Dhaka, 9 December :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given the following
message on the occasion of the United Nations Human Rights Day :
"On the auspicious occasion of the United Nations
Human Rights Day, Bangladesh joins the international community in reiterating
its unequivocal commitment to uphold human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, as enshrined in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. This year, we celebrate the Human Rights
Day in the aftermath of Bangladesh's election to the UN Human Rights Council for the third term.
Drawing inspiration
from Bangladesh's Constitutional obligations, our government continues
to work towards upholding the fundamental rights and freedoms of our citizens, especially
women and children, religious and ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities
and people living in
extreme poverty. During the last six years, we have relentlessly strived to realise their
human rights and social progress in larger
freedoms.
To this effect, our
government has undertaken broad-based legal and institutional reforms. We have
also strengthened our relevant institutions, including the National Human
Rights Commission, for promoting and protecting the human rights of our people.
We
have made significant strides in securing the rights, dignity and well-being of
the poor and the marginalised people. To commensurate with our Vision 2021 and Vision 2041, we remain committed to combating poverty,
deprivation and social exclusion.
We
remain in the forefront of the global movement to end the culture of impunity
for crimes against humanity, genocides and war crimes committed anywhere around
the world. With the
overwhelming support of our people, we have lived up to our commitment to
ensure justice for the victims of the heinous crimes against humanity and
genocide committed during our Liberation War in 1971. In the same spirit, we
condemn human rights violation anywhere in the world as we did in the wake of the unjust and
deadly military offensive in the Gaza Strip this year. Our cabinet and parliament adopted
resolutions condemning the heinous attacks on innocent Palestines, including women and children.
As a
state party to all major human rights instruments, and a newly-elected member
of the Human Rights
Council, Bangladesh renews its pledges to resolutely work towards further strengthening our national human
rights regime and meaningfully engage with the international community to develop human rights
standards that have universal resonance and time-tested relevance.
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