIB, Dhaka.

The dialogue brought together stakeholders to discuss institutional reforms, legal responses, accountability, and stronger mechanisms for protecting human rights in Bangladesh.

22/08/2026

22/08/2026

Human Rights Development Centre (HRDC) Statement
The Human Rights Development Centre (HRDC) welcomes the government’s initiative to establish a separate directorate for the rehabilitation of families affected by enforced disappearances, killings, torture, and extrajudicial killings.
For years, victim families have endured profound loss, uncertainty, financial hardship, social exclusion, and the absence of adequate institutional support. The proposed measures—including state recognition, monthly allowances, compensation, medical and educational assistance, housing, and employment opportunities—could represent an important step toward restoring dignity and providing long-term support to affected families.
HRDC believes that this initiative must be based on transparency, fairness, accountability, and an independent verification process. The identification of genuine victims should follow clear, impartial, and publicly understandable criteria, while ensuring that no victim or family is excluded because of political affiliation, social status, or other discriminatory considerations.
We also urge the government to ensure meaningful participation of victims’ families and human rights organizations in developing the proposed framework, rehabilitation mechanisms, and eligibility criteria.
We welcome this initiative as an important step toward addressing the longstanding suffering of victim families. We encourage the government to incorporate their rehabilitation, recognition, justice, and long-term welfare into its national roadmap and ensure that the commitment is translated into effective and sustainable action.
Human Rights Development Centre (HRDC)
For dignity, justice, accountability, and human rights.

গুম, খুন, নির্যাতন ও বিচারবহির্ভূত হত্যার শিকার পরিবারগুলোর পুনর্বাসনে পৃথক অধিদপ্তর গঠনের উদ্যোগ নিয়েছে সরকার.....

22/08/2026

Human Rights Development Centre (HRDC) Statement
The Human Rights Development Centre (HRDC) warmly welcomes the government’s initiative to establish a separate directorate for the rehabilitation of families affected by enforced disappearances, killings, torture, and extrajudicial killings.
For many years, HRDC has been advocating for the recognition, compensation, rehabilitation, and long-term support of victim families. Our advocacy and movement on this issue are still ongoing.
The government’s decision to give serious attention to this longstanding demand and to take steps toward establishing a dedicated directorate and providing long-term financial and social support to affected families is an important and encouraging development. We sincerely welcome this initiative and thank the government for recognizing the importance of this issue.
However, we believe that the announcement must now be translated into meaningful and effective action. A credible and impartial list of victims must be prepared through a transparent verification process, and state recognition, compensation, rehabilitation, and long-term support must be ensured for the affected families.
We also urge the government to meaningfully engage with victim families, human rights organizations, and other relevant stakeholders in developing the framework and implementation mechanisms of this initiative.
This is an important achievement in our long-standing advocacy—but our work does not end here.
HRDC will continue its movement until justice, recognition, dignity, accountability, and sustainable rehabilitation are ensured for all affected families.
Human Rights Development Centre (HRDC)
Justice • Dignity • Accountability • Human Rights

গুম, খুন, নির্যাতন ও বিচারবহির্ভূত হত্যার শিকার পরিবারগুলোর পুনর্বাসনে পৃথক অধিদপ্তর গঠনের উদ্যোগ নিয়েছে সরকার.....