Amendment to NHRC Act urged

Voicing displeasure over the weak law of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), its Chairman Prof Dr Mizanur Rahman on Monday said human rights become the casualties in Bangladesh due to weak rule of law.
“When there’s no rule of law or very weak rule of law, human rights become the casualties. And that’s the case right now in Bangladesh. We can’t hide it from anyone. That’s the reality,” he told a seminar in the city emphasising necessary changes in the NHRC law.
Prof Rahman said all must acknowledge the reality as he thinks only by recognising the problems ‘we can try to overcome the problems.’
The NHRC chief made the comment while addressing a seminar titled ‘Australia and Bangladesh: Sharing Experiences in Protection of Human Rights’ at Brac Centre Inn.
Differentiating the situation in Australia and that in Bangladesh, he said it would be better to term it ‘contrastive comparison’ “Because you (Australia) are a society where you’ve the rule of law. We’re a society, where…I don’t know, if at all there is, it’s a very weak rule of law.”
Australian High Commission in Dhaka arranged the seminar conducted by Murray Kellam, according to UNB.