Dhaka, Sept. 28 -- Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya has cautioned that Bangladesh cannot afford to have another "powerless" National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
He stressed that what the people want is not a symbolic body but a strong, independent, and functional institution capable of protecting citizens' rights without fear or bias.
Speaking at a discussion titled "Draft Human Rights Commission Act 2025" organised by Bangladesh Reform Watch on Saturday Debapriya said the absence of the NHRC for nearly a year has left a vacuum in institutional protection of rights.
Although the interim government abolished the commission in November 2024, it has since failed to introduce a credi...