Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR)

Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights is a sister concern of JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) aiming at Envisioning Human Rights Violation Free Bangladesh. OBJECTIVES:
v To provide legal aid and legal counselling to community members through their respective organizations as well as in centre. v To organize seminars, workshops, symposiums, rallies, human chains and view exchange meetings on various human rights related issues and attending such programmes organized by others. v To provide training especially on paralegal and human rights aspect to community organizers as well as conduct a summer course on human rights for university graduates and law enforcing agencies. v To promote legal & human rights literacy, which includes translating and publishing handbooks of law in layman`s language and a training manual on human rights. v To establish a human rights documentation and information centre to ensure exchange and dissemination of human rights violation. v To publish a weekly "Law Corner" in a popular magazine, with cartoons to simplify legal problems and to respond to inquiries about legal problems for those who need legal advice and cannot receive it. v To conduct lobbying, campaign and advocacy activity to protect and promote human rights in national and international level. v To conduct research on legal and human rights aspect as well as conduct fact finding and issue urgent appeal/action regarding violation of human rights. v To build up institution as well as human rights defender in community level by forming Task Force against Torture (TFT) and Victim Association.