UNB, Dhaka :Terming the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) an ‘ineffective institution’, BNP on Saturday demanded the government reconstitute the statuary body.”The current human rights commission formed by the government is an ineffective institution… human rights is a parameter to consider a democratic country. The HR condition in Bangladesh has turned worst. We demand the immediate recast of the commission. It should be reconstituted with impartial persons having expertise on it,” said BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon.He came up with the demand at a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office.The BNP leader also urged NHRC chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman to quit shouldering his failures to assert his authority to protect human rights in the country.He called upon the government to form a permanent taskforce with competent and non-partisan people to look into the allegations of violation of human rights by the law enforcers as per the directives of the High Court.The High Court on Thursday asked the government to explain in four weeks as to why it should not be directed to form a permanent taskforce to address the incidents of violation of human rights by law enforcers. The court issued the rule following a writ petition filed by Advocate Salma Ali, executive director of Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA).
