Rights Jessore is a leading human rights organisation in Bangladesh dedicated to protection and promotion of human rights, prevention the human trafficking and providing service to the victims of human trafficking ensuring the support of victim rescue, repatriation, reintegration and rehabilitation. Rights Jessore has been working in Bangladesh since 1991. Rights Jessore is registered both with Department of Social Services and NGO Affairs Bureau of Bangladesh. Through forum formation, capacity building, networking and documentations of violations the Rights Jessore created enable environment of prevention, protection and prosecution the victims of trafficking. Rights Jessore has a General Council comprising of 31 members and a nine member Executive Committee formed by the General Council. This Executive Committee is working as the policy making body of the organization.  

Vision

Rights Jessore envisage a society in Bangladesh where every human being irrespective cast, creed, religion, colour, culture, gender, and profession living with human dignity and free from all sorts of human rights violation.

Mission

The mission of Rights Jessore is to protect human rights of all people especially women and children though promoting awareness, developing   sensitivity among the duty bearers and developing a social safety net.

Core Values

• Actively encourage its people to reach to their highest potential
• Practice high degree of self-discipline
• Mutual respect and trust 
• Cost consciousness
• Honesty and integrity
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Thematic Areas & Priorities:

Human Rights

From the very beginning Rights Jessore  strongly holds the spirit of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).Rights Jessore is working for elimination of distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. We work for the right to life, liberty and security of person. We demand equal protection of the law. We are against torture, cruelty, inhuman or degrading treatment, or punishment. We are for freedom of thought, equal property rights, freedom of expression and opinion and all the issues covered by universal declaration.

Anti-trafficking Program

Human Trafficking is one of the brutal business and heinous crime considered to be one of the major global challenge and extreme form of human rights violations. Rights Jessore is active against this crime from its inception. Rescue, recovery, repatriation, reintegration, legal aid, advocacy, community mobilization all are covered under this thematic area. From the point of perspective of donor support it is the biggest area of operation. 

Safe Migration Promotion

During the Course of Action Rights Jessore has identified "Unsafe Labor Migration" as a major area what should be dealt with separately as an independent issue. Although there is close link between human trafficking and unsafe migration but due to difference in definition and legal implication it is essential to deal the problem separately.

Women Rights & Women Empowerment

Women are half of the population but due to their social status and position they are subject to frequent abuse, torture and violations. Rights Jessore strongly believes in the equal opportunity of women; they should enjoy the freedom of life without the fear of being abused, tortured, trafficked or killed. Rights Jessore dedicated to make sure women's participations in social programming so that they are empowered in the community and can defend their rights.

Child Rights Protection

Children are the future leader of the nation. Rights Jessore is against any form of violation against children. We believe in the safe, secured and violence free environment for every child with adequate opportunity for their education and development.  

HIV/AIDS Prevention & Control

HIV/AIDS is one of the major threats to human rights. Rights Jessore strongly believe the rights of people living with HIV /AIDS (PLWA). None should be offended or discriminated due to their HIV status. To create enabling environment for the HIV affected and infected as well as prevent the spread of the HIV Rights Jessore is working since 1998 taking as cross-cutting issue.

Good Governance

Open Budget, activating village court, civic and voter education, mass education on citizen charter, anti-corruption campaign are some of the initiatives of Rights Jessore to ensure good governance.

Environment & Climate Change

As environmental degradation and climate change emerge as one of the major development challenges in our endangering human life and livelihood is contributing enormously towards the number of incidents of human rights violations. It is happening as floods, cyclones and droughts, water salinity, rise of sea level or crisis of underground water and so on coming up as matter of growing concern.  Rights Jessore supports and advocate for environmental justice for safe habitat in Bangladesh and beyond.

Campaign against Extra Judicial & Cross Border Killing:

 

Rights Jessore strongly condemns any form of extrajudicial killings such as likings by Border Security forces and killing by various law enforcing agencies in form of "encounter" or cross -fire within and outside Bangladesh.