Objectives | Legal Status | Executive Committee | Strategy
CCHRB is an Umbrella of NGOs working in the field of human rights & development founded in 1987 by the country’s Development activists under the leadership of renowned human rights activist Rev. Father Dr. R.W. Timm of CJP. Two types of members are in this umbrella, the first one is, General Member status & the second one is Observer member status. Those Organizations that obtained membership of CCHRB and paid all subscriptions are in called General Member and the organizations that have applied for memberships and actively involved with on going human rights movement carried out by CCHRB but not yet allowed membership are considered as Observer Member. At present there are 175 General Members & around 150 organizations are in observer status. ASA, ALRD, ARBAN BRAC, BRCT, CCDB, CARITAS CRD DORP, G.K., Proshika, IDR, TMSS, RIGHTS-Jessore, SEHD, World Vision, Prodipon are the important General Members of CCHRB.
To establish peace & human rights in the societyTo establish peace & human rights in the society
The mandate of CCHRB as grounded in it’s memorandum to promote & protect human rights in Bangladesh and coordinate human rights activities in the country through a common platform of NGO’s committed to defense human rights.
CCHRB has obtained registration from the Directorate of Social Welfare under the Voluntary Social Activities Ord.’61 & the NGO Affairs Bureau (NGOAB) under Foreign Donation Regulation Ord.’78
CCHRB has a 15 members Executive Body. This body is elected by the council members (General Body) after every two years. The EC is the supreme decision making body of CCHRB which meets at least once a month and formulates policies, guidelines in running the affairs of CCHRB through it’s Secretariat. The Chief Executive Officer of CCHRB is the ex officio member of the Executive Committee.
The Secretariat is led by it’s Chief Executive Officer (Executive Director/Director) who is liable for all deeds & activities of CCHRB. The CEO is to supervise the professionals working under his leadership & responsible to implement and execute the plans/projects as per policy of the organization & guide line of the EC. However he is primarily liable to the Executive Body and also to the General Members of CCHRB.
The concept behind the foundation of the organization is to work under a common umbrella. Both in planning & implementation CCHRB always adopting the strategy to work with it’s members &other like minded potential organizations. There is a practice of regular strategic planning in CCHRB at the beginning of the each program planning and implementation. Experts of the potential member organizations, EC members formulate policies and plan of actions depending on the nature volume & criteria of programs through a participatory approach. Gender issues with equal participation of both male and female, applying both bottom-up and top-down process are usually followed to maximize democratic practice in formulating realistic plans in the strategic planning workshop. Responsibilities of activities are being distributed to the members organization in the Forum meeting of GB.
Over the last few years CCHRB has successfully implemented the following human rights projects:
|
Name of the Project |
Amount |
Funded by |
|
Research and Documentation (1994) |
380,000 |
Bilance —
|
|
Monitoring 5th Parliament & Pourashava Election |
8,000,000 |
Donor Consortium |
|
Institutional & Program Support(1996) |
1,500,000 |
Bilance —
|
|
Research and Documentation(1997 |
14,000,000 |
Bilance —
|
|
Election Monitoring Wing (6th Parliament) 1996 |
900,000 |
Donor Consortium |
|
Election Monitoring (7th Parliament) 1996-97 |
6,000,000 |
Donor Consortium |
|
By-Election |
1,000,000 |
Do |
|
Union Porishod Election 1998 |
6,700,000 |
Do |
|
State of Human Rights 1999 |
350,000 |
Oxfam-GB |
|
CCHRB Overhead |
100,000 |
CCDB |
|
8th Parliament Election Observation 2001 |
8,000,000 |
|
|
UP Election Observation 2003 |
3,200,000 |
Danish Embassy |
|
Particulars |
Amount in Taka |
|
Advance training on Legal Aid, Human Rights & Peace |
1,500,000 |
|
Conduct study on social values & stigma on dowry & Polygamy |
200,000 |
|
Advocacy & Lobbying |
1,000,000 |
|
Mass Awareness Campaign on Human Rights |
4,000,000 |
|
Information dissemination & H R materials development |
1,000,000 |
|
Publication of Human Rights Country Report (yearly) |
1,000,000 |
|
Campaign Against Torture, Trafficking of Women & Children |
2,000,000 |
|
Research & Documentation/Archiving |
1,000,000 |
|
|
5,000,000 |
|
Democracy & Good Governance |
1,000,000 |
|
Social Harmony & Conflict Resolution Campaign |
2,000,000 |
|
Rights & Status of Minority people( study, survey & awareness) |
1,000,000 |
|
Regional Seminar |
2,000,000 |
|
Monitoring governance of major five political parties in
|
1,000,000 |
|
Voter education & Election Monitoring |
15,000,000 |
|
Sub total |
35,700,000 |
|
Human Resources |
5,000,000 |
|
Transport, Utilities, Office equipment, accommodation etc |
2,500,000 |
|
Exchange sharing & Travelling |
1,000,000 |
|
Sub total |
8,500,000 |
|
Total |
52,700,000 |