About Us

 

BackGround:

The JusticeMakers Bangladesh(A human rights organization for justice, rehabilitation & development) 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 justice, rehabilitation and development 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 is devoted to serve mankind especially who are victim of extrajudicial killing, torture, organized violence and disappearance as well as violence and discrimination against ethnic, religious and sexual minorities including women and children. JusticeMakers Bangladesh was born and brought up to remain beside the victim of torture, mal treatment, disappearance 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- Justice, Rehabilitation and Development.

Mission:

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

ii. To serve mankind especially who are victim of extra judicial killing, torture, mal treatment, disappearance and organized violence as well as violence and discrimination against ethnic, religious and sexual minorities including women and children;

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

Objective: 

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

ii. 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; 

iii. 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;  

iv. 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;  

vi. 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; 

vii. 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;  

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

ix. May engage in income-generating and profit-making activities for development youth capacity and environmental sustainability including poverty reduction. 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 organization.

Working Area:

The JusticeMakers Bangladesh will operate it’s programs and activities all over the country directed from the Headquarter based in Dhaka through its network and partner organization in grass root level. It will also establish it’s offices based in regional, area and branch level.

Thematic Area:

1. Create awareness and education related to human rights, criminal justice and   good governance;

2. Justice to the victim of extrajudicial killing, torture, organized violence and disappearance as well as violence and discrimination against ethnic, religious and sexual minorities including women and children.

3. Rehabilitation to the victim of extrajudicial killing, torture, organized violence and disappearance as well as violence and discrimination against ethnic, religious and sexual minorities including women and children;

4. Development of youth capacity and environmental sustainability including poverty reduction.