Background

JusticeMakers Bangladesh Trust (JM Bangladesh) has been initiated on 2010 by a group of young, energetic and experienced lawyer & social worker in the field of human rights in Bangladesh with a promise to rehabilitation, justice and create awareness among community level for the protection and promotion of human rights and ensuring the respect and realization of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the fundamental provisions of the Constitution of Bangladesh as well as providing humanitarian assistance to the victim of violation and discrimination in the country. Since the inauguration of JusticeMakers Bangladesh Trust is devoted to serve mankind specially who are victim of torture and organized violence as well as other form of human rights violation discrimination. JM Bangladesh was born and brought up to remain beside the victim of torture, mal treatment and organized violation as well as other form of violation indifferent to race or religion, sex or age.

Vision: A country without any form of Human Rights violation and discrimination. The main spirit covers three main thematic areas- Rehabilitation, Justice and Awareness.

Mission:

To insure human rights throughout the country through maintaining the legal and financial rights of the all Bangladesh people;

To serve mankind especially who are victim of torture, mal treatment and organized violence as well as other human rights violation indifferent to race or religion, sex or age;

Enable the government and the non-government organizations to observe, learn and understand closely and concretely the impacts of different legislations on the life and livelihood of common people.

Working Area: The trust will operate it’s programs and activities all over the country directed from the Headquarter based in Dhaka. It will establish it’s offices based in regional, area and branch level.

Thematic Area:

Awareness and Education related to Human Rights and Good Governance;

Rehabilitation of the victims of torture and organized violence;

Ensuring justice for the victims of torture, Violence against women, children and minorities;

Environment.

Beneficiaries:

The victims along with their family members of human rights violation;

The different professional groups, civil society and student;

The different grassroots organization and sector groups;

The government (Local and national);

Medias both electronic and print media.

Objectives:

To provide legal aid and legal counselling to community members through their respective organizations as well as in centre;

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;

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;

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;

To establish a human rights documentation and information centre to ensure exchange and dissemination of human rights violation;

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;

To conduct lobbying, campaign and advocacy activity to protect and promote human rights in national and international level;

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;

To build up institution as well as human rights defender in community level;

May engage in income-generating and profit-making activities but none of the income and/ or profit shall be distributed to the Trustees who shall render voluntary service and the income and the profit will be utilized for implementation of the vision and mission of the Trust.