1. Presentation
on
Protection Unit/section,
Concern Universal
Presented by
Jhuma Halder
Concern Universal
Bangladesh

2. What is Protection?
 Protection is a broad term for activities
aimed at obtaining full respect for the
rights of all individuals in accordance with
international law, including international
humanitarian, human rights and refugee
law, regardless of their age, gender or
social, ethnic, national, religious or other
background

3. Objective (CU Protection unit/ Section)
 To protect and promote the rights of the
people of the Republic and to fight
against sex and gender based violence

4. Geographical location
 Country (nation wide)
 Cross boarder countries
 SAARC countries
 Asian countries
 Global

5. Target people
 Religious minority
 Women
 Children
 Indigenous community
 Displaced persons
 Vulnerable community

6. Area of work
 Preventing violence
 Reduce violence against minority, women and children
 Legal research (National and International laws)
 Documentation and reporting (Project based, law based,
issue based, learning)
 Publishing documents
 Addressing discriminatory laws
 National and international Networking
 Advocacy and lobby (Government officials, other
stakeholders, agencies, internal and external motivating
groups)
 Policy change

7. Issue of Advocacy and Lobby
 Communal torture
 Ethnic cleansing
 Migration and refugee issues
 Activating Village court
 Community policing and one stop crisis
center
 Democratic local intuitions and authorities
 Movement and policy change

8. Addressing laws
 Constitutional laws
 National laws on violence against women
and children
 National policies on violence against
women and children
 Laws on LGI
 International laws and policies

9. Reporting and monitoring
 United nations
 Regional human rights commission
 National Human Rights Commission

10. CUB Local partners (proposed)
 Legal Aid Sub-Committee, Bangladesh Mahila
Parishad (BMP) - Dhaka
 Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) -
Dhaka
 Madaripur Legal Aid Association (MLAA), Madaripur
 Bangladesh National Women’s Lawyers Association
(BNWLA) - Dhaka
 Bar Association - Dhaka
 Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities
(HRCBM)- Dhaka
 SAILS – Dhaka??
 ASK – Dhaka ??

11. CU-International and cross boarder
Partners (Proposed)
 LASWEB, Kolkata, India
 NHRL, Delhi, India
 Action works - Nepal – (one/two - more org.)
 Rawzon, Pakistan (one/two - more org.)
 Philippine (Toti) (one/two - more org.)
 Partner for Prevention (P4P), Thailand (??)
 Global Human Rights Defense (GHRD), Netherland
(??)
 UK CU partner org. (One/two – more org.)
 Malawi CU partner org. (One/two – more org.)
 Senegal CU partner org. (One/two – more org.)

12. CU- Networking with
Universities (Proposed)
 Law Department , Southeast University, Dhaka
 Law Department, Uttara University, Dhaka
 Law Department, Dhaka International
University, Dhaka
 Kolkata and Delhi universities , India
 UK Universities
 Australia Universities
 USA Universities
 Canada Universities

13. CU-Team (Proposed)
 James TEvans - UK office
 Matthew Lake – UK Office
 Oliver Sawyer – UK office
 Jhuma Halder – Bangladesh Office
 Cornelis De Wolf – Bangladesh Office
 Zahed Nowaz - Bangladesh Office
 Shankor Paul – Bangladesh Office
 Interns (National – International)

14. Proposed Intern (Bangladesh)
 1. Shanjukta Sahani, 2. Runa Jesmin – DRR
Unit-CU,
 1. Avijit Shaha, 2. Rafqul Islam - Livelihood
unit,
 1. A.Hamid, 2. Masud Rana – OD Unit,
 1. Muniruzzamn/Walid, 2. Asif, Health
Unit??
 1. Dipti Sikdar, 2. Jorge Chowdhury, Legal
aid sub committee – BMP,
 1.Akbar Ali, 2. Saila Bristy, BLAST

15. Fund collection
 Different Embassy (ies)
 High commissions
 Donner agency (ies)
 United Nations
 Own fund (Concern Universal)

16. Advisors (protection unit/ section)
(proposed)
1. James TEvans , UK Office
2. Cornelis De Wolf, Country Director, CU-B
3. Habibur Rahaman, Grand Contract, SDLG Project , Bangladesh
4. Adv. Maksuda Akter Laily, Director, Legal Aid Sub Committee
(Central), Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP)
5. Palash Modal, Sr. Technical Manager, Care – Bangladesh
6. Md. Amir Hossain, Deputy Director, Manab Mukti Shangtha (MMS)
7. Md. Al-Mamum, Coordinator, Local Government Project,
Manusher Jannyo Foundation (MJF)
8. Saikat Biswas, Project Coordinator, Humanitarian Unit, OXFAM –
BD
9. Fawzia Khandker Eva, Component Head and Gender Specialist
Promoting Gender Sensitive Polishing, Police Reform Programme
(PRP), UNDP
10. Dr. Kajal Chattarjee, Training Specialist, SHAPNO, UNDP
11. Women’s Forum – Concern Universal

17. Questions/Suggestions/Advice
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18. Thank you