The JMBF is an independent non-profit, nonpartisan human rights organization registered in France with registration number W931027714 under the association law of 1901, dedicated to defending human rights, fighting for justice, and empowering communities in Bangladesh and beyond.

Overall objectives:

The overall objective of JMBF is to contribute to the defense, promotion, education, protection, and realization of human rights, including civil and political rights, regardless of sex, caste, race, and faith.

Aims of JMBF:

1. The aims of JMBF are to defend against all forms of discrimination and impunity against sexual (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex+), ethnic-Indigenous, religious (Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Ahmedia) and social (Dalit), minority communities, as well as victims of torture, extrajudicial killing, forced disappearance, and organized violence, including women and children, by assisting individuals throughout Bangladesh who have little or no access to human rights resources.

1. In addition, JMBF aims to extend support to human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, bloggers, and artists at risk who are dealing with human rights violations in Bangladesh.

• JMBF also aims to enable access to existing support services for Bangladeshi-origin asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants living in France.

Specific Objectives of JMBF:

1. Upholding the United Nations principles and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the European Protocol & Convention of Human Rights, in Bangladesh.
2. Materializing truth, justice, and complete reparation for serious violations of human rights of minority people in Bangladesh, through legal and political actions at the international, national, and local levels where human rights have been systematically violated.

• Ensuring physical, legal, and moral support, as well as social and economic reintegration, to victims of human rights violations against minority people throughout Bangladesh.