Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organised a hybrid seminar on “Human Rights in the 21st Century: Rhetoric and Reality” on Wednesday, 23 March 2022, at the BIISS auditorium. H. E. Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP, Hon’ble Speaker, House of the Nation, People’s Republic of Bangladesh, graced the occasion as the chief guest. H. E. Ms. Nasima Begum, ndc, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Bangladesh, graced the occasion as special guest. Ambassador Kazi Imtiaz Hossain, PAA, Chairman, BIISS, chaired the inaugural session, and Major General Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, OSP, BSP, psc, Director General, BIISS, delivered the welcome address.