1893287099NHRC Strategic Plan English

'Human Rights for Every Household, a base of Peace and Development'Strategic Plan 2015-2020National Human Rights CommissionHariharbhawan, Lalitpur2015

Published by : National Human Rights CommissionHarihar Bhawan, Lalitpur, NepalP.O. Box: 9182, Kathmandu, NepalPhone No : 5010015Email: nhrc@nhrcnepal.orgWebsite: www.nhrcnepal.orgPublished date : April 2015Published copy : 1000Report No : N.H.R.C. 189Printed by : United Printers, KathmanduPublication Support : Strengthening the Capacity of the National Human Rights Commission Project(SCNHRC/UNDP)Copyright : National Human Rights Commissioni

NHRC MembersChairperson : Honorable Anupraj SharmaMemberMemberMemberMember: Honorable Prakash Osti: Honorable Sudip Pathak: Honorable Mohana Ansari: Honorable Gobinda Sharma PaudyalActing SecretaryBed Prasad Bhattaraiii

ContentsForewordPrefaceExecutive SummaryPageviPart 1: Background1.1. Constitutional and legal mandate 21.2. Justification/Importance of Fifth Strategic Plan (SP) 31.3. SP drafting process 41.3.1 Formation 41.3.2 Consultations and discussions 41.4. Past Achievements 5Part 2: Context Analysis2.1 Strength, weakness, opportunities and threats 122.2 Organizational challenges 14Part 3: Human rights situation3.1 Human rights situation analysis 153.2 Priority issues 18Part 4: Strategic objectives and concept4.1 Vision 194.2 Mission 194.3 Goal 194.4 Norms/values 194.5 Strategic objectives 214.6 Main strategic concept 21Part 5: Implementation of the Strategic Plan5.1 SP implementation module 245.2 Risks and mitigation measures 25Part 6: Strategic Action Plan 27-48Part 7: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework 49-56Schedule 57-72v

Executive SummaryThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nepal was established in 2000 under theHuman Rights Commission Act 1997 (2053 BS). The NHRC has received constitutional statusthrough the Interim Constitution of Nepal 2007 (2063 BS). The NHRC which is now working underthe new National Human Rights Commission Act 2012 (2068 BS) has been conducting its activitiesby drafting strategic plans since 2001. The NHRC which in the past made plans for the periods ofthree, four or five years, has now developed a six years’ plan. The goals and programs are set forthe period taking into account the six year term of the Commissioners.Nine types of priority issues have been identified for this SP for gradual implementation on thebasis of the review of analysis of overall human rights situation of the country, as well as itsstrength, weaknesses and challenges. With the main theme ‘human rights for all, at every household’as its motto, this SP aims at developing a human rights culture and creating an environmentwhere everyone will be able to enjoy one’s rights through a human-rights friendly environment..The NHRC has set out following four strategic objectives in order to achieve its goals:1. To investigate the cases of human rights violation and monitor human rights situation2. To strengthen human rights promotion3. To ensure the rights of deprived, marginalized and vulnerable groups4. To expand the access, strengthen effectiveness and organizational development of the NHRC.The detailed strategic action plan of the SP describes the strategies, and the proposed activities.The NHRC has put forth plans to adopt various strategic approaches such as coordination,cooperation, networking and partnership, communication and information system, simplicity andclarity in the programs, reconciliation, internal monitoring, investigative programs, trainings,recommendations, dialogue, advocacy and interaction in order to make effective implementationof the programs conducted in accordance with the present plan.Monitoring and evaluation framework has also been included in the SP to conduct objective andpractical analysis in order to identify whether the tasks have been accomplished in accordancevi

with the SP or not, whether the expected results have been achieved or not, as well as analyzingthe strong aspects as well as the problems that need to be resolved. Similarly, the SP hasidentified possible risks that may occur during the implementation of the SP and proposed theways to mitigate them. The SP has expressed commitment on behalf of the NHRC to comply withmain norms and values, including access, equality and justice, accountability, impartiality,independence, autonomy, transparency, participation, inclusion and respect of diversity whilefulfilling its constitutional duty to protect and promote human rights.The NHRC with the motto, ‘human rights for all, at every household: basis of peace and development’has set a new goal to take human rights consciousness in every household. The SP containsprograms such as broadcasting human rights messages in local languages as indicated by themost recent national census of 2011 (considering the fact that there is at least one f.m. radiostation in each of the 74 districts of the country), promoting human rights education at schoollevel, organizing quiz contests on human rights, organizing human rights sensitivity programs invillages, and mobilizing rural motivators for human rights awareness in different parts of the country.The present Plan has equally given importance to register complaints related to human rightsviolations and stressed on investigating those complaints in all seventy-five districts of the countryin order to expand the access of human rights and cooperation with organizations such as NepalBar Association with networks throughout the country.Considering the human rights situation of the crime victims which is being ignored, the SP haspledged to remain active to identify and resolve them. It intends to resolve it by adopting actionplans for the protection of the human rights of the detainees. It has given emphasis on cooperationwith concerned commissions to provide swift and effective relief to the conflict victims. The SPalso includes plans to settle pending cases by categorizing them as soon as possible.The Plan has given high priority to construct NHRC’s own building in in Kathmandu and establisha Human Rights Training Academy. The SP also targets to construct safe housing to temporarilyaccommodate the individuals whose human rights are in crisis.The SP has also given priority to formulate a human-rights friendly constitution as well as to workon the procedures to publicize the names of human rights violators, Bill on the condition of theservice of the NHRC employees and revision of the Human Rights Commission Act.The SP contains the plan to publish journals on human rights in both Nepali and English languages.The SP also aims to publish reports regularly on various human rights topics on the basis ofinvestigative study and research.The SP also considers the effective monitoring of the compliance of the human rights treaties andinstruments to which Nepal is party and study of the remaining treaties. Furthermore, it plans toorganize at least one international conference on human rights in Nepal during the six year period..Promoting cooperation with agencies and organizations working on human rights within and outsidethe country in order to enhance the effectiveness of NHRC activities in accordance with existingpolicies and code of conduct is another important strategy of this SP.vii

Realizing the fact that the NHRC should concentrate on the protection and promotion of economic,social and cultural rights, the commission has prioritized the protection of the rights of theconsumers and their right to health..This SP has been drafted centralizing NHRC activities such as protection and promotion of thehuman rights of the deprived, marginalized, women, children, senior citizens, dalits, persons livingwith disability and other disadvantaged groups.viii

Part - 1BackgroundThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was established on May 26, 2000 as anindependent and autonomous body, under the Human Rights Commission Act, 1997. TheInterim Constitution of Nepal, 2007 has granted the NHRC constitutional status. The NationalHuman Rights Commission Act, 2012 which came into effect with the termination of theNational Human Rights Commission Act, 1997 after the NHRC obtained constitutional statusmade the functions of the NHRC more systematic. The Comprehensive Peace Accord(CPA) concluded on November 21, 2006 between the government and the Maoists, thethenrebels, has also provided the NHRC with the additional responsibility of monitoringthe status of the implementation of the CPA from human rights perspective. The NHRCperforms its activities as an independent, autonomous, impartial national institution inaccordance with the Paris Principles, 1993.The NHRC coordinates and cooperates with Non-Government Organizations working onhuman rights issues in order to ensure respect, protection, promotion and effectiveimplementation of human rights. Moreover, the NHRC has been entrusted with theresponsibility to review national laws, policies and regulations and also makerecommendations to the government in order to revise them, as well as to contribute tothe strengthening of human rights situation in the country by studying and monitoring thesituation of implementation of the international treaties and instruments related to humanrights to which Nepal is party.During the First Strategic Plan (SP), 2001 - 2003, as well as Second, Third and Fourth of2004 - 2008, 2008 - 2011 and 2011 - 2014 respectively, the NHRC had put the civil andpolitical rights issues, such as killings, disaappearance, abduction, torture and extrajudicialarrest on priority. The NHRC has drafted the six-year Fifth SP, 2015-2020, giving priorityto the issues of civil and political rights; such as transitional justice, social inclusion,consumers' rights, non-discrimination, human rights issues of deprived, backward classes1

and marginalized communities in order to end the culture of impunity and make contributionsto the establishment of sustainable peace, as well as economic, social and cultural rightsin the changed socio-political context of the country.1.1 Constitutional and Legal MandatePart 15 of the Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2007 (2063) has provided the NHRC withthe following functions, duties and responsibilities:(1) It shall be the duty of the National Human Rights Commission to ensure the respect,protection and promotion of human rights and its effective implementation.(2) In order to perform the duties, the Commission may carry out the followingfunctions:(a) to conduct inquiries into, investigations of, and recommendations for actionagainst the perpetrators on the matters of violation or abetment of humanrights of a person or a group of persons, upon a petition or complaint filed tothe Commission by the victim or any person on his/her behalf or uponinformation received from any source, or on its own initiative(b) to forward recommendations to the concerned authorities for takingdepartmental actions against those authorities with particular duties orresponsibilities to prevent the violations of the human rights but have failedto perform such responsibilities or show negligence in performing theassigned duties(c) to make recommendations to lodge petitions in the court, if necessary, inaccordance with the law against individuals or parities who have violatedhuman rights(d) to work jointly and in a coordinated manner with the civil society to enhanceawareness on human rights(e) to forward recommendations to the concerned authorities for takingdepartmental action or imposing punishment against the violators of humanrights, stating clear reason and basis thereof(f) to review prevailing laws related to human rights in a periodic basis andrecommend the Government of Nepal for necessary reforms and amendmentthereto(g) to recommend with reasons to the Government of Nepal to become a partyto any international treaties and instruments on human rights, if it is requiredto do so, and to monitor the implementation of the international treaties andinstruments of human rights to which Nepal is a party and if found not beingimplemented, forward recommendations to the Government of Nepal foreffective implementation of such instruments(h)to publicize the names of the officials, persons or bodies not following orimplementing the recommendations and directions furnished by the National2

Human Rights Commission regarding the violations of human rights inaccordance with law, and to record them as human right violators(3) The National Human Rights Commission in performing its functions and dutiesmay use the following power:-(a) exercise the same powers as the court in requiring any person to appearbefore the Commission for recording his/her statement or information andexamining them, receiving and examining evidence as well as ordering forthe production of any physical proof(b) enter, without prior notice, in case the Commission has received theinformation by any source that incidents of the violation of human rights hasoccurred or is going to occur, into any individual’s residence or office, conductsearch and seize any documents and evidences relating to human rightsviolations thereon(c) enter any government premises or other places, without prior notice, in casethe Commission has received information that violation of human rights of aperson is happening thereon and immediate action is required to providerescue(d) order for compensation, in accordance with law, to the victims of humanrights violations1.2. Justification/importance of the fifth SPThe SP serves as the guidelines to steer human rights protection and promotionactivities systematically and carry the annual activities and Action Plan of the NHRCto the targeted groups. This will play an important role in the NHRC's efforts to drafta SP and develop a framework for the implementation of the SP in order to supportthe NHRC to fulfill its responsibility effectively in accordance with the changed conceptof human rights. Moreover, since it effectively allocates physical resources, timeframeand responsibilities necessary for the practical transformation of the Strategy, it helpsto accomplish the task in an expected manner making it result-oriented.As all human rights issues are universal, interrelated and indivisible, all human rightsare of equal importance and necessity. This SP provides guidance to establish humanrights, peace and justice, as well as ensure the access to justice for the conflictvictims, civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights. ThisStrategy also guides all the activities of the present NHRC to be consistent, andreviews the achievements made in accomplishing the tasks.Moreover, it plays important role to enhance the cooperation with the governmentand constitutional bodies and various commissions to make the NHRC activitiescoherent with the plans and programs of the Government of Nepal, as well as monitorNational Human Rights Action Plan. In addition, the SP is expected to help ininvestigating and swiftly settling pending cases filed in the NHRC and take initiationfor the implementation of the recommendations made by the commission so far.3

1.3. SP drafting processIn the course of drafting the present SP of the NHRC, the mid-term review of the SP(2011-2014) was conducted from 2013/12/22 to 2013/12/24. The activities carriedout by the NHRC were measured in terms of the priority issues and strategic objectivesof the SP. The periodic review concluded that a number of achievements were madeby the NHRC to accomplish its activities despite having limited resources, to providetraining to the employees under the Government of Nepal bodies by prioritizing humanrights in development, transitional justice, economic, social and cultural rights, aswell as to give priority to the investigation of complaints. The strength, weaknesses,opportunities and challenges of the NHRC were discussed during the review whichprovided the basis for drafting this SP.1.3.1 FormationLike the process followed during the drafting of the past SPs, a taskforce was formedunder the convenership of Honorable Member Mr. Prakash Osti on 06/11/2014,comprising the following members:Honorable Member, Mr. Prakash OstiDirector, Mr. Subarna Kumar KarmacharyaDeputy Director, Mr. Yagya Prasad AdhikariNational Project Manager a.i, Ms. Aarati BistaHuman Rights Officer, Mr. Jayashor ChapagaiCoordinatorMemberMemberMemberMember-Secretary1.3.2 Consultations & DiscussionsThe taskforce submitted its initial draft of the present Fifth six-year SP (2015 - 2020),to the NHRC on November 28, 2014. Following this, discussions, consultations andinteractive workshop/seminars were organized with the stakeholders on the first draft.In order to finalize the objectives and priority issues of the SP, interactive workshop/seminars were organized in 23 districts with the participation of the stakeholders,covering at least 3 districts under each region and sub-region, taking central, regionaland sub-regional offices of the NHRC and all five development regions as the base.A workshop/seminar was organized in January 3-5, 2015 in the presence of theCommissioners and employees of the NHRC to discuss the issues covered in thesecond draft. In order to discuss the third draft that included the suggestions fromthe workshop/seminar, a group discussion was held with the government authoritieswith thematic expertise, as well as the organizations and persons active in the field ofhuman rights. The suggestions received from the group discussion were againdiscussed on 04/02/2015 with the donors and development partners. The fifth draftwas developed by incorporating the suggestions received from the discussion atNational Consultation Seminar organized on 06/02/2015 with the participation ofvarious stakeholders, including the government bodies, political parties, professionalassociation/organizations, constitutional bodies, thematic human rights commissions4

and human rights organizations. A consultation was held on 18/02/2015 with theformer Secretaries of the Government of Nepal, former Vice-Chairpersons of theNational Planning Commission, high-level officers at the National PlanningCommission, former Commissioners of the Election Commission, UNDPrepresentatives, among others, to collect their input 1 .1.4. Past AchievementsThe Plan felt the necessity to carry out the functions, duties and powers, asguaranteed by the Human Rights Act, 2000. Moreover, the NHRC has come out withthe strategic goals and programs in order to fulfill its duty by setting out programsoriented to building human rights culture in the country. All the past SPs containedthe objectives of reviewing the SP, determining priority areas for the NHRC, and itsinstitutional strengthening.Thanks to the tasks accomplished by the NHRC in accordance with all previousstrategies, and their achievements the commission has always been able to retain"A" status in its accreditation with the International Coordination Committee of theNetwork of International Human Rights Institutions from the time of its inception. TheNHRC made recommendations to provide justice and compensation to the conflictvictims by monitoring the overall human rights situation of the country in cooperationwith civil society, human rights defenders, Federation of Nepalese Journalists, NepalBar Association and Nepal Medical Association in the armed conflict period, urgingthe conflicting parties to practically implement and comply with the rights guaranteedby the International Human Rights laws and International Humanitarian laws. Humanrights report was also published covering the cases of human rights violations duringthe conflict period.Among the main activities undertaken by the NHRC in accordance with the previousSPs, investigation into the incidents, including those which took place in Doramba ofRamechhap district, Nagi of Panchthar and Siraha were conducted by teams ofexperts, including former justice of the Supreme Court and decisions to prosecutethe culprits and provide compensation to the victims were made. Likewise,investigations were conducted on the incidents, including those which took place inTansen-Palpa, Kotwada-Kalikot, Pili-Kalikot, Beni-Myagdi and recommendations weremade to prosecute the culprits and provide compensation to the victims.The bodies of the persons disappeared and killed by the State and the-then rebel,CPN Maoists during the armed conflict period were excavated and recommendationswere made to criminally prosecute the culprits and provide compensation to thevictims. Following the excavation of the bodies, the human remains were handedover to the families of the victims for the protection of social and cultural rights.Excavation work was carried out in Godar, where the security forces had killed personsafter disappearance by a team of experts including international experts from Finland.The body of Dekendra Thapa, a journalist from Dailekh who was killed by the thenrebels, CPN-Maoists after disappearance, was excavated and recommendations were1Name of the participants is included in Annex 1.5

made to prosecute the culprits and provide compensation to the victim. The NHRC,so far, has concluded the excavation of the bodies of 9 persons killed by securityforces and 2 persons killed by the Maoists after their disappearances. The NHRChas also published reports on the excavation of the bodies.The NHRC constantly carried out the monitoring of the implementation ofComprehensive Peace Accord reached between the Government of Nepal and thethenrebels, CPN-Maoists, on November 21, 2006, for four years. The NHRC drewattention of both the parties to the agreement to comply with the basic human rightsprinciples and international humanitarian laws on the basis of the findings of themonitoring and gave priority to provide justice to the victims.The NHRC carried out investigation and monitoring activities during the transitionalperiod by giving priority to the killings, disappearance, internal displacement,extrajudicial detention, torture, etc. that had taken place during conflict era by puttinghuman rights at the center. The NHRC frequently drew attention of the governmentto establish Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The NHRC cautioned thegovernment on 11/07/2011 to establish TRC as per international standard, not towithdraw cases without the consent of the victims, and drew attention on thegovernment's decision to withdraw criminal cases pending in the courts as it wasagainst the international human rights and humanitarian laws.It also carried out monitoring in various stages of the process of the elections to theConstituent Assembly in 2008 and 2013 and on the human rights situations in all 75districts. Following the investigation, it published ‘Constituent Assembly ElectionReport from a Human Rights Perspective, 2008’ and ‘Constituent Assembly ElectionReport 2014’.Various guidelines and directives have been developed in order to make the NHRCactivities consistent, professional and transparent. Among them, ‘Guidelines on HumanRights Defenders 2069 BS’, ‘Directives on Complaint and Action, 2069 BS’, ‘Guidelinesfor Excavation of Dead Bodies 2069’, ‘Directives on Cooperation and Coordinationfor Human Rights 2069’, ‘Directives on the Monitoring for the Protection and Promotionof Human Rights 2068’, ‘Monitoring Guidelines for the Protection and Promotion ofConsumers' rights 2068’ and ‘Directives on Prison and Detention Centers Monitoring’,are significant.The NHRC has made 737 recommendations in response to the complaints based onthe study, monitoring and investigation, and 46 policy recommendations to theGovernment of Nepal until F.Y. 2013/2014, since its establishment.On the basis of the international human rights treaties, the categorization of thepolicy recommendations of the NHRC presents the following scenario:a. Civil and Political RightsIt made recommendation to the-then government to immediately issue instructionsto not use excessive force, including against the people participating in peacefulrallies, and passersby and to make arrangements to provide free health checkup6

and medicine to the people injured by the security forces. The NHRC monitored thehuman rights situations of the people in custodies and under house arrest duringthe agitation movement organized by the political parties on various occasions, duringthe emergency and also made recommendations. In the context of the notice issuedby the-then government to FM radio stations with the intent to control the service ofthe FM broadcasting organization, the NHRC, while drawing attention of thegovernment to the fact that the public were deprived of the right to information,monitored various media houses and made recommendations to protect the Right toInformation of the public, as well as the Freedom of Opinion and Expression.b. Economic, Social and Cultural RightsMonitoring and investigation activities were conducted on various incidents andoccurrences, including the cholera outbreak in Dailekh and Jajarkot by giving priorityto the rights to health, education, etc.c. Women's RightsThe NHRC reviewed the prevailing law on the practice of witchcraft, a form of violenceagainst women, and made recommendations to the government on 10/05/2010. Sincethe prevailing laws were not effective enough to prevent and control abuses andviolence against women in the name of practicing witchcraft, as well as punish theculprits and the laws were also lacking the provision of appropriate compensationand rehabilitation provisions to the victims of abuses and violence, recommendationswere made to draft an integrated law in order to prevent and control all forms ofviolence against women and punish the culprits.Recommendations were also made to carry out awareness against dowry practice,still a pertaining problem causing VOW in Nepal and to prosecute the persons involvedin this practice and provide justice to the victims.d. Child RightsAs children require special protection from physical and mental perspectives, variousrecommendations regarding children's rights have been made to end child labor,manage street children and end physical punishment in schools.e. Rights of the disappearedThe NHRC provided some suggestions to the Government of Nepal to amend someprovisions in the Bill on Disappearances (Crime and Punishment) Act, 2065. TheNHRC had studied various international conventions and the Interim Constitution ofNepal, 2007, as well as the Supreme Court order dated 01/06/2007 regarding theBill. The suggestions were made to the Government of Nepal to make the Bill inconsistent with international standard.f. Rights of the persons living with disabilityRecommendations were made to the Government of Nepal to effectively protect therights of the persons living with disabilities and make their daily life easy, in thecontext where the legal provisions of the Disabled Welfare and Protection Act, 2039(1982) and Rules, 2051 have not been effectively implemented.7

g. Rights of the migrant workers and their familiesRecommendations were made to the Government of Nepal on 22/11/2012 for theratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights ofAll Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990.The NHRC recommendation stated: "The NHRC draws attention of the Governmentof Nepal to draft national acts, laws, policies, plans of action and necessary tools, inaccordance with the recommendations made by the United Nations to sign and ratifythe International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workersand Members of their Families by giving priority to the protection and promotion ofthe rights of migrant Nepali workers engaged in foreign employment, following thevisit of the high-level team of the NHRC to South Korea and Malaysia."Internal displacementRecommendations were made to guarantee the rights of the internally displacedpeople to food, clothing and housing, as well as the right of their children to food, liveand health care. A decision was made to send a letter to the CPN (Maoists) to returnthe land and houses captured by them, in accordance with the Comprehensive PeaceAccord, 2006 and the agreement reached (between Government of Nepal and CPNMaoists) on 07/01/2008, in the context that the environment for the internally displacedpeople to return to home has not been created and the land and houses capturedby the CPN Maoists have not been returned which was evident from field visit reportof the NHRC.Recommendations made by the NHRC following investigation upon the complaintsregistered in the NHRC are as follows:S.N F.Y.No.ofcomplaintsNo. ofrecommendationNo.of interimrecommendationand the actionFrom recommendationNo. of settlementSet aside,dismissed andconcluded1 2057/58 385 2 2 7 92 2058/59 302 5 5 71 763 2059/60 483 14 14 89 1034 2060/61 1083 8 8 54 625 2061/62 1782 35 1 34 240 2746 2062/63 2331 86 86 621 7077 2063/64 1948 0 0 0 0Total8 2064/65 1173 64 9 56 465 5219 2065/66 677 80 18 62 558 62010 2066/67 403 111 9 110 381 49111 2067/68 345 131 10 122 579 70112 2068/69 276 100 20 80 379 45913 2069/70 219 99 8 91 396 48714 2070/71 240 2 2Total 11647 737 75 672 3840 45128

The table shows that out of 737 recommendations made by the NHRC upon the 11,647 complaints registered, 75 recommendationsare of interim type, regarding providing interim relief and continue investigation. A total of 4,512 complaints were settled. No decisionswere taken and recommendations made in F.Y. 2006/2007 due to the absence of the Commissioners in the NHRC. The 13 monthsabsence in F.Y. 2013/2014 hampered the act of settlement of complaints, consequently affecting the right of the victim to receivejustice.Recommendations made by the NHRC based on the thematic areas are as follows:9

Likewise, the NHRC has been undertaking monitoring, investigation and promotional activitiesby giving priority to the protection of the rights of women, children, senior citizens, personsliving with disability and dalit communities. It has been regularly publishing national reportson human trafficking by undertaking monitoring, investigation activities, discussions andcollecting opinion on the issue.It has published various reports by monitoring the situation of the implementation of the rightto health and education, in order to drive the activities regarding the protection and promotionof economic, social and cultural rights in a constructive way. The NHRC has published‘Monitoring Indicator User Manual, 2067’ on the right to adequate food, housing, healthcare,education and work by giving priority specifically to economic, social and cultural rights ofthe marginalized and vulnerable communities of the society and monitoring the implementationof these rights. Since the manual can be used by the state bodies, development organizationsand human rights defenders, training programs on these have also been conducted.Since the Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2007 has adopted the principles of gender andsocial inclusion and targeted to include women, indigenous nationalities, minorities, dalitsand other backward communities in each level of the State, the NHRC also put the monitoringof the implementation of this target on priority.A SAARC level regional seminar on children's rights was organized in November 2008, andworkshop on South Asian Sub-Regional National Human Rights Institutions and HumanRights Defenders was organized in June 2009, jointly with Asia Pacific Forum.Recommendation was made to the Government of Nepal to ratify the Rome Statute of theInternational Criminal Court in order to end impunity; Universal Periodic review of the humanrights was jointly undertaken by National Women's Commission and National DalitCommission under the convenership of the NHRC and a report was prepared and submittedto the United Nations Human Rights Council in February 2011. A periodic report on thestatus of the implementation of the UPR has also been published.The NHRC reviewed the Terrorist and Destructive Activities (Control andPunishment) Ordinance 2006 issued by the then government, during the armed conflictperiod in the country and on 01/06/2006 made a recommendation to the government toimmediately withdraw the Ordinance as the most of the provisions of the Ordinance wereinconsistent with the international human rights treaties to which Nepal is party and thefrequent issuance of the Ordinance without the approval of the parliament was against theConstitution and international standard.The NHRC has been coordinating the human rights protection and promotion activities withcivil society and human rights organizations. Various activities are conducted, includingmonitoring of human rights violations in Terai, monitoring of the overall human rights situation,search of the disappeared persons, human rights and torture, rights of the gender minorities,rights of the detainees and prisoners in detention centers and jails, right to food, etc.Various activities were concluded for the protection of human rights through writ jurisdiction,and cooperation between the NHRC and the courts has increased. Workshop/seminarshave been organized in Biratnagar of Eastern Region, Dhangadhi of Far-Western Region10

and Pokhara of Western Region with the participation of the Appellate Court judges andDistrict Court judges in the respective regions, with cooperation of the NHRC and JudgesSociety Nepal. Judicial decisions made by the courts have additionally benefited by suchprograms.The Government of Nepal has integrated human rights course into Secondary School LevelCurricula following the initiation and recommendations of the NHRC. As the violations ofhuman rights have occurred in the past by the state agencies due to the lack of knowledge,skills and awareness of human rights, the NHRC made recommendations to the Governmentof Nepal in F.Y. 2063/064 to carry out policies and programs through formal and informaleducation in order to make arrangements for human rights education and training mechanismsin the concerned agencies, and take human rights education to the grass root level.In the process of the implementation of NHRC recommendations, human rights educationhas been introduced in school curricula up to grade 8. The presentations and discussionsmade with the Curriculum Development Center have concluded that human rights educationwill be gradually introduced in grade 9 and 10 following the review of the course.^:Various NHRC offices have been conducting awareness raising programs on human rightseducation for security personnel, school students, teachers and guardians. Suggestionshave been provided to include human rights in the course for security personnel during themeetings and interactions with the chiefs of the security forces. Separate human rightsresource books 2070 have been published targeting security personnel and teachers. TheNHRC has hosted National Peace Conference, 2005, five regional conferences on children'srights in 2007 and National Conference for Human Rights Defenders in 2012.Since development and human rights are interdependent and interrelated subjects, trainingprograms on human rights approach in development were organized across the country forcapacity building of the government bodies related to development, social security andhuman rights activists.The promotional activities undertaken by the NHRC during the last three years as per theFourth SP are as follows:S.N.ActivitiesF.Y. F.Y. F.Y.068/069 069/70 070/711 Human rights promotional activities (Interaction, 196 281 300discussion, seminar, training)2 Promotional activities in cooperation with other organizations 113 843 Specialized service (resource person, trainer, guest speaker) 57 114 514 Participation in the programs organized by other organizations 250 479 3055 Publication (annual report/monthly bulletin) 13 1/12 1/126 Report and manual 37 25 137 Press release 33 44 388 Press conference 2 4On the whole, the NHRC has played important role in maintaining its high image in nationaland international level by accomplishing the tasks, as specified in the past SPs.11

Part - 2Context AnalysisStrength, weaknesses, opportunities and risks of the NHRC for the protection, promotion andenforcement of human rights in the context of present organizational structure and capacity of theNHRC, as well as the power provided by the Constitution are analyzed below:2.1 Strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threatsStrength:The NHRC, established in accordance with the Human Rights Commission Act, 2053 BS, isan autonomous and independent statutory body entrusted by the Interim Constitution ofNepal with additional responsibilities to protect the victims of human rights violations anddocument the names of the individuals and organizations who have failed to implement therecommendations and instructions by NHRC. The NHRC has retained "A" status inits accreditation with the International Coordination Committee of the Network of InternationalHuman Rights Institutions from the very beginning. The NHRC has opened up regional andsub-regional offices for the expansion of its activities and increase the access of the public tothe NHRC. The NHRC has also enacted and implemented various policies, regulations andguidelines, such as Information and Communication Policy, Consumers' Rights MonitoringGuidelines, Complaint Management Guidelines, etc. The NHRC staff have received trainingson various human rights themes and capacity building, and gained experience at nationaland international levels. It has played an important role in simplifying the execution of theNHRC tasks and achieving result-oriented and effective results.The Government of Nepal has approved Financial Guidelines 2071 for the financial autonomyof the NHRC. This has made the NHRC financially independent and autonomous to carry outits activities. The NHRC has, so far, published 188 reports on the basis of its research, study,monitoring and investigation related to various human rights themes since its establishment.Such publications serve as the knowledge base for the NHRC as well as researchers andscholars. Additionally, it plays important role on the protection, promotion and transmission12

of human rights. Since the subjects of human rights are interrelated with economic, social,cultural and physical development as well as various sectors of social life, the NHRCstakeholders also include various government bodies, NGOs, civil society, professionalassociations, victims and the general public. Therefore, the NHRC has received cooperationfrom various stakeholders in course of the accomplishment of its constitutional and legalobligations.Weaknesses:Although the NHRC has been effectively working on the overall development of human rightsas a statutory body, it has a number of challenges. Human and physical resources are themost important factors for accomplishing the tasks. However, there are far less employees inthe NHRC than the vacant positions from the day of its establishment. Currently, there areonly 149 employees working in the NHRC although there are more than 309 vacant positions.Due to the lack of adequate employees, the NHRC has not been able to implement its plans,policies and programs, and achieve desirable success. The central, regional and sub-regionaloffices of the NHRC lack necessary physical resources and no proper arrangements havebeen made for the office building. There is also a lack of internal communication, cooperationand coordination between the NHRC offices. This has had a negative impact on theaccomplishment of NHRC activities.There is an absence of the monitoring and periodic evaluation of the NHRC activities which isnecessary to keep track of the activities under its SP, annual Plan of Action, Policy andprograms and learn whether they are effective and meeting the desired goals or not. Due tothis, adequate analysis on the success in accordance with the set target, expected results,effectiveness of the execution of the tasks, strength or the things to be improved have nothappened.The NHRC remained without the Commissioners for fifteen months in 2063 BS (2006/07) andthirteen months in 2070 BS (2013/14). Due to this, the accomplishment of NHRC tasks werehampered and the victims deprived of justice. The NHRC found it difficult to achieve desiredresults during this period as the accomplishment of its activities as per the targets and plancould not be achieved.Opportunities:Constitutionally, the functions, duties and powers of the NHRC are quite wide-ranging andimportant. The NHRC has had specialized power as equal to the court to accept complaintsrelated to the incidents of human rights violation and investigate, monitor, enquire and searchin response to a complaint, in course of human rights protection. The NHRC has not only hadthe power to make recommendations to the government on the basis of the facts receivedafter the investigation, but also the power to blacklist a body, organization or person for notimplementing the recommendations made by the NHRC.Human rights awareness of the public has been gradually increasing due to the surge in thepublication and broadcasting of the incidents of human rights violation and transmission ofthe awareness raising, educational and informative programs on human rights. This has made13

the government, service providers and law enforcement agencies gradually more responsibletowards human rights issues. It is an important achievement that people now rely and havefaith on the NHRC.The more the society is moving towards modernization, civilization and development, themore the human rights field is expanding. For example, new subjects such as human rightsand trade, human rights and environment right, consumers' right, migrant workers' right arebecoming the layers of human rights. It is a good opportunity for the NHRC to receive supportfrom international organizations, including UNDP for the organizational capacity developmentand strengthening of the execution of its task from the beginning of the establishment of theNHRC.Threats:The victims have not been able to enjoy full justice yet in the absence of institutional developmentof the human rights due to the political instability and lengthy peace process in the country.The culture of impunity in the society has seriously hindered the development of humanrights. There is the absence of effective implementation of human rights laws and internationaltreaties and instruments. The recommendations made by the NHRC have not been fullyimplemented. The human rights issues have not been received priority, as the discussion onthe annual report of the NHRC has not taken place in the parliament.The human rights protection has been adversely affected mainly due to the absence of thepolitical will of the government and political parties to protect and promote human rights.Human rights issues have sometimes been secondary due to the lack of adequate attentionand sensitivity of the government, political parties and law enforcement agencies to the humanrights issues.2.2 Organizational Challenges:It has been difficult for the NHRC to carry out its constitutional responsibility to protect,promote and ensure human rights effectively due to the lack of the employees in the vacantposts at the NHRC. This has also negatively affected the accomplishment of the daily activitiesof the NHRC. Thus, it is the priority of the NHRC to fulfill the vacant posts as soon aspossible.Organizational development of the NHRC has been adversely affected due to the lack ofnecessary physical and technical resources in its central, regional and sub-regional officesand permanent office building. The organizational activates cannot be efficient, systematicand regular in the absence of the proper management and mobilization of physical resources.Thus, arrangement of land and permanent office buildings for all the offices of the NHRC isessential for its institutional development.It does not seem possible to protect and promote human rights with the sole efforts of theNHRC. Therefore, the coordination, liaison and collaboration of the NHRC with its stakeholders,including government bodies, courts, Legislature-Parliament, national and international NGOs,14

human rights defenders, victims, deprived and marginalized class should be furtherstrengthened.Respect to human rights is not at all possible without the protection and promotion of economic,social and cultural rights. For this, it has been imperative for the NHRC to work systemicallyon the protection of rights to education, health, nutrition and housing with priority to thebackward classes living in the rural areas.Although the NHRC has had to give special priority to the people from marginalizedcommunities, deprived, senior citizens, children, people living with physical and mentaldisability, dalit and backward classes, it has not been practically possible. Due to this, theindividuals and communities which require protection and promotion of human rights morethan others are being deprived of it.It has become imperative for the NHRC to expand its institutional capacity to take itsawareness programs at every household. It is important to conduct and expand human rightsfocused programs effectively in the remote areas. To this end, a strategy to take the humanrights education, consciousness, information and informative programs or materials to everyhousehold through national and local media by establishing liaison unit as per the capacity ofthe NHRC must be implemented.15

Part - 3Human Rights Situation3.1 Human rights situation analysisHuman rights situation in the country has been gradually improving due to the efforts madeby, Government of Nepal, National Human Rights Commission and Non-GovernmentOrganizations working on human rights. The government has developed and implementedHuman Rights National Action Plan effectively by putting human rights protection and promotionactivities on national priority list. Nepal has become the party to 22 international and 2 regionalhuman rights treaties and instruments, which effectively reflect the commitment of thegovernment towards human rights.The Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2007 has provided rule of law and basic human rights, suchas equality, rights of the women, children and backward communities. The government hasdeveloped and enacted Caste Based Discrimination and Untouchability (Offence andPunishment) Act and also developed strategic action plan for the implementation of UN SecurityCouncil's Proposal No. 1325 and 1820 to protect the rights of women. Human rights curriculumis being integrated into school and university level education, as well as the examinationconducted by Public Service Commission. The government has provided pro-target populationfree education, health and legal remedy to protect the rights of deprived and backwardcommunities. Nepal has achieved most of the UN Millennium Development Goals and islikely to achieve some of them. Among them, reduction in the infant and maternal death rateand access of the children to primal education under the right to health and poverty reductionunder economic rights have been achieved. Such improvements in the fields of human rightshave created an atmosphere which has contributed to the development of human rightseducation, consciousness and culture.Although there is a gradual improvement in the development of human rights, the overallsituation is not fully satisfactory. Delay by the Constituent Assembly in making the constitutionthat guarantees the rights of all citizens of the country has further complicated the peacemaking process and the management of the transition period. The constitution should be16

promulgated as soon as possible for the protection of the human rights of the public. Varioushuman rights surveys and reports show that the cases of human rights violations have notbeen reduced as per expectation. Citizens have not been able to fully realize the rule of law,peace and security. The victims of the human rights violations during conflict and transitionalperiod have not been guaranteed the right to justice. Although, legally everyone has equalrights, the right of all the people to live in a dignified and respectful manner has not beenpractically implemented. Not only the discriminatory practices based on gender, class,ethnicity, etc. but also the inhumane practices such as untouchability still exist.The public is facing poverty and unemployment due to the weak implementation of the economic,social and cultural rights that are important human rights issues. Full implementation of thepolicy to provide free education, health care and legal assistance to the people living belowthe extreme poverty line has not been realized practically. In the absence of health carefacilities, the people from disadvantaged communities are deprived of health care for evenminor ailments. The rural areas not only lack health posts, hospitals and necessary resources,but the few hospitals and health posts in these areas also lack doctors and health workers.The ordinary public is still deprived of basic rights, such as right to food, clean and freshdrinking water and housing. A considerable number of people are not able to use minimumnutritional requirements due to the lack of the access to food security.Because of the inability of the state to implement human rights laws effectively, desiredsuccess on the protection and promotion of human rights have not been achieved yet. Therights of the street children and those victimized by child labor, trafficking and transportationof the children, sexual violence, as well as deprived of the education and health careopportunities have been seriously violated. Right of the women to live freely is seriouslyviolated due to various forms of violence against women. Heinous inhumane crime againstwomen such as rape is on the rise. Domestic violence and other violence against women inthe form of the evil practices such as Chhaupadi, Badi, Jhuma, and Deuki still exist in thesociety.Rights of the laborers are not protected and promoted in accordance with the international humanrights standard. Human rights of the migrant workers engaged in foreign employment have beenseriously violated due to the exploitation of their labor, hazardous working conditions, etc.The enjoyment of the rights of farmers in an agricultural country is pitiable, and the Statedoes not seem to have taken notice of their rights. There is lack of facilities such as irrigation,fertilizers, seeds, developed technologies, access to transport, market and appropriate pricenecessary for farmers.It is appreciable to try to address social justice and inclusion issues from the governmentside for the creation of human rights friendly culture. In spite of this, the state of the enjoymentof the rights of senior citizens, people living with disabilities, deprived, marginalized andbackward classes is not satisfactory. Although the State has made arrangements for variouspolicies, plans, services and facilities for the protection of the rights of the communities, theyhave not been effectively implemented. In the absence of disability-friendly roads, schools,hospitals and offices, the rights of the people living with disabilities have not been guaranteed.17

Similarly, the consumers have not been able to use goods and services easily. The right ofthe people to health care is in danger due to adulteration of the goods used by people in theirdaily life, use of chemicals and the possible negative effect it may bring in the health of thepublic. The right of the consumers has been violated because they are compelled to buy lowquantity and quality-less goods, goods with no price tag, date expired foods and pay moreprice than the original one.Unsystematic urbanization, deforestation, use of pesticides, lack of awareness on sanitation,lack of the implementation of effective law on environment protection has deteriorated theenvironment of the country have contributed to the challenges of sustainable developmentand human rights protection. Basic human rights of the disaster affected people, and peopleliving in emergency situations, such as right to life, security, food and housing have also notbeen protected.It has become paramount to undertake various activities related to education, health, food,housing, drinking water, trade and commerce, employment, development, etc. from humanrights perspectives. It is a matter of priority to implement human rights oriented developmentapproach by linking development to human rights. Moreover, it is also important to integratehuman rights issues into the development and extension of science and technology in orderto materialize human rights friendly development concept.In brief, overall human rights situation is not satisfactory. Enjoyment of rights should gotogether with the fulfillment of the duty of an individual. Implementation of the rules and lawsrelated to human rights have not been achieved as expected in the absence of the duty of thecitizens towards his/her family, society and the State, although the rights and duty arecomplementary to each other.3.2 Priority issuesThe NHRC has identified the following issues as the priority issues of this SP on the basisof the analysis of its strength, weaknesses, opportunities and risks, as well as the reviewof institutional challenges:1. Economic, social and cultural rights, as well as civil and political rights2. Implementation of human rights laws and international treaties and instruments3. Effective implementation of the NHRC recommendations4. Human rights awareness, education at every household, to develop human rights culture5. Priority to the protection of the rights of deprived, marginalized and vulnerable communities6. Protection of the rights of children, women, senior citizens, dalits, helpless and peopleliving with disability7. Expansion of the access, institutional development and personnel management of theNHRC8. Strengthening internal and external coordination, liaison and cooperation9. Strengthening the monitoring, investigation and performance system of the NHRC18

Part - 4Strategic Objectives and ConceptVision, mission, goal, norms and values of the Strategy will be as follows:4.1 VisionHuman rights culture will be developed by incorporating the main theme, "human rights forall, at every household."4.2 MissionTo remain as an independent, impartial and credible leading national institution by adoptinguniversally accepted human rights principles, norms and values.4.3 GoalTo create an environment where everyone will be able to enjoy one's rights by developinghuman-rights friendly environment4.4 Norms and ValuesThe NHRC will stick to the following norms and values in course of performing its mainduty of protecting and promoting human rights:AccessThe NHRC will be active in providing an easy access to the public, especially deprived andvulnerable people to the services provided by the NHRC. The NHRC will show its presence inmonitoring and investigation of as many incidents of human rights violation as possible. TheNHRC will work for the access of the public to its human rights services and information onthe basis of proximity and cost effectiveness. It will put special emphasis on the backwardgroups.Equality and justiceThe NHRC will carry out its activities in order to ensure the equal application of all forms ofhuman rights to all. The NHRC is of the view that all forms of discrimination in the society19

should be eliminated and exploitation should end. The NHRC will strive to promote equalopportunities in all of its activities. Equity is an important way to realize equality. Thus, theNHRC will drive gender and social promotion activities and will give emphasis to enhancesocial inclusion inside financial system. The NHRC will always be active to review and revisediscriminatory policies, laws and rules.AccountabilityThe NHRC will remain circumspect to fulfill its responsibility towards the public. Its credibilityand success will rely upon the fulfillment of its responsibility. As part of the activity under itsresponsibility, the NHRC will prepare periodical report counting the task accomplished by it,and distribute it widely in all areas of the country. It will organize public hearings on the roleand responsibility of the NHRC, as demanded by the public.ImpartialityIndependence, non-alignment and autonomy will be the basis of effective activities of theNHRC. The NHRC will be free from being prejudiced towards a person or organization on thebasis of sex, ethnicity, faith, belief, social condition, etc. The NHRC will keep impartialityand fairness in its planning, monitoring, implementation and all the stages of decision makingprocess.Independence and autonomyThe NHRC will remain firmly committed to maintain and enhance its independence andautonomy. The NHRC is serious to nurture and promote human rights, an attribute ofindependence and autonomy, and end the culture of impunity.TransparencyThe NHRC will ensure transparency and the right to information by recognizing the right ofthe people to receive information without delay and the duty of the NHRC to provide correctinformation in the policy. In addition to this, the NHRC is committed to provide all informationregarding the decisions made by the NHRC and major policies easily through print, electronic,as well as other media.Participation and inclusionNHRC has a policy to encourage direct or indirect participation of the people in the mattersof public concern. The increased participation of the people in the NHRC activities will befocused on increasing their sense of ownership in the activities. The NHRC is committed tomake every class of the society participate in its activities. The NHRC will give special focusto increase participation of the deprived and backward communities of the society in theeconomic, social, and political and development processes.Respect for diversity.The NHRC respects all the castes, ethnic groups, genders, classes, regions and communitiesin the society in an equal manner. Diverse issues will always be kept in mind in the policymaking, planning and program process of the NHRC.20

4.5 Strategic ObjectivesFollowing are the objectives of the SP of the National Human Rights Commission for the nextsix years:1. To investigate the cases of human rights violation and monitor human rights situation2. To strengthen human rights promotion3. To ensure the rights of deprived, marginalized and vulnerable groups4. To expand the access, strengthen effectiveness and organizational development of theNHRC.Strategic Objective 1: To investigate the cases of human rights violation and monitorhuman rights situation1.1 Investigation and management process of complaint will be accessible and efficient1.2 Implementation of the recommendations by NHRC will be increased1.3 Right of the conflict victims to receive justice will be guaranteed1.4 Human rights investigation system will be strengthenedStrategic Objective 2: To strengthen human rights promotion2.1 Human rights education will be promoted among the stakeholders2.2 Recommendations will be made to the government to implement human rights educationin the school curricula2.3 Awareness, education and information on human rights will be taken to every householdStrategic Objective 3: To ensure the rights of deprived, marginalized and vulnerablecommunities3.1 Environment for the enjoyment of the human rights of deprived, marginalized andbackward classes will be created3.2 Awareness on the rights of deprived, marginalized and backward classes will be raised3.3 National and International human rights laws will be effectively implementedStrategic Objective 4: To expand access, strengthen effectiveness and institutionaldevelopment of NHRC4.1 Human resources will be managed in the NHRC4.2 The NHRC offices will be technically and physically equipped4.3 Organizational transaction system of the NHRC will be strengthened4.6 Main Strategic ConceptThe NHRC will adopt the following strategic concepts and work accordingly in order to achievethe objectives by effectively implementing this SP:4.6.1 Coordination, Cooperation, Networking and PartnershipThe NHRC will coordinate, cooperate, develop networking and build partnership with variousbodies under the Government of Nepal, commissions, civil servants, security agencies, nongovernmentorganizations active in human rights and human rights activists in order to makehuman rights protection and promotion more effective to achieve the strategic goals. Inaddition, it will also coordinate with the international and regional human rights organizations,21

development partners, etc. The policy of coordination, cooperation and partnership will moveahead on the basis of the Directives on Cooperation and Coordination, 2069.4.6.2 Communication and Information SystemThe NHRC will make internal communication between its central, regional and sub-regionaloffices, as well as between its departments, divisions, sections and units efficient. In order tofacilitate information sharing and communication between regional and sub-regional officesof the NHRC, arrangements will be made to organize video conferences between the centraland other offices. Human rights activities, as well as the publication and broadcasting materialswill be managed using information system. Moreover, information and communication systemwill be optimally used to transmit human rights promotional materials to the public.4.6.3 Simplicity and clarity of the workStandard Operating Procedure will be adopted to make the NHRC activities efficient, easy,clear and systemic. The NHRC activities will be made transparent and accountable.4.6.4 ReconciliationIn the context of the global practice of using alternative means of dispute resolution, thehuman rights institutions have also adopted the best practice of resolving disputes throughreconciliation methods even in the context of human rights violation. The prevailing Act,Rules and Directives of the NHRC have provided reconciliation between the parties to disputes.Reconciliation has its own importance as it helps improve relations and maintain socialharmony, and it is cost-effective as well. Thus, the same approach will be used in the caseswhere law permits reconciliation.4.6.5 Internal MonitoringThe NHRC will continuously monitor the implementation of its programs for the desiredachievement and goals by effectively implementing the SP. Its progress will be periodicallymonitored and reviewed.4.6.6 Investigative ActivitiesInvestigative study and research will be conducted in order to provide the victims justice byeffectively undertaking the human rights protection and promotion activities. The NHRC willmake recommendations for the policy improvement on the basis of the research report.4.6.7 TrainingHuman rights education and basic awareness raising trainings will be provided to thegovernment bodies, security agencies, human rights activists, journalists, teachers, ruralvolunteers, social mobilizers, health volunteers, etc. Human Rights issues will be expandedto rural level through trainings for trainers by including human rights subjects in the programsconducted by state bodies. Additionally, contributions will be made to promote human rightsby organizing human rights education, sensitivity and orientation trainings to the serviceproviders from government bodies and right-holders.4.6.8 RecommendationsThe recommendations serve as important means for the protection of human rights inaccordance with the constitutional and legal obligations of the NHRC. It will be the main22

priority of the NHRC to make recommendations to the government to prosecute the culpritsand provide compensation and justice to the victims by investigating the cases of humanrights violations registered in the NHRC. It will make recommendations to the government toimprove the prevailing policies and regulations that are not human rights friendly and createnew ones as required. Similarly, it will make recommendations to the government to makearrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights, effectively implement humanrights laws and protect the victims. The NHRC will form a recommendation implementationcommittee to effectively implement the recommendations.4.6.9 Dialogue, Advocacy and InteractionThe NHRC will organize programs such as interactions, workshops and dialogues on variouspriority issues for human rights promotion. A policy to cooperate with the governmentrepresentatives, human rights organizations and other stakeholders in order to identify varioushuman rights issues, develop policies, draft action plans, amend existing laws, draft newpolicies and regulations, as well as to work with the media in various parts of the country totransmit information and messages will be adopted. The NHRC will conduct dialogues andinteractions with the academic institutions, experts from universities and policy makers,planners, educationists, lawyers, etc., as per the necessity.Advocacy will be conducted with the Government of Nepal, concerned stakeholders, officialsfrom judicial and quasi-judicial bodies to promote human rights and develop policies andprograms to successfully implement this Strategy.23

Part - 5Implementation of the Strategic Plan5.1 Implementation Modalities of the SPIn line with the SP of the NHRC, various departments, divisions, regional and sub-regionaloffices will develop separate Action Plans for six years, prioritizing their individualresponsibilities and priorities. The employees at the concerned divisions, regional and subregionaloffices will develop the Action Plans in coordination with the partner organizations ofthe NHRC. The Action Plans will give priority to regional and district level human rightsissues. The Policy Investigation and Planning Division of the NHRC will organize central andregional level seminars for the implementation of the SP and Action Plans, as well as theconsistency.Reviews will be organized every two years on the implementation of the SP of the NHRC. Afour-monthly review will also be conducted to examine if the annual programs are conductedin line with the SP and resolve the problems. A Steering Committee will be formed under theconvenership of a Member as prescribed by the Chairperson of the NHRC which will examinewhether the works are conducted as per SP or not. The Committee will consist of Chairpersonsof National Women's Commission, National Dalit Commission, National Federation of theIndigenous Nationalities, Central Child Welfare Board and National Muslim Commission.The Committee will monitor if the SP has been implemented or not, and ask to conductactivities in accordance with the SP. Additionally, the Secretariat will regularly monitor theindicators to measure whether the expected result has been achieved as specified in themonitoring and evaluation framework or not and the NHRC activities have been carried out inaccording to the objectives or not. The Secretariat will also coordinate the activities such asstudy, monitoring, investigation, field visits, data collection and monitoring report writing toknow the status of the indicators.The NNHRC will fulfill the positions by making the employees working in the NHRC permanent,in accordance with the approved positions. There are 4 departments, 9 divisions in the central24

office, and five regional and 3 sub-regional offices of the NHRC. The Administration, Finance,Policy and Planning Department, Advocacy and Collective Rights Department and CoordinationDepartment are under Central Office. The Policy Research and Planning Division,Administration Division, Financial Management Division, Law Division, Investigation Division,International Treaty Monitoring Division, Collective Rights Division, Gender and Social InclusionDivision, Promotion and Advocacy Division, International Desk, Regional Office CoordinationSection, Data and Human Rights Resource Center, Reporting Unit and Information TechnologyUnit are under the departments.The organizational structure will be scientifically reorganized, in accordance with the newhuman rights principles and necessities, keeping in mind the mandate of the currentdepartments and divisions.5.2 Risks and Mitigation MeasuresRisks Types Impact Mitigation measuresDecrease in thecoordination andcooperation with thehuman rightsstakeholdersDelay in the personnelmanagement in theNHRCPolitical instability andtransitional periodLack of theimplementation of thefull implementation ofhuman rights relateddomestic laws andinternational treaties towhich Nepal is a party.Inadequacy of thebudget allocated bythe government to theNHRCStrategic/institutionalThe protection and promotionof human rights is almostimpossible with the sole effortthe NHRC, without theextensive participation,coordination and cooperationof the stakeholders.Organizational The execution of the tasks ofthe NHRC gets affected in theabsence of manpowermanagement and security.PoliticalPoliticalEconomicDue to political instability, thegovernment may not fulfill itsobligations pertaining tohuman rights.Without the effectiveimplementation of humanrights related laws, the overallsituation of human rightscannot improve.Institutional development,accomplishment of the tasksand access expansion of theNHRC get adversely affected.Directives on the Cooperationwith Organizations will beeffectively implemented andthe coordination, liaison andcooperation of the NHRC withthe stakeholders will bestrengthened.Personnel will be managedin the NHRC.The government and thepolitical parties will be heldaccountable to human rightsforging strong alliance withhuman rights organizations.Regular interactions anddiscussions will be held withthe government bodies forthe effective implementationof national and internationalhuman rights related treatiesand instruments to whichNepal is party.Discussion will be held withthe government bodies tomake arrangements ofadequate economic andphysical resources, inaccordance with ParisPrinciples.25

Risks Types Impact Mitigation measuresChallenges of rule oflaw and impunityPoliticalVictims of human rightsviolations are likely to bedeprived of the right to justiceand perpetrators to getimmunity. This will contributeto the challenges in creatinghuman rights culture.Political conflict Political Human rights monitoring,investigation and the processof the implementation of theNHRC plans and policies getshampered. Moreover, theoverall human rights situationof the country deteriorates.Squabble and conflictamong the people ofvarious communes inthe societyInadequacy ofimplementation ofeconomic, social andcultural rightsSocialEconomic,Social andCulturalActivities of the NHRC,including monitoring,investigation will behampered.People will not be able toenjoy economic, social andcultural rights adequately.Activities will be carried out toprovide justice to the victimsin coordination with Truthand ReconciliationCommission andCommission onDisappearance.Interaction and discussionwill be held with the politicalparties to end conflict.Protection of the rights will beactively undertaken incooperation with civil societyand human rights defenders.Communal and socialconflict will be mitigated bypromoting programs such associal reconciliation,cooperation and coexistence.Human rights promotion andprotection activities will beconducted prioritizingeconomic, social and culturalrights.Low implementationof the NHRCrecommendations bythe governmentPoliticalIn the absence of theimplementation of therecommendations, thecredibility of the NHRC getsdamaged and protection ofhuman rights is adverselyaffected.A recommendationimplementation mechanismwill be set up in order tomake the governmentresponsible to implementthe recommendations, andthe status of therecommendations will beregularly monitored.26

Part - 6Strategic Action PlanStrategic Objective 1. To investigate the cases of human rights violation and monitoring human rights situationOutput 1.1 Complaint investigation and management process will be accessible and efficientIn NRs. 00,000/Strategy Activity Indicator ResponsibilityPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/Budget1.1.1 Toexpand theaccess tocomplaintinvestigation• To establish liaison office inall 75 districts of the countryby coordinating with humanrights organization• To establish separate deskto look into the complaintsof backward andmarginalized communities• liaison offices willhave beenestablished graduallyin all 75 districts of thecountry• software developed tokeep the record of thesituation of thecomplaintNHRC‚ Secretary,Admin. Section, central,Regional, Sub-Regional officesNHRC, Secretary,Investigation DivisionOffice of thePrime Ministerand Council ofMinisters;Ministry ofFinance;Nepal BarAssociation;NGOsContinuous 150• To develop a software tokeep record of the situationof the complaints made byvictims.• number ofcomplainants whoreceive informationabout the situation ofthe casesInformation Technology,Complaint Section27

Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility1.1.2 Toimprovecomplaintinvestigationandmanagementprocess• To develop a mechanism tosettle complaints swiftly andsmoothly• To give priority to investigatethe pending complaints• To investigate thecomplaints within thelimitation set by the Act All of the pendingcomplaints in theNHRC will have beensettled Every year,investigation into atleast 800 complaintswill have beenconducted Revised HumanRights InvestigationProcedureInvestigation Division,Complaint Section,Regional, Sub-Regional officesInvestigation Division,Regional, Sub-Regional officesInvestigation Division,Regional, Sub-Regional offices• To revise human rightsinvestigation proceduretimely• To conduct specializedtrainings and seminars onnew dimensions andsystems on complaintinvestigation Every year specializedtrainings oninvestigation will havebeen conducted forthe employees.Investigation and LawDivisionInvestigation andAdministration Division• To keep record of the datafrom all complaints.Investigation Division,Complaint Section,Regional, Sub-Regional officesPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/BudgetContinuous 9028

Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility1.1.3 Toguaranteethe securityof victims,witnessesand humanrightsdefenders To develop directives on theprotection of victims andwitnesses To establish psychosocialcounseling room to assistvictims and witnesses To draft and implement apolicy to protect humanrights defenders in courseof the investigation ofhuman rights violations To conduct programs suchas trainings, seminars,discussions andinteractions on the safety ofhuman rights defenders,journalists, victims andwitnesses. To organize trainings for thedevelopment of pro-victimjustice system. Psychosocialcounseling center willhave beenestablished Number of victimswho receivedcounseling frompsychosocialcounseling center. Number of securitypersonnel whoreceived training onthe safety of victimsand witnesses.Investigation & LawDivisionNHRC, Admin. DivisionInvestigation and LawDivisionInvestigation,Promotion and Admin.DivisionInvestigation,Promotion & Admin.DivisionPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/BudgetFirst threeyears5029

Output 1.2: Implementation of the NHRC recommendation will be increased.Strategy Activity Indicator ResponsibilityPartneragencies1.2.1 To takeinitiative toensure theimplementationof therecommendationsmade by NHRCto theGovernment‣ To publish periodic reports onthe efforts made by theGovernment of Nepal toimplement the recommendationand status of theirimplementation‣ To set up special committee toeffectively implement NHRCrecommendations‣ To undertake advocacy, faceto-facemeeting and interactionwith the stakeholders for theeffective implementation of therecommendations‣ To make the supervision andmonitoring system of thepending complaints effective‣ To develop a software torecord he status of theimplementation of NHRCrecommendations‣ To develop necessaryguidelines and procedure topublicize the names of theorganizations, individuals andbodies that have notimplemented NHRCrecommendations‣ To publicize the names of theorganizations, individuals orbodies who have notimplemented NHRCrecommendations. A committee will havebeen formed foreffective implementationof the recommendations Reports on the status ofthe implementation of therecommendationswill have been publishedannually Interactions will havebeen conducted withhigh level governmentofficers and bodies forthe implementation of therecommendations Title/names of the bodies,organizations andpersons who have notimplementedrecommendations willhave been publicized bythe NHRC.Investigation Division,Report Writing SectionNHRC, InvestigationDivisionInvestigation andPromotion DivisionNHRC, Secretary,Investigation DivisionInvestigation Division, ITSectionNHRC, Investigation andLaw DivisionNHRC, Investigation andLaw DivisionOffice of thePrime Ministerand Council ofMinisters;Ministry ofFinance; Ministryof Home Affairs;Ministry ofDefense; Officeof the AttorneyGeneral; NepalPolice; NepalArmyTimeframe Resources/BudgetContinuous 530

Output 1.3 Right of the conflict victims to receive justice will be protected.Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility1.3.1 Tocoordinatewithtransitionalmechanism toinvestigateconflict relatedincidents To coordinate with thetransitional justice mechanisms,such and Truth andReconciliation Commission andDisappearance Commission toinvestigate conflict-relatedincidents. To take initiative with theconcerned bodies in order toforward the peace processand provide appropriatecompensation and reparation tothe victims. To cooperate and shareinformation with local peacecommittees in differentdistricts. Number of investigationconcluded incoordination withtransitional mechanism Number of persons whohave receivedcompensation Number of concludedtraining, seminars onreconciliation andconflict transformation.Investigation DivisionNHRC, InvestigationDivisionInvestigation Division,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices To make the pending complaintsin the NHRC effective throughreconciliatory conflictresolutely approachInvestigation Division,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices To conduct specializedprograms, such as trainings,interactions and seminars onreconciliationInvestigation Division,regional offices1.3.2 Tocooperatewithgovernmentbodies for theprotection ofthe rights ofcrime victims To conduct interactions andconsultations with thestakeholders on the economic,social condition, as well as toguarantee the right to justice,and for the victims-based justice To look into the rights of thevictims as provided byThe Declaration of BasicPrinciples of Justice for Victimsof Crime and Abuse of Power,1985 and makerecommendations. Interaction on the rightsof victims withgovernment bodies andother stakeholders willhave been conducted Study on the humanrights of crime victims willhave been conducted.Investigation Division,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesInvestigation Division,regional and sub-regionalofficesPartneragenciesMinistry ofPeace andReconstruction;Truth &ReconciliationCommission;DisappearanceCommissionDistrictAdministrationOffice; NepalPolice; LocalPeace CommitteeTimeframe Resources/BudgetFirst 2years30Continuous2031

Output 1.4 Human rights monitoring system will be strengthened.Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility1.4.1 Tomonitor thestatus of theimplementationof national lawandinternationaltreaties andconventionsrelated tohuman rights. To monitor the status of theimplementation of internationalhuman rights treaties andinstruments to which Nepal isparty To study international treatiesand make recommendations toharmonize them with nationallaws To monitor Human RightsNational Plan of Action of theGovernment of Nepal and makerecommendations forimprovement To monitor sudden occurrencesof human rights violations To regularly monitor variousissues related to economic,social, cultural, civil and politicalrights and publish and distributereport To make recommendation to thegovernment to review prevailingacts, policies and regulationsand revise them as perrequirement Monitoring will have beenconducted on thesituation of theimplementation ofinternational treatiesevery year Reports on the situationof the implementation ofthe laws will have beenpublished and distributedevery year Awareness on theimplementation of HumanRights National ActionPlan will have beenraised Monitoring will have beenconducted on economic,social, cultural, civil andpolitical rights.Treaty Monitoring Division,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesNHRC, Treaty Monitoringand Law DivisionNHRC, Treaty MonitoringDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional officesTreaty Monitoring Division,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesTreaty Monitoring Division,Reporting Section,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesNHRC, Policy Planning,Law, Treaty MonitoringDivisionPartneragenciesOffice of thePrime Ministerand Council ofMinisters;Ministry of HomeAffairs; Ministryof Finance;Ministry ofDefense; Officeof the AttorneyGeneral;Timeframe Resources/BudgetContinuous 2032

Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility1.4.2 Toenhancecooperationwithgovernmentand nongovernmentorganizationson monitoring• To monitor the human rightssituation in collaboration withgovernment bodies, NationalWomen's Commission, NationalDalit Commission and otherbodies• To organize capacity buildingtrainings for the governmentand non-governmentorganizations and civil societyin order to prepare nationalreport and complementaryreport• To cooperate with lawenforcement agencies,professional organizations,human rights workers andhuman rights organizations inmonitoring activities.• To conduct seminars andinteraction programs with thestakeholders regarding theimplementation status of theUniversal Periodic Review(UPR) Monitoring activities willhave been conducted incollaboration withgovernment and nongovernmentorganizations, andwomen and dalitcommissions Number of people whohave received capacitybuilding training on reportwriting Discussions andinteractions on UPR willhave been conductedTreaty Monitoring, GenderEquality Division, Regional,Sub-Regional officesPromotion, Admin. Division,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesTreaty Monitoring,Investigation, PromotionDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional officesTreaty Monitoring,Promotion Division,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesPartneragenciesOffice of thePrime Ministerand Council ofMinisters;Ministry of HomeAffairs; DistrictAdministration;DDC; NationalWomen'sCommission;National DalitCommission;NationalFoundation ofIndigenousTimeframe Resources/BudgetContinuous 533

Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility1.4.3 Tomonitorprisons, jails,schools,hospitals,industries,businesses,etc.• To regularly monitor the prisonsand detention centers acrossthe country and makerecommendations to theGovernment of Nepal based onthe report of the monitoring• To conduct orientation trainingsand interaction programmes totransform the prisons intopenitentiary and skilldevelopment centers• To conduct human rights trainingfor the security personnel andemployees in the jails• To monitor government,community and privatehospitals, schools, universities,industries, businesses, etc.• To monitor the human rightssituation of the consumers• To monitor the situation of therights of migrant workers.• All the prisons anddetention centers acrossthe country will havebeen monitored andrecommendations for theimprovement will havebeen made in the first twoyears• Human rights situation inschools, hospitals andbusinesses will havebeen monitored everyyear• Monitoring of the situationof the rights ofconsumers and migrantworkers will have beenconductedNHRC, InvestigationDivision, Reporting Section,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesInvestigation, PromotionDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional officesInvestigation, PromotionDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional officesInvestigation, TreatyMonitoring Division,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesInvestigation, TreatyMonitoring Division,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesInvestigation, TreatyMonitoring Division,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/BudgetMinistry of HomeAffairs; Ministryof Education;Ministry ofHealth; Ministryof Labor andEmployment;Dept. of ForeignEmploymentPromotion;Department ofPrisonManagement;DistrictAdministrationOffice; DistrictEducation Office;District PublicHealth Office;District PrisonBranch; DistrictChamberContinuous 5034

Strategic Objective 2: To strengthen human rights promotionOutput 2.1 Human rights education will be promoted among the stakeholdersStrategy Activity Indicator Responsibility2.1.1 To raiseawareness ofthe lawenforcementagencies andstakeholdersin educationsector abouthuman rightseducation• To organize educationaltrainings and seminars onhuman rights for therepresentations of the lawenforcement agencies(security agencies, Council ofJustice, Civil Service)• To organize interactions,discussions and consultationson human rights promotion withthe stakeholders Annually 40interactions,discussions andseminars will have beenconducted with thestakeholders on humanrights promotion Number of people whohave received humanrights training byprofession (securitypersonnel, lawyers,civil servants,journalists, healthworkers, etc.)Promotion Division,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesPromotion Division,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices• To organize seminars,workshops and interactionprogrammes on human rightswith lawyers, journalists,health workers, socialworkers, educational andacademic persons periodically Percent of the trainedpeople whoseawareness on humanrights has been raised.Promotion Division,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices• To make arrangements forhuman rights trainers trainingfor Bar Association, Federationof Nepalese Journalists, NepalPolice, APF, Nepal Army andCivil Servants in order toincrease the number of thehuman rights trainersPromotion Division, regionalsub-regional offices• To organize human rightstraining for CDO, Police (NepalPolice and APF) and prisonofficers.Investigation, PromotionDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional officesPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/BudgetMinistry of HomeAffairs; Ministryof Defense;Nepal Army;Nepal Police;Armed PoliceForce; RegionalAdministrationOffice; DistrictAdministrationOffice; DistrictPolice OfficeNepal BarAssociation;Federation ofNepaliJournalists;First 3years5035

Output 2.2 Recommendations will be made to the government to implement human rights educationin the school curriculaStrategy Activity Indicator ResponsibilityPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/Budget2.2.1 Toreview schoollevelcurricula.• To organize interactions,discussions, and seminars toreview school level curricula• To collaborate with EducationManpower Development Centerfor effective teaching of humanrights and provide trainingthrough Educational TrainingCenter• To organize art, elocution andquiz contests in schools anduniversities on the occasion ofHuman Rights Day and theNHRC establishment day.• Number of seminars,interactions and otherprograms organized toinclude human rightseducation in the curricula• Number of the personswho have receivedtrainings on human rightseducation and skilldevelopment.Promotion Division, regionaland sub-regional officesPromotion Division, regionaland sub-regional officesPromotion Division, regionaland sub-regional officesMinistry ofEducation;CurriculumDevelopmentCenter; DistrictEducation Office;EducationalDevelopmentCenterFirst 2years2036

Output 2.3 Human rights awareness, education and information will be taken to every householdStrategy Activity Indicator ResponsibilityPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/Budget2.3.1 To usethe mediaeffectively topromotehuman rightseducation andawareness• To draft promotional policies tomake the human rightspromotion activities effective• To produce or assist in theproduction of messages,advertisements, tele-serials,dialogues and other programson human rights education andtransmit and broadcast themthrough radio, television,newspapers, etc. in order toraise awareness on humanrights at every home• To produce human rightseducation, message,advertisement on human rightsin local and national languagesand broadcast them throughradio and fm• To organize regular discussionprograms and produce teleserialon citizens' rights and theobligation of the State, publicservice and good governance,rule of law, etc. and broadcastthem through television• To broadcast information andmessage in interesting, easyand simple language throughfamous artistes andpersonalities. Number of media (radio,tv, newspaper) that havepublished/broadcasthuman rights program incollaboration with theNHRC Number of nationallanguages in whichhuman rights education,message, advertisementhave published. Districts where humanrights education,messages andadvertisements havebeen published/broadcasted.Promotion, Admin. Division,Communication Section,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesPromotion, Admin. Division,Communication Section,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesInvestigation, PromotionDivision, Com. Section,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesPromotion Division, Com.Section, regional subregionalofficesPromotion DivisionCommunication Section,Regional, Sub-RegionalOfficesMinistry ofInformation andCommunication;Ministry ofTourism and CivilAviation;Association ofCommunity RadioBroadcastersContinuous 12037

Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility2.3.2 Toconductorientation,trainings,seminars,interactionprogrammesas well aspublicize,publish anddistributehuman rightsmaterials.• To conduct/assist in conductingorientation program on humanrights for media personnel• To publish and distributeacademic and researchjournals in order to transmithuman rights information• To honor journalists/writerswho have written ortransmitted outstandinginformation, materials, articles,etc. on human rights, on humanrights day Number of participants inthe discussions,interactions, orientationprograms on thepublication andbroadcast of humanrights related news,articles Research orientedjournals on human rightswill have been publishedbiannually Persons annuallyfelicitated for the bestarticles, news reports ormaterials on human rightsPromotion, Admin. Division,Communication Section,RRegional, Sub-RegionalofficesPolicy, Investigation,Planning, Promotion Division,Com. SectionPromotion, Admin. Division,Communication Section,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices• To select the best song onhuman rights and transmit itthrough various media bytranslating them in variouslanguages Number of posters,pamphlets, stickers,logos and calendars onhuman rights distributed.Promotion, Admin. Division,Communication Section,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices• To take human rights educationto every household throughposters, pamphlets and handbooks on human rights.Promotion, Admin. Division,Communication Section,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesPartneragenciesMinistry ofInformation andCommunication;Ministry ofTourism and CivilAviation; Ministryof FederalAffairs andLocalDevelopment;DDC;Municipality;VDCTimeframe Resources/BudgetContinuous 5038

Strategic Objective 3: To ensure the rights of deprived, marginalized and backward communities.Output 3.1 Environment for the enjoyment of the human rights of deprived, marginalized and backward classeswill be createdStrategy Activity Indicator ResponsibilityPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/Budget3.1.1 Toreviewprevailinglaws anddraftnecessaryrules andregulationsand to ensurethe rights ofdeprived,marginalizedandvulnerablegroups• To conduct study/research onthe status of the enjoyment ofthe rights of farmers, labors,deprived, marginalized andvulnerable groups• To review prevailing policies,rules and laws on the rights offarmers, labors, deprived,marginalized and vulnerablegroups• To draft necessary policies andrules to protect and promote thelanguage and culture ofindigenous nationalities andobsolescent communities• To monitor and investigate thesituation of the implementationof the rights of children, seniorcitizens, women, dalits andpeople living with disabilitieswho are deprived of their rights• At least one report willhave been preparedannually on the status ofthe enjoyment of rights offarmers, labors, etc.• Monitoring, investigationon the situation of theimplementation of therights of children, seniorcitizens, women, etc. willhave been conducted• Policies and rules on theprotection of rights willhave been drafted and atleast one recommendationwill have been madeannually.• Investigation, PolicyResearch, PlanningDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional offices• Policy Research, Planning,Law, Gender EqualityDivision• Investigation, PolicyResearch, PlanningDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional offices• Investigation, CollectiveRights Division, Regional,Sub-Regional officesMinistry ofWomen, Childrenand SocialWelfare; Ministryof Agriculture;Ministry ofFederal Affairsand LocalDevelopment;DDC; Women andChildren's OfficeFirst 3years20• To draft policies and rules toensure the rights of farmers,labors, deprived, marginalizedand vulnerable groups.• NHRC, Law, CollectiveRights Division39

Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility3.1.2 To takeinitiative forthearrangementof easyaccess to theservices andbenefitsprovided bythe State tothe targetedindividualsand classes.• To monitor the situation of theimplementation of enjoyment offree legal assistance, healthcare and education• To monitor the situation of theenjoyment of the rights offarmers and labourers• To monitor the situationwhether the services andbenefits provided by the Statehave been easily enjoyed bythe targeted population• Monitoring will havebeen conducted on thestatus of theimplementation of freelegal assistance, healthcare, education• Monitoring will havebeen conducted on thehuman rights situation offarmers and labourers• At least onerecommendation willhave been made torevise acts and rules.• Investigation, TreatyMonitoring Division,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices• Investigation, TreatyMonitoring Division,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices• Investigation, TreatyMonitoring Division,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices• To undertake advocacy withthe concerned parties in orderto ensure the free legalassistance, health care andeducation are received bytargeted persons, classes orcommunities• To make recommendation tothe government to makenecessary improvement in thedelivery of the services andfacilities provided by the State• Investigation, CollectiveRights, Law Division• NHRC, Law DivisionPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/BudgetMinistry ofWomen, Childrenand SocialWelfare; Ministryof Agriculture;AssistanceCommittee; DDC;District PublicHealth Office;Women andChildren's Office;MunicipalityContinuous 2040

Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility3.1.3 To givepriority on theprotection ofthe rights ofmarginalizedand backwardclasses• To give priority to the victimsfrom dalits, helpless, peopleliving with disabilities, deprived,senior citizens, children, andmarginalized groups forinvestigating• To make recommendations tothe government to makecongenial atmosphere for theenjoyment of the rights ofHaliya, Kamlari, Badi, Haruwaand Charuwa• To discuss, interact with thegovernment to make thegovernment and private officebuildings, hotels, hospitals,footpath, etc. disabled-friendlywhile constructing them• Number of victimsprioritized for therecommendations forcompensation• Report on theimprovement on thestatus of theimplementation of therights of Haliya, Kamlari,Badi, Haruwa, Charuwa,etc. will have beenpublished and distributedannually• Disabled-friendly roads,hospitals, schools andbuilding will have beenconstructed• Investigation Division,Complaint Section,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices• NHRC, Collective Rights,Law Division• Collective Rights Division,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices• To undertake necessaryadvocacy, discussion andinteraction for the protection ofthe rights of children at risk• To make recommendations tothe government for theprotection of the rights of thehelpless, deprived, and peopleliving with full disabilityeffectively through SpecialAssistance Fund• Collective Rights Division,Children's right Desk,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices• NHRC, Collective RightsDivisionPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/BudgetMinistry ofWomen, Childrenand SocialWelfare; Ministryof FederalAffairs andLocalDevelopment;DDC; Women'sand Children'sOffice;MunicipalityFirst 4years2041

Output 3.2 Awareness on the rights of deprived, marginalized and backward classes will be raisedStrategy Activity Indicator ResponsibilityPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/Budget3.2.1 To raiseawareness ofthe peopleabout therights ofbackwardcommunities3.2.2 Toconductawarenessraisingprograms onthe rights andduties.• To organize dialogues,interaction programs on therights of deprived, marginalizedgroups, labors, farmers andbackward classes• To publish/broadcastinformation, education andawareness programs on therights of backward classes invarious national languagesthrough the media• To organize awareness raisingprogram in order to fight badtraditions like violence againstwomen, such as Chhaupadi,Jhuma, dowry, etc.• To conduct sensitivity programson the environmental impact onfood, health and farmers.• To organize sensitizingprograms on the rights andduties of the individuals in orderto make them respect others'rights while enjoying one's ownrights and, understand one'sduty towards family, communityand the State.• To organize educational trainingsand seminars to sensitize themarginalized and backwardclasses on human rights• To organize sensitivity programsin every household incoordination with mothers'group and social campaignersto eliminate caste-baseddiscrimination and untouchability• To organize interactionprogrammes andseminars forservice providing agencies ontheir duty to protect the rights ofthe farmers, labors andbackward classes. Programs on the rights offarmers, labors andbackward communitieswill have beenconducted Awareness raising andinformative programs willhave been conducted inmedia Programs on the impactmade by climate changeon farmers will havebeen conducted. Awareness raisingprograms on the rightsand duties will beregularly conducted Training on rights willhave been conductedevery year Training on theresponsibility to protectcollective rights will havebeen conducted everyyear. Campaings will havebeen conducted againstcaste-baseddiscrimination anduntouchability.Investigation, PromotionDivision, Com. Section,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesCollective Rights, PromotionDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional officesCollective Rights, PromotionDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional officesCollective Rights, PromotionDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional officesInvestigation, PromotionDivision, Com. Section,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesCollective Rights, PromotionDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional officesCollective Rights, PromotionDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional officesCollective Rights, PromotionDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional officesRegional,Sub-RegionalMinistry ofWomen, Childrenand SocialWelfare; Ministryof FederalAffairs andLocalDevelopment;DDC; Women'sand Children'sOffice;MunicipalityMinistry ofWomen,Children andSocial Welfare;Ministry ofAgriculture;DistrictAdministrationOffice; DDC;Women's andChildren'sOffice;Municipality;VDCContinuous 10First 3years4042

Output 3.3 National and International human rights laws will be effectively implementedStrategy Activity Indicator ResponsibilityPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/Budget3.3.1 To makethe lawenforcementagenciesaccountablefor theprotection ofthe rights ofwomen,children,helpless,people livingwithdisabilities,dalits andmarginalizedgroups.3.3.2 Toimprove theprogramstargeted atdeprived,marginalizedgroups,people livingwithdisabilities,helpless.• To review the discriminatorylaws based on ethnicity, sex,culture, economic condition,physical and mental disability,etc.• To study and research thenational human rights lawsregarding dalits, women,children, helpless, people livingwith disabilities, marginalizedcommunities consistent withinternational human rightstreaties and instruments or not• To undertake advocacy withthe government agencies andlaw enforcement agencies forthe protection and promotion ofthe rights of backward classes• To make recommendations tothe government for theeffective implementation ofhuman rights on the basis ofthe report.• To monitor the organizations,such as old agehomes,orphanages and rehabilitationcenters• To undertake study and researchon the enjoyment of the right toeducation, health care and food• To interact with the governmentbodies for the implementation ofthe programs on the servicesand facilities for targetedclasses and individual. Recommendation willhave been made for therevision of discriminatorylaws Every year 10 advocacyworks with therepresentatives of lawenforcement agencieswill have beenconducted Recommendations willhave been made to thegovernment for theimplementation of humanrights treaties and laws The old age homes,orphanages andrehabilitation centersimproved on the basis ofthe NHRC's monitoringreports Discussions held withthe government bodieson the services andfacilities provided totargeted population.Collective Rights, TreatyMonitoring, Gender Equality,Law DivisionPolicy Research, Planning,Treaty Monitoring, LawDivisionCollective Rights, Promotion,Gender Equality DivisionNHRC, Policy Research,Planning, Law DivisionInvestigation, TreatyMonitoring Division,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesInvestigation, CollectiveRights, Regional, Sub-Regional officesPromotion, Collective Rights,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesMinistry of HomeAffairs; Ministryof Women,Children andSocial WelfareMinistry ofWomen. Childrenand SocialWelfare; Ministryof Education;Ministry ofCommerce andSupply; Ministryof Health; NepalPoliceContinuousfrom 2018From 2016to 2019151543

Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility3.3.3 Torevise socialinclusion andgenderequalitypolicies timely. To monitor and review thecurrent situation of theimplementation of prevailingpolicies and laws on genderequality and social inclusion Discussions andinteractions on socialinclusion will have beenconducted with thestakeholders, includinggovernment bodies andpolitical partiesGender Equality, LawDivision, Regional, Sub-Regional offices To conduct discussions andinteractions with thegovernment, political partiesand law enforcement agencieson social inclusion To provide trainings andeducation on socialdiscrimination of women,dalits, backward classes andmarginalized groups Trainings on socialinclusion will have beenconductedPromotion, Gender Equality,Law Division, Regional, Sub-Regional officesPromotion, Gender Equality,Regional, Sub-Regionaloffices3.3.4 Toundertakeresearch onthe issues asprioritized bythe NHRC To undertake research on theissues as prioritized by theNHRC, including themarginalized and backwardclasses each year To publish and distributeresearch reportsResearch on varioushuman rights thematicareas will have beenconducted every year.Policy Research Planning,Investigation Division,Regional, Sub-RegionalofficesPolicy Research Planning,Promotion Division, ReportWriting Section To make recommendations tothe government to implementthe conclusion of the research.NHRC, Policy ResearchPlanning DivisionPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/BudgetMinistry of HomeAffairs; Ministryof Women,Children andSocial Welfare;Nepal Police;NationalFoundation ofthe Developmentof IndigenousNationalities;UniversitiesContinuous 15Ministry ofWomen, Childrenand SocialWelfare, NepalPolice; NationalFoundation ofthe Developmentof IndigenousNationalities;UniversitiesContinuous 3044

Strategic Objective 4: To expand access, strengthen effectiveness, and institutionaldevelopment of NHRC.Output 4.1 Human resources will be managed in the NHRCStrategy Activity Indicator ResponsibilityPartneragenciesTimeframe Resources/Budget4.1.1 Tomanage theNHRCemployees,provide themcareer growthopportunitiesand build theircapacity• To manage the NHRCemployees• To fulfill the vacant positions inthe NHRC• To provide organizationalorientation and specializedtrainings to the newlyappointed staff• To draft and implement careergrowth plans of the employees• To make arrangements ofmotivation and award to theoutstanding employees throughannual performance appraisal• To draft and implementtransparent policy to providethe employees opportunities forstudy leave, national andinternational trainings,observation trips andparticipation in meetings andconferences.• To make appropriatearrangements to providebenefits, facilities andopportunities to the employeesto keep their morale high. Serving employees willhave been properlymanaged New employees will beappointed in accordancewith the vacant posts Number of newemployees who havereceived organizationalorientation andspecialized trainings. Number of employeeswho have got theopportunity of careergrowth. Performance appraisalsystem will have beenregularizedNHRC, Managing Committee,Admin. DivisionNHRC, Managing Committee,Admin. DivisionPolicy Research Planning,Promotion, Admin. DivisionNHRC, Secretary, Admin.DivisionNHRC, Secretary, Admin.DivisionNHRC, Secretary, Admin.DivisionOffice of thePrime Ministerand Council ofMinisters;Ministry ofFinance; PublicServiceCommissionWithin firstyear5045

Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility4.1.2 To draftAct, Rules,Regulationsrelated to theNHRC• To carry out discussions,interactions and advocacyactivities with the governmentbodies in order to pass HumanRights Service Act pertaining tothe service and benefits for theemployees• To review rules, regulationsrelated to the employees timelyHuman Rights Service Actwill have been passed.NHRC, Secretary, Admin.,Law DivisionNHRC, Secretary, LawDivision• To revise prevailing acts andlaws related to the NHRC.NHRC, Secretary, Admin.,Law DivisionOutput 4.2 The NHRC offices will be equipped with physical resourcesStrategy Activity Indicator Responsibility4.2.1 Toconstructpermanentoffice buildingof the NHRC• To make arrangements of theland for the central, regionaland sub-regional offices of theNHRC and construct officebuildings• To make arrangements ofadequate physical andtechnical resources in all theoffices of the NHRC to improvethe execution of tasks• To make recommendations toconstruct safe houses toprovide temporary shelter tothe victims of human rightsviolations• To establish Human RightsTraining Academy to conducthuman rights training.• Each NHRC office willhave its own permanentbuilding• NHRC offices will bebetter equipped withphysical and technicalresources.• At least one national levelHuman Rights TrainingAcademy will have beenestablished.NHRC, Secretary, Admin.DivisionNHRC, Director, Admin.Division, Regional, Sub-Regional officesNHRC, Secretary, LawDivisionNHRC, Secretary, Admin.DivisionPartneragenciesParliament;Office of thePrime Ministerand Council ofMinisters;Ministry ofFinance;PartneragenciesOffice of thePrime Ministerand Council ofMinisters;Ministry ofFinance; JudicialFoundationTimeframe Resources/BudgetWithin first 2years5Timeframe Resources/BudgetUntil 2019 Governmentbudget46

Output 4.3 Organizational transaction system of the NHRC will be strengthenedStrategy Activity Indicator ResponsibilityPartneragencies4.3.1 Toundertakeorganizationalimprovementfor theeffectiveexecution oftasks• To review and revise theorganogram of the NHRC• To develop Terms ofReferences (TOR) of all theemployees and accomplish, orcaused to be accomplishedtasks accordingly• New organogram of theNHRC will have beendeveloped• All the employees willhave executed their dutyas per TORNHRC, Secretary, PolicyPlanning DivisionNHRC, Secretary, PolicyPlanning DivisionWithin first 3years• To improve report writing,publication and distributionsystem to make the reportwriting standard and consistent• Report writing, publishingand distribution systemwill have been revisedDirector, Admin. Division,Data• To modernize thedocumentation center and makeit more resourceful• IT Section will have beenresourceful andcapacitatedSection, Admin. Division, ITSection• To make the IT Section moreresourceful with more capacityin order to utilize it moreeffectivelySecretary, Admin. Division, ITSectionTimeframe Resources/Budget20047

Strategy Activity Indicator Responsibility4.3.2 Toenhanceinternal andexternalcoordination,liaison andcooperation.4.3.3 Todeveloporganizationfor theimprovementof theexecution ofthe tasks• To issue guidelines to enhancecoordination, liaison andcooperation between thecentral, regional and subregionaloffices and the sameoffice of the NHRC andimplement it• To enhance coordination,cooperation and liaison with thestakeholders, includinggovernment bodies, nongovernmentorganizations, civilsociety, human rightsorganizations, law enforcementagencies, political parties,professional organizations,media, victims, etc.• To enhance cooperation withregional and internationalhuman rights organizations, UNagencies and developmentpartners• To increase programs such asseminars, interaction anddiscussion programs,advocacy, rallies, etc. incooperation with human rightsstakeholders.• To develop human rightspolicies, rules and guidelinesas required, and implementthem• To provide capacitydevelopment training, seminarsfor the NHRC staff forleadership development,management, as well as onhuman rights themes• To form a committee toeffectively implement andmonitor SP and Action Plan.• Internal coordination,communication andcooperation of the NHRCwill have been enhanced• Coordination, liaison,cooperation withgovernment bodies, civilsocieties, NGOs, media,etc. will have beenenhanced• Number of internationalorganizations with whomcoordination andcooperation has beenachieved. Newly drafted policies,rules and directives onhuman rights Number of employeeswho have receivedcapacity buildingthematic training, bygender Periodical report of theSP and Action PlanImplementation Monitoringand Evaluation SpecialCommitteeSecretary, Chairperson'sSecretariat, Admin. Division,Com. SectionSecretary, Chairperson'sSecretariat, MeetingCoordination Division, Com.SectionSecretary, Com. Section,International Relation DeskSecretary, Com. Section,International Relation DeskSecretary, Admin, LawDivisionSecretary, Admin.,Promotion DivisionNHRC, Secretary, PolicyPlanning DivisionPartneragenciesOffice of thePrime Ministerand Council ofMinisters;Ministry ofFinanceOffice of thePrime Ministerand Council ofMinisters;Ministry ofFinance;NationalWomen'sCommission;National DalitCommissionTimeframe Resources/BudgetContinuous 50Continuous 1048

Part - 7Monitoring and Evaluation FrameworkStrategic Objective 1. To investigate the cases of human rights and monitor human rights situationResult Activity Base data Target Verification sourceImpact:Implementation of theNHRCrecommendation willhave been effectiveand monitoring andinvestigation processwill be improved.Percent of growth on the implementationof the NHRC recommendationsPersons who have receivedcompensation through NHRCrecommendations, (a) number ofpersons, (b) amount of money providedas compensation14% fullimplementation (2014)Rupees 150 millionprovided ascompensation (as of2014)More than the base data–NHRC recommendations andannual report, Office of the PrimeMinister and Council of MinistersreportNHRC annual report, Office of thePrime Minister and Council ofMinisters report, NHRC recordNumber of educational institutions,hospitals, jails and detention centerwhich have implemented/provided basicrights and facilities.No base dataGradual improvement inthe human rightssituation on the basis ofNHRC monitoring.NHRC annual report, media report,various government organizations'report, survey report49

Result Activity Base data Target Verification sourceStrategic Output 1.1:Complaint investigationand managementprocess will beaccessible andefficient.Number of complainant who have beenupdated on the proceeding of the caseStatus of the settlement of old pendingcasesNo software systemto provide updatedinformation.6500 complaints yet tobe investigatedDevelopment of a system toprovide update on thestatus of the investigationof a case (2018)Investigation and settlementof 800 complaints annually(2020)System development report,NHRC annual reportAnnual report, investigationreport, NHRC data archiveInvestigation on the basis of revisedhuman rights investigation procedureInvestigationProcedure, 2069Revision of InvestigationProcedure (2017)NHRC report, InvestigationProcedureNumber of victims who receivedcounseling from psychosocial center.There is nopsychosocial center inany of the NHRCofficesEstablishment ofpsychosocial center ineach of the NHRC offices(2018)Annual report, Psychosocialcenter's recordStrategic Output 1.2:Implementation of theNHRCrecommendations willbe increased.Status of the formation of the Committeeon the implementation ofrecommendationsIncrease in the programs such asdiscussion, interaction and advocacywith government to make theimplementation of recommendationeffectiveCommittee not formed5 interactions (2014)Formation of the committeeto effectively implementrecommendations (2015)NHRC decision register, formedmechanism, NHRC reportAnnual report, media report,report on the status of theimplementation ofrecommendationUpdated report published on the status ofthe implementation of recommendationPublicized name list of the bodies,organization or persons who have notimplemented recommendationsCommittee not formedNo such names/titlespublicized as of nowAt least 2 interaction anddiscussion programs peryearPublication of an annualreportPublicizing the names ofthe bodies andorganizations that havenot implementedrecommendationsReport on the status of theimplementation ofrecommendation, monthlymagazine, annual reportNHRC report, enlisted names,government bodies' reports,recommendation report50

Result Activity Base data Target Verification sourceStrategic Output 1.3:Victims of conflictrelated cases willreceive justice.Situation of the coordination withtransitional justice mechanisms forvictims' justiceNumber of the victims who received faircompensationNumber of the participants whoparticipated in the trainings onreconciliation and conflict transformationTransitionalmechanisms have notbeen operationalTBDThree trainingprograms concludedTo conduct activities incoordination withtransitional mechanisms(first 2 years)––NHRC report, Truth andReconciliation Commission' &Disappearance Commission reportSurvey report, NHRC report, Truthand Reconciliation Commission &disappearance commission reportNHRC report, TRC anddisappearance commission reportResearch/study on the human rights ofthe crime victimsNo research/study onthe crime victimsconductedResearch/study will havebeen conductedInvestigation and reportingreports, NHRC annual report,news reportsStrategic Output1.4: Human rightsmonitoring systemwill be improved.Number of monitoring activities on thesituation of the implementation ofinternational treaties and instrumentsImprovement in the implementation ofhuman rights national plan of actionTBDNo base data20 monitoring activities peryearRegular monitoring of theHuman Rights NationalAction PlanAnnual report, monitoringreportOffice of the Prime Minister andCouncil of Minister's report,government bodies' reports,NHRC reportNumber of joint monitoring concluded incoordination with government, nongovernmentbodies as well as womenand dalit commissionsNumber of the prison employees andsecurity personnel whose human rightsconsciousness has enhancedNo joint monitoringconductedNo base data5 joint monitoring activitiesper yearTraining/seminars onhuman rights foremployees and securitypersonnelNHRC report, women and dalitcommissions' report, socialorganizations' reportsSurvey report, NHRC report,media report and newsImprovement-oriented Action Planprepared on the basis of the human rightssituation in hospitals, schools, industries,businesses, etc.No base dataRegular monitoring andpublication of an updatedreport on the situation ofhuman rightsAnnual report, monitoringreport, NHRC record51

Strategic Objective 2: To strengthen human rights promotionResult Activity Base data Target Verification sourceImpact:Human rightsconsciousness of thepublic will bedeveloped.Strategic Output2.1: Human rightseducation will bepromoted amongstakeholders.Percent of the people surveyed who thinktheir human rights consciousness hasincreasedSituation of the implementation of therecommendation made to the governmentto include human rights education inschool curriculumIncrease in the interaction, discussion,rally and consultation with stakeholdersre human rights promotionNumber of people who have receivedhuman rights training, by profession(security personnel, lawyer, civilservants, journalists, health workers,etc.)No base dataHuman rightseducation partiallyincluded in schoolcurriculaTBDNo base dataMore than 40% (2020)Human rights educationgradually implemented insecondary schooleducation30 interactions, discussionin a year (until 2017)TBDSurvey report, NHRC report,news reportsMinistry of Education report,school curricula, NHRC report,Annual report, program reportGovernment bodies reports,annual report, program reportImprovement in human rightsconsciousness among the people whohave received trainingNo base dataImprovement in thesituation after the trainingas compared to theprevious knowledgeSurvey report, NHRC report,monitoring report, trainingreportStrategic Output2.2: Recommendationsto the government willbe made to includehuman rightseducation in theschool curricula.Number of seminars, interactions andprograms organized to include humanrights education in curriculumRecommendations made to includehuman rights course in school curriculaNumber of the teachers who havereceived training to enhance knowledge,skills on human rights educationTBDRecommended in2064 BSPublication of humanrights educationresource materialsand conductingtraining20 interactions, dialoguesand seminars organized ina year (until 2016)Review of schoolcurricula by 2017Training for teachersevery year in coordinationwith educationalinstitutionsMinistry of Education report,news reports, annual report,program reportMinistry of Education report,NHRC reportMinistry of Education report,NHRC report, monitoring reportPercent of the trained teachers whosehuman rights education skill has improvedNo base dataSkill enhancement afterthe training.Survey report, NHRC report,monitoring report52

Result Activity Base data Target Verification sourceStrategic Output 2.3:Human rightseducation, awarenessand information willreach everyhousehold.Number of media which have published/broadcast human rights program incollaboration with NHRCNumber of national languages in whichhuman rights education, messages,advertisements have been published/broadcastedHuman rightseducation broadcaston community radio/fmradioNo such programconducted---------Annual report, mediaadvertisement, messageMinistry of Information andCommunication report, mediareport, messages, annual reportDistricts where human rights education,messages, advertisements have beenpublished/broadcasted75 radio programs invarious districts,2069/70Broadcasting in all districtsgradually.Survey report, NHRC report,monitoring reportNumber of human rights pamphlets,posters, stickers, calendars, etc.distributed.Human rights materialsnot distributed inremote areasHuman rights materialsdistributed in everyhousehold in remote areasevery year.NHRC report, record of thedistributed materials, media reportStrategic Objective 3. To ensure the rights of deprived, marginalized and vulnerable communities.Result Activity Base data Target Verification sourceImpact:Situation of theenjoyment of humanrights by deprived,marginalized andvulnerable groups willbe improved.Number of laws re the rights ofmarginalized and backward classesSituation of the implementation of thedevelopment budget allotted for targetedcommunities, including women, children,dalit, etc.TBDProvision of 35%budget to be allocatedMore than base dataImplementation of thebudget meant for targetpopulationAnnual report, Ministry of Lawand Justice report, UN reportAnnual reports of Ministry ofFinance and Local Development,reports of women and dalitcommissions53

Result Activity Base data Target Verification sourceStrategic Output 3.1:Environment for theenjoyment of thehuman rights ofdeprived, marginalizedand backwardclasses will becreatedNumber of recommendations made torevise acts and rules, and to ensurerightsSituation of the creation of SpecialAssistance Fund for the protection andpromotion of the rights of targetedpopulationNo base dataNo special fundReview of the laws as pernecessity andrecommendation forimprovementRecommendation made tothe government to protectthe overall rights ofmarginalized communitiesthrough Special AssistanceFundAnnual report, Ministry of Lawand Justice report, reports ofwomen and dalit commissionsNHRC report, Annual budget ofthe government, Ministry ofFinance reportStrategic Output3.2. Awareness onrights of farmers,laborers, deprived,marginalized andbackward classeswill be enhanced.Strategic Output 3.3.The concerned partieswill be accountable towomen, children,helpless, people livingwith disabilities, dalitsand marginalizedcommunities.Number of the victims who were givenpriority for the recommendation forcompensation.a. Number of programs, b. number ofparticipants in the programs organized tosensitize the rights of farmers, labors andbackward communities.Number of training programs on theresponsibilities to be taken for theprotection of collective rights.Increase in the advocacy activities withthe law enforcement officials to ensurehuman rightsNumber of old age homes, orphanagesrehabilitation centers improved followingNHRC monitoringNumber of research activities on thematichuman rights issuesNot prioritizedNo base dataNo base dataTDDNo base dataNo researchconducted onthematic issuesPriority given to dalits,helpless, persons livingwith disabilities, deprived,senior citizens, children,marginalized communitieson investigation andrecommendation.Regularly conductprograms such asdiscussions, interactions,seminars, etc.Regular training programs.Regular advocacyGradual improvement onthe basis of monitoringFive research activitiesevery year on the thematicissues selected by NHRCAnnual report, complaintregistration record, investigationreportNHRC annual report, mediareport, reports of theorganizationsNHRC report, monitoring report,program reportAnnual report, news reportsNHRC report, survey andmonitoring reports, socialorganizations' reportResearch and survey report, NHRCreport, news reports54

Strategic Objective 4: Expansion of the access, strengthening effectiveness and organizationaldevelopment of the NHRC.Result Activity Base data Target Verification sourceImpact:The capacity of theNHRC to play theconstitutionalresponsibility toprotect, promote andensure human rightsof the citizen will bestrengthened.Situation of the expansion of the NHRCaccessPercent of the NHRC beneficiaries whofeel satisfied by the role it has played onprotection and promotion of human rights.9 offices includingcentral, regional andsub-regional officeNo base data availableEstablishment of liaisonbody in rest of the districtsgradually (by 2020)Capacity of the NHRC toaccomplish its task will beimproved graduallyAnnual report, established liaisonbodiesConcept Survey report, NHRCreportStrategic Output4.1: Humanresources will bemanaged in theNHRC.Number of the employees recruited in thevacant postsNumber of new employees who havereceived organizational orientation andspecialized trainingEmployees notrecruited in theapproved vacantpostsVacant posts notfulfilledNew employees appointedin the vacant posts (2016)Specialized training for allnew employees (2016)Annual report of the NHRC, Namelist of the appointed employeesMonthly bulletin of the NHRC,training reportRegulation in performance appraisal andthe employees who have been rewardedPerformanceappraisal conductedYearly performanceappraisalReport of the NHRC, Performanceappraisal reportStrategic Output 4.2:NHRC offices will beequipped with physicalresources.All the NHRC offices will have their ownbuildings.Establishment of Human RightsFoundation.No office has its ownbuildingNo human rightsfoundation.Arrangement of land andbuildings for all NHRCoffices (2020)At least one human rightsfoundation will have beenestablished (2019)Progress report, newly builtbuildingEstablished Human RightsFoundation; NHRC report55

Result Activity Base data Target Verification sourceStrategic Output 4.3:Organizationaltransaction systemwill be strengthened.Status of the review of NHRC organogramThe employees will have been working asper TOREnhanced coordination, liaison andcooperation with stakeholders, such asgovernment bodies, national andinternational organizations, etc.OrganogramdevelopedTBDOrganogram reviewed andrevised (2017)Drafting TOR of theemployeesNHRC report, newly developedorganogramTORAnnual report, record of theNHRC activitiesNewly drafted directives on human rightsTBDGradual enhancement incooperationAnnual report, directivesdeveloped by the NHRCNumber of employees who have receivedcapacity building trainings7 Directives (by 2014)TBDDrafting and implementationof the directives, asrequiredAnnual report, NHRC record,training reportPeriodic report of SP and Action PlanManaging CommitteeNo Committee formed----Monitoring and Periodic Evaluationreports, Steering Committee reportFormation of the steeringCommittee to effectivelyimplement, monitor andevaluate the SP (2015)56

ScheduleName list of the participants of consultation meetingsNational conference, Lalitpur, 6 February 2015S.N. Name Organization1 Anup Raj Sharma Chairperson, NHRC2 Prakash Osti Member, NHRC3 Sudip Pathak Member, NHRC4 Mohana Ansari Member, NHRC5 Govinda Sharma Poudyal Member, NHRC6 Kedarnath Upadhyaya Former Chairperson, NHRC7 Gauri Pradhan Former Member, NHRC8 Lilamani Paudel Chief Secretary, GoN9 Bed Prasad Bhattarai Acting Secretary, NHRC10 Bijul Kumar Bishwokarma Former Chairperson, NDC11 Subodhraj Pyakurel INSEC12 Dilliraj Ghimire MoLJPA13 Rishiraj Bhandari MoPR14 Om Bhandari Office of the Prime Minister15 Subarna Kumar Karmacharya NHRC16 Yagya Prasad Adhikari NHRC17 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC18 Mayadevi Sharma NHRC19 Madhab Regmi SCNHRC20 Bimala Lakhe NHRC Butwal21 Janakraj Bhandari NHRC22 Bishnu Pokharel Juri Nepal23 Prem Prasad Ghimire NMC24 Aarati Bista SCNHRC25 Yam Bahadur Dura SCNHRC26 Pradip Pokharel Hudep Nepal27 Bir Magar NHRC28 Krishna Tamang APF Nepal29 Bishwa Prasad Bhandari NHRC30 Om Aryal Advocate31 Chhatra Pradhan National Senior CitizenFederation32 Bharat Giri NHRC33 Kumar Tamang NHRC34 Shriram Karki NHRC35 Nir B.G. NHRC36 Ram Krishna Tamang NHRC37 GS Bhandari MoFA38 B.P. Kharel NHRC39 Sushil Joshi40 Sarita Gyawali NHRC41 Som Luitel People Forum42 Ramesh Thapa NHRC43 Surya Bahadur Deuja NHRC44 Gita Humagai Public Service CommissionS.N. Name Organization45 Krishnajivi Ghimire Office of Attorney-General46 Ashok Shrestha MoFA47 Ramesh Khatiwada CHFN48 K.R. Wasti APFHQ49 Gita Gurung MoD51 Manju Lama Danish Embassy53 Lekhnath Paudel National Judiciary Academy54 Bhojraj Shrestha55 Sudam Pandit57 Kopila B.K. National Dalit Commission(NDC)58 Amrit Basnet SCNHRC59 Rajeshwar Bhattarai Nepal Army60 Sanjaya R. Sharma Nepal Police61 Kushal Subedi MOLJCAP62 Bajayanti Karn Women Security PressureGroup63 Chhetra Shankar HURJA64 Hiraraj Regmi NFDIN65 Himal Puri Rastriya Janamorcha66 Dipak Shrestha UNICEF67 Balsagar Giri NHRC68 Deviraj Aryal APF Nepal69 Mukunda Dahal NFDIN70 Rajesh Hamal SDC71 Pabitra Bishwokarma SDC72 Hira Sharma Nepal Times73 Padam Sundas Samata Foundation74 Nar Bahadur Oli NHRC75 Prem Baral Human Rights Activist76 Gajadhar Sunar Dalit NGO Federation77 Suman Adhikari Conflict victim78 Nabaraj Adhikari Advocacy Forum79 Bimala Nepali NDS80 Sita Nilar NDS81 Dharmaraj Kuinkel MoE82 Nanimaiya Pariyar NHRC83 Jennifer Ilkins WFWF84 Aswasthama Bhakta Mathema Tribhuvan University85 Rina Shrestha Nari Abhiyan86 Nabin Chaudhari Nari Abihyan87 Sakriman Tamang SCNHRC88 Pradip Subedi SCNHRC89 Bijaya Prakash MSP Project90 Rajib Pokharel MoHP57

S.N. Name Organization91 Pratima Mudbhari WFWF92 Rajib Karn NHRC Biratnagar93 Pramila WVAF94 Nirmala Dhital NWDA95 Raju Chapagain Juri Nepal96 Posta Bahadur Thapa SCNHRC97 Bishnu Sharma ABC Nepal98 Prof. Dr. Ghanashyam Lal Das MM Campus99 G Sharma Paudel NHRC100 Yadav Paudel NHRC101 Dr. Shri Krishna Shrestha Consultant102 C.B. Shrish Rastriya Janamukti Party103 Ghanashyam Marasini Nepal Police104 Dhana Shah FAO105 Kishor Paudel HURTA106 Shriram Khadka Nepal Police107 Bhanubhakta Dhakal CNFN108 Dinesh Mahat National NewsS.N. Name Organization109 Roshi Pokharel IHRICON110 Jagat Baram NEFIN112 Binod Bhattarai IMS113 Charan Prasai Human Rights Activist114 Jyoti Prasad Ghimire NHRC115 Suraj Raithala Radio Kantipur116 Man Bahadur Nepali NDC117 Nirajan Nepali NDC118 Ranjana Karki Law Association Nepal119 Karna Bahadur Thapa Nepal Law Campus120 Lok Kumar Shrestha NHRC121 Ganesh Bohora NHRC122 Santosh Bhandari NHRC123 Binod Bhandari NHRC124 Binod Karki National Human Rights Org.125 Shyam Babu Kafle NHRC126 Tek Tamata UNDP127 Shriram Adhikari NHRCName list of the participants of the programs organized invarious districts1. Jumla, September 1, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Bishnu Bahadur Thapa DAO, Jumla2 Subarna Kumar Karmacharya NHRCHQ, Lalitpur3 Devi Bahadur Sujewal Appellate Court Bar, Jumla4 Meghraj Neupane Kirdak Nepal, Jumla5 Tulsi Prasad Subedi Education Training Center, Jumla6 Manju Pandey Women and Children’s Office7 Raju Sharan Neupane Chandranath H.S.S.8 Bishnu Mahat District Agriculture Dev. Office9 Binita Nagarkoti Women Activist10 Purna Prasad Chaulagai B Group Jumla11 Tika Nagarkoti Women Right Forum12 Bhabani Pande Pace Nepal13 Lilaraj Khatri Dalit Sewa Sangh, Jumla14 Netra Bahadur Shahi Disabled Rehabilitation Center15 Hari Krishna Thapa Surya Samajik Sewa Sangh16 Sher Bahadur Singh FNJ, RSS, Jumla17 Bishnu Bahadur Rokaya Human Rights and Rural Dev. Cen.18 Robin Acharya Sangrila Association, Jumla19 Mandal Rawal INSEC, Jumla20 Meghraj Giri Rojgar Info. Center.21 Harikiran Basnet Gramin Samudayik Bikas Kendra22 Pradip Karki DPO, Jumla23 Min Bahadur Mahat PBMWJ Jumla24 Dev Kumar Baral Education Training Center25 Padam Bahadur Shahi Constitution Inf. Center Jumla26 Tanka Mahat Education Training Center27 Nepal Tharu DAO28 Durga Prasad Pande NGO Federation29 Jitendra Giri DAO30 Padam Bhandari Education Training Center31 Rajendra Prasad Neupane NHRC, Jumla32 Krishna Narayan Shrestha NHRC, Jumla33 Balsingh Sunar NHRC, Jumla2. Khotang (with administrators),November 11, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Govinda Sapkota DAO, Khotang3 Subarna Kumar Karmacharya NHRC4 Ram Bahadur Thapa Shri Jabar Jung Battallion5 Lalbabu Prasad Shah DPO, Khotang6 Phurgeli Sherpa Sri Halesi Company, Khotang7 Shital Kumar Rajbanshi National Investigation D.O.8 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC Central Office9 Lal Bahadur Rai NHRC Sub-Regional Office3. Khotang (including human rights activst/civilsociety), November 12, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Govinda Sapkota DAO, Khotang3 Subarna Kumar Karmacharya NHRC4 Ram Bahadur Thapa Shri Jabar Jung Battallion5 Lalbabu Prasad Shah DPO, Khotang6 Phurgeli Sherpa Sri Halesi Company, Khotang7 Mahendra Kumar Sapkota DDC8 Bishwamani Acharya DFO9 Samiksha Nirala Women and Children's Office10 Kopila Rai District Post Office11 Hari Prasad Khanal DECO12 Madhab Prasad Sharma Education Training Center13 Hari Prasad Guragai PSPSD N.3, Khotang14 Prem Kumar Rai Nepali Congress, Khotang58

S.N. Name Organization15 Narayan Prasad Joshi Himali Club, Diktel16 Dip Narayan Rijal NGO Federation17 Rajendra Rai Community Forest C18 Arjun Khawas Diktel Municipality Office19 Dinesh Kumar Ghimire Peace Committee20 Pramod Shrestha Bas Sewa Samaj Nepal21 Gyanendra Rai Nabikaran Sewa Samaj Nepal22 Robin Rai JVKS, Khotang23 Jiban Kuman Shrestha RPP Nepal, Khotang24 Dharma Avatar Koirala District Attorney Office25 Ganesh Prasad Bhattarai DEO26 Narayan Das Rai NVA, Khotang27 Prithvi Kirati UCPN - M, District Chairperson28 Rashmi Rasaili UCPN-M District Member29 Parbat Rai CPN- M30 Chitra Kumar Karki Citizen31 Krishna Paudel Citizen32 Ganesh Bahadur Karki DTCO33 Dilip Khatri Editor, Khotang Khabar Weekly34 Jiban Basnet Tempa-5, Khotang35 P.K. Khambu Pabi-736 Nirmal Rai Diktel Municipality-1037 Kisan Kumar Rai Diktel Municipality-1038 Prem Kumar Rai Diktel Municipality-1039 Sumnima Rai Diktel Municipality-1040 Shubha Chandra Rai Diktel Municipality-1041 Rajkuman Rai Diktel Municipality-1042 Bimala Radung Diktel Municipality-1043 Yas Kumar Rai Diktel Municipality-1044 Arun Rai Diktel Municipality-1045 Sona Rai Diktel Municipality-1046 Rojana Rai Diktel Municipality-1047 Anish Rai Diktel Municipality-1048 Chintamani Rai Diktel Municipality-1049 Samjhana Rai Diktel Municipality-1050 Abhinaya Rai Diktel Municipality-1051 Santosh Rai Diktel Municipality-1052 Bishal Rai Diktel Municipality-1053 Hemkala Rai Diktel Municipality-1054 Manoj Rai Diktel Municipality-1055 Jasraj Kirati Indigenous NationalitiesKhotang56 Hira Bahadur Niraula HURON57 Kumarsingh Basnet Nepal Red Cross Society58 Kedar Magar FNJ59 Dhan Kumar Federal Socialist Party60 Roshan Rai 161 Gopal Rai 1162 Yugsan Kirat KRY Secretary, Khotang63 Tulak Rai --64 Prasram Rai Yayokkha Khotang65 Shrestha Bahadur Rai Payado-366 Buddhi B. Rai Payado-267 Ranjib Rai Payado-268 Uttam Chaulagai Journalist, Halesi FM69 Saraswati Bajimaya CA Member70 Rojina Rai --S.N. Name Organization71 Harkamaya Rai --72 Bimala Devi Poudyal --73 Dambar Kumari Acharya Diktel Municipality74 San Bahadur Rai Federal Socialist Party75 Umesh Chandra Acharya Agriculture and EnvironmentCom.76 Bimala Rai Inter Pary Forum Network77 Upin Kuman Rai Khotan FNCCI78 Kabindra Kumar Rai Sakela Club, Nepal79 Devendra Prasad Acharya Senior Citizen80 Ambar Bahadur Raul NHRC81 Ganesh Acharya DDC82 Tek Bahadur Pande Nepal Army83 Chhabi Regmi Nepal Police84 Hem Baruwal Nepal Police86 Dilliraj Dahal NHRC87 Gyan Bahadur Dahal NHRC88 Loknath Ghimire NHRC89 Sanjita Rai NHRC90 Shrikumar Rai District Election Office91 Kalpana Rai RPP92 Bishnukumar Rai NC93 Devraj Rai Federal Socialist Party4. Okhaldhunga (with administrators),November 14, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Ratna Bahadur Godar Shri Shamsher DalBatallion3 Subarna Kumar Karmacharya NHRC4 Ganesh Prasad Bhattari DAO5 Kumar Budhathoki NationalInvestigation Office6 Harinarayan Shrestha AFP7 Baidyanath Yadav DPO8 Loknath Ghimire NHRC5. Solukhumbu, November 15, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Uddhav Prasad Timilsina CDO, DAO3 Mahesh Kirati UCPN-Maoist4 Dak Bahadur Shahi Social DemocraticParty5 Chandradev Rai DPO6 Dhruva Parajuli CPN-Maoist7 Bikram Shrestha Himal FM8 Kavita Niraula Dhungel District ElectionOffice9 Manoj Kumar Shrestha FNJ, District Chairman10 Bhojendra Basnet Solu FM11 Sarita Rai Himal News12 Bhojraj Karki Radio Chomolongma13 Bibas Kulung Rai Gorkhapatra Daily59

S.N. Participants Organization/Office14 Purna Chandra Pangeni White Hills HSS15 Binod KC VDC Secretary,Juming16 Raj Bahadur Rokaya VDC Secretary,Makanje17 Khyam Khatiwada VDC Secretary,Necha, Batase18 Bhim Rai RPP, DistrictChairman19 Dal Bahadur Magar UCPN- Maoist20 Jayantri Karki RPP- Nepal21 Tulsi Basnet Drinking Water andRoad22 Narayan Thapa Teacher23 Sushila Karki Teacher24 Basudev Shrestha Prison Head25 Amar Bhuvan Chaudhari District AyrvedaHealth Center26 Paban Kuman Mandal Horticulture Center,Phaplu27 Ram Ashish Das DPSO28 Yubaraj Pokharel DDC Program Officer29 Bhairav Prasad Ghimire DFO, Solu30 Krishna Prasad Paudyal RB Bank, Salleri31 Subas Karki National InvestigationDistrict O.32 Punam Regmi Women and ChildrenOffice33 Pabimaya Rai Bak-2,34 Manika Rai Bak-235 Tankimaya Basnet Woman human rightsdefender36 Yek Kumari Basnet Service Center forDomestic ViolenceVictims37 Manbir Rai CPN-UML38 Ananta Kumar Basnet DAO39 Chandra Acharya Secretary, NC40 Rewati Adhikari VDC Secretary41 Naniram Bhujel Energy DevelopmentOfficer42 Suresh Kumar Dahal District Health Office43 Baburam Acharya Local PeaceCommittee44 Motiram Rasaili Radio Chomolongma45 Buddhiraj Koirala Land Revenue Office46 Sugol Saha Land Revenue Office47 Rajendra KC DDC48 Dhiraj Khatri Shri Naya RanBhimCompany49 Chetnath Ghimire Cottage and SmallFarmer Office50 Dibyaraj Kattel Shri Kalika Devi HSS51 Ramkaji Shrestha District Post Office53 Loknath Dahal BPK Sanskrit CampusS.N. Participants Organization/Office54 Madhav P. Pokharel BP Campus55 Samjhana Acharya Women and ChildrenOffice56 Suresh Pant NS57 Shiv Kumar Bista DPO58 Ram Kumar Rai DPO59 Nepal Police Personnel DPO60 Nepal Police Personnel DPO61 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC62 Subarna Karmacharya NHRC63 Loknath Ghimire NHRC Khotang6. Ramechhap, November 18, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Shambhu Prasad Marasini DAO, Khotang3 Babukaji Dahal Chairman, Nepal BarAssociation4 Gyan Bahadur Thapa District LivestockOffice5 Binod Karki Nepali Congress6 Indra Shrestha CPN-Maoist7 Ramchandra Sharma Kandel RPP, Ramechhap8 Keshav Devkota District AgricultureDev. Office9 Janardan Dhakal NationalInvestigation Office10 Lok Bahadur Chaulagai Drinking WaterDivision Office11 Chakrapani Acharya District ElectionOffice12 Dr. Bijaya Bhurtel District AyurvedaHealth Center13 Uddhav P. Badal Prison Office14 Yadav Silwal Nepal Army15 Dipak Kumar Shah DSP DPO16 Prem Prakash Sigdel APF District SecurityBase17 Tilakram Pokharel Assistant CDO18 Apil Adhikari Peace Committee,Ramechhap19 Sagarbikram Basnet CommunityManpower Dev.Prog.20 Suresh Udas Shantidip YouthGroup21 Tika Prasad Bhatta Sub-Editor, Kantipur22 Nabin KC Ramechhap NCCI23 Laxmi Neupane Shri Nagkanya SS24 Ishwari Prasad Subedi District Post Office25 Pabita Paudel Shri Manthali HSS26 Gita Basel Shri Manthali HSS27 Ambika Basel Shri Manthali HSS28 Ranjita BK Shri Manthali HSS29 Pritisa BK Shri Manthali HSS60

S.N. Participants Organization/Office30 Ashish Majhi Shri Manthali HSS31 Bipasa Nepali Shri Manthali HSS32 Ganesh Nepali Shri Manthali HSS33 Bishal Lama Shri Manthali HSS34 Chandra Bahadur Ghising Shri Aledambar SS35 Purushottam Ghimire Disabled SensitivityService Center36 Milan Kumar Ghising Community Dev.Society37 Lav Shrestha Srijanshil YouthSociety38 Umanga Mainali SALGP-DPSU39 Babita BK DDC40 Kamala Basnet Conflict VictimSociety for Justice41 Krishna Prasad Subedi DPO42 Pranaya Kumar Upadhyaya DHO43 Roshan Pakhrin NGO44 Narahari Rijal District LandConservation Office45 Gyanu Shrestha Jhankar FM46 Dayananda Joshi Land MeasurementOffice47 Keshar Bahadur Saud DTCO48 Raju Mugtati Progressive DalitService Society49 Ratna Prasad Kandel Pahadi SamajKalyan50 Ramchandra Citizen51 Jhamak Kandel Ramechhap52 Sanjib Satyal Ramechhap53 Yunic Birfa Ghising FNJ54 Jagannath Dahal General Secretary,NCCI55 Tanka Prasad Dahal Principal, ManthaliHSS56 Pandav Prasad Prasai Advocacy Forum57 Nabaraj Pathik INSEC58 Rajkuman Karki DPO59 Binod Bhujel DDC60 Sureshman Shrestha DPO, Ramechhap61 Lekh Bahadur BK Nepal National DalitWelfare Society62 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC63 Subarna Kumar Karmacharya NHRC64 Kumar Lama NHRC7. Panchthar, December 13, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Surya Kumar Niraula Nepal Human Rights3 Saraswati Siwakoti District Child WelfareCommittee4 Bal Krishna Kafle Local Peace Committee5 Mangal Begha INSEC, PanchtharS.N. Participants Organization/Office6 Prem Ojha HURCODOC7 Tika Timilsina Nepal Bar Association8 Lavdev Dhungana FNJ9 Giriraj Baskota FNJ10 Saraswati Rijal Women for HumanRights11 Subarna Karmacharya NHRC12 Koshraj Neupane NHRC, Biratnagar13 Bal Krishna Ojha NGO Federation14 Khimananda Basyal NHRC15 Khagendra Baskota Nepal Bar16 Nabin Dhungel Disabled ServiceAssociation17 Goma Wagle Women and ChildreOffice8. Taplejung, December 14, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Ganga Prasad Neupane DAO3 Meghraj Kandel DPO4 Bibek Singh Bishwokarma Shri Box Company5 Dipak Raj Aryal APF KanchanpurCompany6 Durga Prasad Chapagain NationalInvestigation7 Gita Sendang Mahila JagaranSangh8 Manju Lohani Women andChildren Office9 Matrika Sherpa NEFIN10 Himal Timilsina EPDF11 Dadhiram Ghimire Cottage and SmallIndustry Dev. Com.12 Raju Das Dalit Right Forum13 Narapati Paudyal CPN-Maoist14 Meghraj Bharati Prison Chief15 Khadgabikram Subedi Human RightsNetwork16 Prem Kumar Saling UCPN-Maoist17 Laxmi Prasad Limbu Phakumba-918 Bijaya Prasad Limbu Torture victim19 Rita Mohan Federal LimbuwanParty20 Abhir Mohan RPP Nepal21 Dhirendra Prasad Lingh DFO22 Jayaram Upreti TaplejungMunicipality23 Badri Prasad Dahal District AgricultureDev. Office24 Dr. Kumud Bhattarai District HealthOffice, Taplejung25 Purna Bahadur Darji DEO26 Durga Prasad Shrestha DDC27 Pabitra Gurung HURF Taplejung61

S.N. Participants Organization/Office28 Bal Prasad Samsohang CPN UML29 Santosh Chamling EnvironmentProtection & Dev.Forum30 Dilu Shrestha Human Rights SingleWoman31 Keshav Prasad Bhattarai FNJ32 Indra Thulung Rastriya JanamuktiParty33 Krishna Pradhan DPO Taplejung34 Bikki Jardar DPO35 Raman Pande DAO, Taplejung36 Bharat Kattel DAO, Taplejung37 Kamal Dulal DPO38 Sandip Parajuli APF KanchanjanghaCompany39 Dev Narayan Rajbanshi APF KanchanjanghaCompany40 Haren Chandra Rajbanshi APF KanchanjanghaCompany41 Ajayaraj Subba APF KanchanjanghaCompany42 Tirtha Kuman Bamjan APF KanchanjanghaCompany43 Basanta Rai Shri Box Company44 Narendra Ale Shri Box Company45 Ram Kumar Mukhiya Shri Box Company46 Khimananda Basyal NHRC9. Ilam, December 15, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Nabaraj Shankar Human Rights ForumNepal, Ilam3 Prakash Adhikari Human Rights Network4 Benup Bhattarai Journalist, Nagarik Daily5 Kokila Dhakal INSEC6 Bir Bahadur Khadka HURF/NBA, Ilam7 Mohansingh Thebe Human Rights Forum, Ilam8 Yograj Sapkota Human Rights Forum, Ilam9 Nita Karki Women Welfare Society10 Devi Mukhiya Human Rights Network11 Koshraj Neupane NHRC, Biratnagar12 Subarna Kumar Karmacharya NHRC13 Khimananda Basyal NHRC14 Kumar Tamang NHRC10. Jhapa, December 17, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Ramesh Kuman Khatri District Court3 Bishnu Kharel Human Rights NetworkS.N. Participants Organization/Office4 Dipak Niraula Advocacy Forum5 Gopi Prasad Ghimre Cottage and Small Industry6 Dev Prasad Subedi HURON7 Dr. K.P. Subedi HURON8 Kamal Bahadur Thapa DAO9 Samikchya Niraula Women and ChildrenOffice10 Aishwarya Prasad Timilsina HURON11 Ramesh Kumar Subedi District Attorney's Office12 Chandra Dev Mehata District Public Healthoffice13 Pitambar Thaku Human Rights14 Suryanath Mehata --15 Kapil Singh Kali Bahadur Company16 Jiban Shrestha ZPO mahi17 Premraj Pokharel BSO, Jhapa18 Phanindra Dahal DDC, Jhapa19 Sushil Shrestha DPO, Jhapa20 Dipendra Kumar Khatri District Prison Office21 Dinesh Kumar Pokharel DTCO22 Madhav Prasad Pokharel Division Road23 Tulsi Prasai National Investigation24 Ananta Bahadur Budathoki Nepal Bar Association25 Uddhav Bista DEO26 Parbata Shrestha Disabled Women'sDepartment27 Rishi Chapagai RRF Nepal28 Nirman Kumar Bhattarai Mechi Custom Office29 Ramesh Kumar Ojha Land Reform Office30 Sumendu Rajbanshi Professional Skill Dev.Training Center31 Dipak Adhikari Naulo Awaj32 Gopal Giri Nagarik FM33 Mohammad Sadrul RSS34 Chintamani Dahal Nagarik FM35 Khagendra Dhungana NCDC36 Rebatiraj Ghimire Journalist37 Dron Adhikari Journalist38 Uttam Nepal Journalist39 Pankaj Sharma Himalayan TV40 Pitambar Ghimire National DisabledFederation41 Kumarsingh Khatri District Livestock Office42 Meghnath Timsina District Agriculture Dev.Office43 Shadananda Gurung ARK, Bhadrapur44 Santosh Ghimire Bhadrapur Municipality45 Bigam Shrestha Himshikar/Mountain TV46 Partha Mandal ABC TV47 Laxmi Neupane Balika tatha KishoriNagarik S.S.48 Tej Prasad Paudel CDO, Jhapa49 Mukundaraj Acharya SP, DPO62

11. Jhapa (Human Rights Activist/CitizenRights Activist), December 18, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Jiban Kumar Shrestha Bhadrapur-6,CPN-UML3 Dipak Niraula Advocacy Forum4 Dipak Adhikari Journalist5 Bhagwan Paudel PharmacyProfessional6 Subarna Kumar Karmacharya NHRC7 Ishwar Adhikari Journalist8 Ganesh Pokharel NC RegionalPresident9 Koshraj Neupane NHRC10 Uttam Nepal Journalist11 Khimananda Basyal NHRC12 Bal Bahadur Bhujel Chandragadhi13 Tekendra Adhikari Chandragadhi14 Pritisingh Limbu Chandragadhi15 Gopal Rayamajhi Chandragadhi16 Lambu Chaudhari Chandragadhi17 Thak Bahadur Rai Chandragadhi18 Bishnu Thakuri DAO, Jhapa19 Tek Bahadur Rajbanshi Jhapa20 Homnath Bhattari DDC21 Karna Shrestha Driver22 Padam Bahadur Magar DPO23 Kumar Bhattarai District Court24 Kumar Bogati Jhapa25 Roshan Shrestha Jhapa26 Nabin Khadka Jhapa12. Saptari, December 18, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Sudip Pathak NHRC2 Birendra Kumar Yadav DAO3 Komal Prasad Dhamala DDC4 Dansingh Bohora DPO5 Hriday Narayan Singh Kandel APF6 Bimal Thapa Nepal Army7 Ramesh Bhattarai Nepal Police8 Madhavi Shaha Thakuri WHR. SAP9 Anita Devkota WHR.SAP10 Gyanu Bhattarai PLCC11 Punam Kumari Yadav Inter Party Society12 Bishnu Koirala District ServiceCenter13 Sushma Basnet District Paralegal14 Sangita Khadka District Paralegal15 Manohar Kumar Pokharel INSEC16 Uma Pokharel HUPECS.N. Participants Organization/Office17 Ambika Dahal Journalist18 Bimala Parajuli Journalist19 Manu Khanal (Pokharel) ConstitutionInformation Center20 Anita Pokharel District ServiceCenter21 Balkrishna Dhungana Shambhu Theater22 Saryugnath Das --23 Gobinda Lal Shrestha Civil Society24 Gosai Saha Saptari25 Prayog Saptari26 Mahendra Banbasi Chandrama FM27 Baldev Kumar Mandal National DisabledFederation28 Bishnu Prasad Gurung Rajbiraj Municipality29 Hemrokar Sahi Madhesh KrantiWeekly30 Sumit Yadav Student31 Nabin Kumar Gupta Journalist32 Bijaya Kumar Dev Rajbiraj Municipality33 Yogendra Prasad Ray Student34 R.N. Biswas Kantipur TV35 Mala Karn Kalyan Daily36 Jrivan Kumar Dev FNJ37 Sanjiv Bikram Shah Radio Nepal38 Prakash Khatiwada FNJ39 Yagya Prasad Adhikari NHRC40 Ajit Kumar Thakur NHRC41 Buhar Narayan Sahani NHRC42 Jaya Prakash Yadav NSU Secretary43 Nabaraj Khadka DDC, Saptari44 Jagadish Prasad Aryal Intellectual Disability45 Mahendra Kumar Chaudhari Appellate Bar46 Sunil Kumar Jha Sadbhavana Party47 Devnanda Chaudhari Blue Diamond Society48 Upendra Saha Child Rights and ChildSociety Nepal49 Baidyanath Jha Aajoko Batabaran50 Rajnarayan Thakur Jijan Karyalaya51 Ram Prakash Chaudhari Sahayogi Samaj52 Yam Bahadur Khapangi Magar District Chairman,INH53 Dibakar Saha News Today Daily54 Dinesh Sharma Krishna A. Daily55 Upendra Kumar Singh District AgricultureDev. Office56 Devram Yadav Natkhat Daily57 Bindu Kumar Yadav Purba Prabhat Daily58 Kamaleshwar Biradi DDC59 Ama Setu Singh CECADEHURUF60 Representative Shri Krishna DalBatallion61 Madan Bista Shri Krishna DalBatallion62 Yam Baral Shri Krishna DalBatallion63 Rajendra Khadka CDO Guard64 Rajkumar Mehata DDC65 Chandreshwar Yadav DDC66 Dharmadev Yadav DDC63

S.N. Participants Organization/Office67 Sushil Yadav DDC68 Kalu Bishwakarma DDC69 Mahendra Yadav DDC70 Dipak Bishwakarma DDC71 Lalita Devi DDC72 Jayanarayan Thapa DDC73 Mohammad Jabed Ali DDC74 Mahash Kuthadab DDC75 Nripadhwaj Dhamala Zonal Police Office76 Suman Danuwar ZPO77 Dhawajal Khadka ZPO78 Dinesh Magar ZPO79 Babalal Danuwar DPO80 Krishna Khatiwada DPO81 Dan Bahadur BK DPO82 Rohan Gurung DPO83 Gajendra Rai DPO84 Prabin Rai DPO85 Gokul Narayan Shrestha Saptari86 Bir Bahadur Chaudhari Saptari87 Dipak Magar Saptari88 Bharat Bahadur Kafle Saptari89 Suran Kunwar Saptari90 Raju Bishwakarma RSS13. Siraha (HR defenders/administrators),December 16, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Sudip Pathak NHRC2 Durga Prasad Mahato Overall RegionalOffice, Lahan3 Raj Kumar Raut HURON4 Sancha Narayan Yadav CPN-UML5 Krishna Bahadur Yadav Lahan6 Dev Kumari Mahara WOREC Nepal7 Muni Shaha Former Mayor,Lahan8 Swami Shailendra Kumar Karna HURON9 Rakesh Jha TMLP10 Brahma Kumari Srijana BrahmakumariRajyog11 Parbati Chaudhari HURON12 Renu BrahmakumariRajyog13 Rohit Kumar Mandal Himalaya Times14 Santosh Niraula Area Police Office15 Manilal Bishwakarma Journalist16 Firoj Siddiki Journalist17 M. Mahato --18 Sarita Mahato --19 Lau Kumari Saha City WomenChairperson20 Ajaya Yadav ---21 Rajkumar Bhattarai ---22 Pramila Mahato ---23 Soni Pandit ---24 Raju Bishwakarma RSS25 Nirmala Dahal Active JournalistS.N. Participants Organization/Office26 Alina Himangu Chaudhari Active Jouranist27 Anupam Jha Saugat ---28 Jagadip Yadav ----29 Santosh Saha Student30 Dan Prasad Ghimire Area Admin. Office,Lahan31 Rabindra Prasad Chaudhari Area Admin. Office,Lahan32 Ramdayal Mahato ---33 Premkala Ku. Shah Bina OBC34 Yagya Prasad Adhikari NHRC35 Bhuban Nath NHRC14. Siraha (HR activist/citizen activist),December 17, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Sudip Pathak NHRC2 Shivnanda Prasad HURON3 Gopal Adhikari DDC, Siraha4 Badal Prasad Yadav MJF Nepal5 Rajkumar Raut HURON6 Durga Pariyar INSEC7 Bharat Gardha Magar Kantipur Daily8 Durga Prasad Mahato Overall ServiceOffice, Lahan9 Dev Kumari Mahara R.K. Nepal10 Nadhuni Mandal Nepal Human RightsOrg. Center11 Surendra Kumar Kamati Reporter, CommanderPosttn=12 Surya Narayan Thakur Om Shanti13 Gopal Prasad Dev Agriculture Dev.Office14 Dev Narayan Shah Kantipur Daily15 B.K. Manju Brahmakumari Rajyog16 B.K. Sita Brahmakumari Rajyog17 Phuleshwar Yadav Nepal ElectricityAuthority, Siraha18 Sita Mahato Worec Nepal19 Brahmadatta Mahato ---20 Devi Lal RPP Nepal21 Shriya Devi CPN-United22 Stashila Devi Paswan Dalit CommunityDevelopment23 Upadesh Thakur National Investigation24 Ranjit Kumar Singh Nepal Army25 Ramsagar Paswan CPN-ML26 Abdul Kalam Khan DAO27 Ramcharitra Prasad Shaha MJF Democratic28 Om Bahadur Katwal DEO29 Ramesh Phuyal Siraha30 Radheshyam Thakur Siraha31 Gajesh Khadka Siraha32 Durga Kari Siraha33 Nabaraj Sigdel Land Revenue Office34 Manab Yadav Sadbhavana Party35 Kari Yadav DDC36 SP Gaurab ICT Journalist Dev. Forum37 Bijaya Kumar Yadav DDC64

S.N. Participants Organization/Office38 Ramkamal Shaha DPO, Siraha39 Mahesh Kumar Shrestha Border SecurityOffice, Siraha40 Devraj Pokharel Samagra JanautthanKendra41 Indra Singh Lama National Investigation42 Badrinarayan Yadav Naba Jagriti Weekly43 Renu Karn Mukti Nepal44 Yogendera Shaha Agriculture Dev. Bank45 Kameshwar Sahha Rastriya Banijya Bank46 Santosh Subedi Gorkhapatra47 Devkumar Yadav FNJ48 Ganesh Shaha Sagarmatha TV49 Bishwanarayan Mishra NEA Lahan50 Yagya Prasad Adhikari NHRC51 Nagendra Khatiwada DPO52 Birendra Prasad Yadav DPO53 Mutkun Yadav DPO54 Bishwakiran Chaudhari DPO55 Buddhiman Chaudhari Admin.56 Gobinda Kumar Majhi Admin.57 Asana Majhi DPO58 Krishna Bajagai DPO59 Ram Prasad Mandal Admin.60 Ram Kumar Majhi DPO61 Jibachh Saha Human Rights Dev.Center62 Ramdev Yadav Nepal Red Cross63 Pramod Yadav CPN-UML64 Santosh Kumar TMLP65 Jibachh Yadav UCPN-Maoist66 Dr. Nabin Kumar UCPN-Maoist67 Sanjiv Kumar Singh NWPP68 Pramod Kumar Mishra Sadbhavana Party69 Hansu Mukhiya Drinking water project70 Shankarlal Karna Prison Office71 Rajkumar Yadav RPP72 Arjun Thapaliya Journalist73 Nareshkumar Yadav NC15. Dhangadhi, December 20, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Gobinda Poudyal NHRC2 Mahadev Pantha DAO3 Mohandev Joshi NHRC4 Dipendra Bahadur Singh Human Rights Council5 Indu Chaudhari Tharu Kalyankarini Sabha6 Bhagvati Joshi Conflict victim7 Suman Sharma Single women for humanrights8 Jugina Chaudhari Free Kamlari Dev. Forum9 Aradhana Shrestha National HIV Federation10 Bishwambhar Jha MJF-D11 Keshavraj Mishra Nepali Congress12 Biraj Rosyara Godabari FM13 Dammar Giri Radio Paschim Trade14 Shilcharan Chaudhari Maiti Nepal15 Bassudev Bhattarai Shanti PunarsthapanaKendraS.N. Participants Organization/Office16 Sur Bahadur Pariyar INSEC17 Dipak Oli Rajdhani Daily18 Sunil Audi Koseli FM19 Yam Bam Anumodan Daily20 Khagendra Bhatta World VisionInternational21 Dolraj Joshi UK Nepal22 Lila Bhatta CWIN Nepal23 Dirgha Joshi CPN-UML24 Ganesh Bahadur Singh DEO25 Dhanpati Dhungel Phaya Nepal26 Tejtarani Magar NEFIN27 Upendra Bahadur Swar Land Revenue Office28 Siddharaj Ojha Adjus Nepal29 Prem Chaudhari Pahura Daily30 Nabaraj Rana Nepal Rana TharuSociety31 Kumbharaj Sharma District Public HealthOffice32 Binita Kumari Singh Blue Diamond Society33 Khema Joshi RUDAC Kailai34 Manojkumar Yadav Labor Office35 Bhupendra Bahadur Dhami NHRC36 Ganesh Bahadur Malla Conflict victim37 Sujit Chaudhari Youth Campaign38 Om Prakash Joshi RPP-Nepal39 Tek Bahadur Thapa DAO40 Uddhav Bahadur Singh DAO41 Madhav Lohani CWIN Nepal42 Nar Bahadur Pun Nepal Army43 Jayasingh Bista Nepal Police44 Himalaya Bikram Bista District Bar45 Hari Krishna Pandey Local Peace Committee46 Jagatnarayan Shrestha APF BS47 Bikram Chand DPO48 Rajendra Bahadur Saud Nepal Bar Association49 Bhim Bahadur Shaha Kailali Disabled Network50 Krishna Prasad Lamsal DDC51 Bideshram Chaudhari NHRC52 Karna Shah Dhangadhi Power Daily53 Harisingh Chaudhari DSO54 Gopal Japrel DSO55 Keshav Bohara DSO56 Rajendra Kunwar DSO57 Rajendra Bista DSO58 Dhamdhar Bhatta DSO59 Pabankumar Bhatta NHRC60 Balmukunda Karki DSO61 Bikas Rai NHRC62 Mahima Chaudhari NHRC16. Doti, December 21, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Gobinda Poudyal NHRC2 Loknath Paudyal DAO3 Ramharit Das Shrestha Regional EducationDirectorate4 Amitkumar Jha District Health Office5 Madhukar Rana Far-Western Irrigation Dev.Div.65

S.N. Participants Organization/Office6 Prakash Raghubansi7 Sushilbabu Dhakal Div. Road Office, Doti8 Basantakumar Khatri DEO9 Dr. Dikardev Bhatta Regional Livestock Office10 Bishnu Bahadur Karki Shivadal Batallion11 Gaganchandra Thakuri Dipayal12 Madanraj Joshi District Technican Office13 Krishnadatta Pandey District Agriculture Dev.14 Bikram Shaha Land Revenue Office15 Gorakh Bahadur Rana Post Office16 Waelal Chaudhari Radio Nepal17 Shiva Prasad Sharma DFO Achham18 Pushparaj Bartaula DFO19 Laxmikumar BK Road Office20 Dan Bahadur Airi Doti21 Surendra Bhatta Local Peace Committee22 Dal Bahadur Malasi District Election Office23 Prakash bahadur Ale Cottage Industry24 Yagyaraj Pathak Prison Office25 Rameshchandra Abasthi Water Induced DisasterControl26 Ram Prasad Ojha Regional Health Directorate27 Ishwar Kumar Shrestha DTCO28 Dambardatta Bogati FWRR Directorate29 Kedar Khatiwada World Vision International30 Prakash Rawal Drinking Water andSewage Dep.31 Mohan Bahadur Kunwar National Investigation32 Dhyan Bahadur Thapa DDC33 Rameshchandra Joshi DC Municipality34 Nabaraj Joshi INSEC Doti35 Sabina Shrestha Women and ChildrenOffice36 Jiun Raut Ahir District Land ReformOffice37 Yogendra Balaya FNJ Doti38 Bhoj Jung Shaha DPO17. Achham, December 22, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Gobinda Poudyal NHRC2 Ananda Sharma Bhushal DAO3 Mohandev Joshi NHRC4 Jhapatraj Dhungana District Health Office5 Tej Bahadur Bista RPP6 Shivaraj Dhungana INSEC Achham7 Krishna Shahi Achham District Court8 Narayan Chand DPO9 Shiva Prasad Kunwar District Attorney Office10 Beludevi Chhetri DPO11 Bhupendra Singh DPO12 Hom Bahadur Saud Radio Janpriya13 Shivaraj Dhungana Piswin, Achham14 Uddip Bahadur Singh APF Khaptad15 Sharmila Dharel Radio Janapriya16 Narendra Bahadur Bohora UCPN-Maoist17 Prem Bahadur Budha District Child WelfareCommitteeS.N. Participants Organization/Office18 Goma Prasai Women and ChildrenOffice19 Saraswati Rawal Women Human RightsDefender20 Bindu Rawal Sewak Nepal21 Rupraj Dhungana National Investigation22 Mahendra Nepali Prison Office23 Chhatra Bahadur Bista Civil Society24 Dhruvakumar Shahi Nepal Red Cross Society25 Bhim Bahadur Janala CPN-UML26 Janakraj Bhandari FNJ27 Sukeshwar Jha District Agriculture Dev.Office28 Sarita Upadhyaya Inter-party women network29 Anilkumar Bista Local Peace Committee30 Gyan Prakash Paudel Drinking Water Sub-Division Office31 Bhaktaraj Giri DFO32 Ram Bahadur Shaha NC33 Kamal Prasad Dhungana Achham CCI34 Nareshkumar Shahi Ramaroshan Daily35 Khadga Bahadur Khadka District Bar36 Haridatta Joshi DEO37 Shivaraj Khatri Radio Achham38 Keshavdatta Joshi DAO Guard39 Lok Bahadur Sunar Police Post40 Nar Bahadur Tamang Police Post41 Tul Bahadur Kunwar Baidyanath National Daily42 Tekraj Bhandari Station Manager, RadioRamaroshan43 Bishnu Prasad Bhandari Avenues TV44 Krishna Prasad Dhungana Nepal EnvironmentAssociation45 Laxmi Sob Dalit Women Association46 Apsara Kunwar Women Rights Forum18. Dadeldhura, December 24, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Gobinda Poudyal NHRC2 Sundar Jairu NNDSWO3 Prakash Bhat NH4 Bharat Nepali Gramin Dalit SudharSamiti5 Lalit Bohora Radio Amargadhi6 Rajendra Thagunna INSEC7 Hemanta Shahi NGO Federation8 Ramesh Singh Thagunna HURMOS9 Dhanadevi Jairu Single Woman10 Ashish Malla NGO Federation11 Padma Bhandari Women Human RightsDefender12 Anju Gaire HURMOS13 Dhana Gaire Single Woman Committee14 Hikmat Bahadur Singh Avenues TV15 Sunita Gaire Mahila Mukti Samaj16 Tara Khati MSBKN17 Radhika Roka Dube Dalit Women Society18 Prem Bahadur Mhar MPDS Dadeldhura19 Lal Bahadur Airi Kantipur TV20 Kishori Dhami Pedo Dadeldhura66

S.N. Participants Organization/Office21 Tularam Paneru ICARDS NepalDadeldhura22 Tek KC ---23 Shivaraj Joshi DAO Dadeldhura24 Durgadatta Bista DEO25 Krishnadev Joshi DDC26 Bindu Chataut Women and ChildrenOffice27 Dinesh Prasad Sapkota District Agriculture Dev.Office28 Shivadatta Bhatta ---19. Rautahat, December 15, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Sudip Pathak NHRC2 Madan Bhujel DAO3 Harischandra Dhungana District Court4 Mohan Prasad Sharma Senior Citizen5 Bikram Kishor Jha HURON6 Ramesh Kumar Shribastav Gaurishankar Campus7 Baidyanath Prasad Sing Juddha HSS8 Anirudra Mahato NBA9 Jagadish Ray Yadav NBA10 Binda Sahani Human Rights Network11 Sanubabu Thapaliya DPO12 Sanju Baitha NNDSWO13 Saroj Karki Nepal Army14 Bhavanath Jha UNFPA15 Babulal Saha Kanu TMLP16 Ajaya Gupta MJF Nepal17 Paras Husain RDC Nepal18 Gitadevi Mahato Inter Party WomenNetwork19 Bina Raut Nari Chetana Cooperative20 Kiran Thakur Women and ChildrenOffice21 Mohammad Makasu Ranki Central Haj Committee22 Mohan Mehata District Agricutlture Dev.Office23 Hemanta Raya Yadav Samudayik Shakti, Gaur24 Ram Shrestha ISDN25 Munindra Kumar Thakur Rautahat CCI26 Rambilas Patel ADB27 Laxminarayan Pande Patanjali Yoga28 Maheshwarlal Karn Senior Citizen DistrictAssociation29 Shivashankar Paswan Dalit Network30 Bharatkaji Aryal DEO31 Prabin Tibdewal Terai TV32 Rampukar Raut Rajdevi Media Center33 Dharmendra Kumar Saha Rautahat FM34 Sandipkumar Sahu Local Peace Committee35 Chhabilal Prasad Yadav RPP Nepal36 Shekh Jamsed Sadbhavana Party37 Rasrail Ansari National MadheshSadbhavana Party38 Rewanta Jha CPN-UML39 Rabindra Prasad Saha Kohinoor FM40 Shiva Prasad Thapa Border Security Office41 Bishwa Chalak DAOS.N. Participants Organization/Office42 Bidur Khadka APF BSO43 Karna Mahat Annapurna Post44 Harendra Prasad Gupta District Health Office45 Dhirendra Prasad Dev Land MeasurementOffice46 Bidya Kumar Thapa National Investigation47 Sunilkumar Thakur District Post Office48 Narendra Jha Land Reform Office49 Kameshwarkumar Barma Engineer50 Rajnikanta Jha Sarlahi51 Nathuni Prasad Chaudhari NP Dal52 Shailendra Gupta FNJ53 Premchandra Jha Kantipur Daily54 Bharat Bhattarai APF55 Kishor Prasad Yadav Nepal Police56 Shiva Adhikari Nepal Army57 Jivan Raya Rautahat58 Yagya Prasad Adhikari NHRC59 Bhuvan Nath NHRC60 Rajendra Prasad Chaudhari Division Road Office61 Jaya Prakash Yadav FNJ62 Debaki Nepal Women SecurityPressure Group63 Bipin Gautam INSEC64 Jagannath Prasad Kesari Civil Society65 Laxman Mahato Rastriya Banijya Bank66 Khadga Bahadur Kari Prison67 Madhusudan Upadhyaya Division CooperativesOffice68 Ramesh Thakur Kantipur TV69 Bindeshwar Yadav UCPN-Maoist70 Jivan Kumal Nepal Police71 Santosh Chaudhari --72 Kas Tajpuriya --73 Prakash Paudel --74 Baburam Lama DPO75 Aita Lama DPO76 Ramkumar Baniya Red Cross77 Prabhatkumar Jha The Himalayan Times78 Gautam Shrestha Avenues TV79 Nabaraj Bishwakarma District Attorney Office80 Suraj Limbu Blue Diamond Society81 Kopila Timilsina Shakti Samuha82 Abhimanu Raut Himalayan TV83 Lakhinder Saha Rastriya Janamorcha84 Shashibhushan Shrestha CPN-United85 Matuk Paswan Bahujan Samajbadi Party86 Harisharan Bhujel Nepal Army87 Hum Bahadur Rana Nepal Army88 Kanti Devi Conflict victim89 Sudjamandevi Paswan Martyr's family90 Saroj Jha Conflict victim91 Rajesh Singh Conflict victim92 Prakash Karki DPO67

20. Doti, (HR Activist/citizen risghtsactivist), December 21, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Gobinda Sharma Poudyal NHRC2 Nareshman Shrestha Red Cross3 Naresh Ale Rastriya Janamorcha4 Gopi Nepali RPP-Nepal5 Bharat Bahadur Bohora(Yogendra)UCPN-Maoist6 Chakra Malla CPN-UML7 Karna Bahadur Chanda Naya Patrika NationalDaily8 Shiva Oli Community Radio,Shaileshwari9 Harikrishna Tamrakar Community Radio, TribeniFM10 Yashoda Gurung Women Human RightsDefender11 Sharada Bhatta Human Rights Forum12 Roshan Bogati Disabled ServiceAssociation13 Khagendra Nepali National Dalit Network14 Shankardip Maid HURPEC15 Debaki Bohara Short Term DistrictWomen Ser Cen.16 Shankar Thapa Radio Nepal17 Dirgha Khatri INSEC18 Nabaraj Joshi INSEC19 Bijaya Khadka NC20 Shashi Sop Modo21 Gorakh Sarki Haliya Mukti Samaj22 Dipa Shrestha Single Women Group23 Chandra Shrestha Federal Socialist Party24 Mohan Shahi FNJ25 Sita BK Haliya Mukti Samaj21. Bardiya, January 14, 2015S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Anupraj Sharma NHRC2 Mohana Ansari NHRC3 Bed Bhattarai NHRC4 Basantaraj Paudel District Court5 Laxmi Nepal District Legal AssistanceCommittee6 Tirtha Bahadur Chand CPN-ML7 Basantaraj Paudel Federal Socialist Party8 Amritkumar Karmacharya Ayurveda Health Center9 Sushilkumar Lamichhane Nepal Pariwar Dal10 Krishna Khanal CPN-UML11 Bhim Bahadur Bohara RPP12 Hariram Shrestha Babai Irrigation Project13 Khimananda Pande Bardiya District Court14 Pashupati Bhattarai Social worker15 Hardwar Chaudhari District Post Office16 Rohitkumar Shrestha Prison Office17 Jit Bahadur Shaha DEO18 Pramesh Shaha CWIN Nepal19 Durga Chhetri Dalit Service Association20 Hima Sunar DSAS.N. Participants Organization/Office21 Sanjivkumar Karna Advocate22 Ratna Prakash Giri District Attorney's Office23 Urmila Tamrakar DWO Bardiya24 Balkrishna Oli Bardiya Civil Society25 Santosh Paudel RSS26 Pawankumar Shahi District Election Office27 Arjun Ban Mineral and Road28 Shivaram Bhattarai DTCO29 Shyamjung Shaha DPO30 Narahari Tiwari Land Reform Office31 Raju Shah APF BSO32 Sanjivsingh Sijapati Shri Rudradhwaj Batallion33 Mohhammad Kar Khan FEFOCON34 Kuman Prasad Pande Bardiya Bar Asso.35 Narendra Sharma Bardiya Bar Asso.36 Keshavkumar Yadav TMLP37 Sunil Pande District Health Office38 Binodkumar Gupta Bardiya Bar39 Nirmalraj Sigdel Bardiya Bar40 Sumitra Chaudhari Bardiya CooperativesGroup41 Himakumari Chaudhari Darpan Cooperatives42 Menaka Chaudhari RSS43 Premraj Godiya MJF-D44 Yashoda Thapa Naba Laksha Bal Club45 Karishma GM Naba Laksha Bal Club46 Dabal Mahatara DC Nepal com47 Diksha Giri District Children Network48 Riya Yogi Student Children Club49 Bimala BK Dalit Women UpliftmentAsso.50 Rima BK DWUA51 Dipa Lamichhane Tharu Women UpliftmentCenter52 Yubaraj Dhakal RJM53 Santosh Chand NHRC54 Rameshkumar Thapa NHRC55 Kamala Gyawali Community ForestConsumers Federa.56 Tikaram Chaudhari Blue Diamond Society57 Durga Acharya Avenues TV58 Nita Ghimire Children Club59 Shobha Thapa RPP60 Gita Basnet RPP Nepal61 Shashiram Oli APF62 Aruna GM Children Club63 Chetana Gautam Bardiya Times Daily64 Shyam Thapa Bardiya Bar65 Shobha Chaudhari INSEC66 Krishna Bhattari Division Cooperatives67 Bhagiram Chaudhari Conflict victim68 Man Bahadur Chaudhari INSEC69 Drabya Shaha Suman UCPN-Maoist70 Topendra KC DAO71 Ghanesh Yadav Sadbhavana Party72 Sarala Regmi NCCI68

22. Nepalgunj (with administrators),January 12, 2015S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Anupraj Sharma NHRC2 Mohana Ansari NHRC3 Bed Prasad Bhattarau NHRC4 Mindhwaj Khadka Brigade Chief, No.4Brigade5 Ashok Bahadur Chand Batallion Chief,Rudradhwaj6 Kesh B. Shahi Regional Police Office,Surkhet7 Bed Prakash Lekhak DAO, Banke8 Rajendra Shrestha Zonal Police Office9 Shekhar Koirala CDO10 Suman Baidya National Investigation11 Shambhu Subedi APF BSO12 Sushilsingh Rathaur DSP, DPO13 Bijayakumar KC APF Custom Security14 Karna Bahadur Budha Magar Bageshwari Batallion15 Ramchandra Thapa APF, District SecurityBase16 Rajendra Basnet APF, Tripura Batallion17 Krishna Thapa APF, Industry Security23. Nepalgunj (HR activists/citizen rightsactivist), January 12, 2015S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Anupraj Sharma NHRC2 Bamkumar Shrestha Appellate Court,Nepalgunj3 Yamuna Bhattarai Appellate Court,Nepalgunj4 Ramkrishna Bhatta Appellate Court,Nepalgunj5 Bhanubhakta Sharma Appellate Court,Nepalgunj6 Dinesh Prasad Sharma Appellate Court,Nepalgunj7 Dharmaraj Paudel Banke District Court8 Hari Pratap KC Banke District Court9 Ambarraj Paudel Banke District Court10 Indrajit Tiwari Appellate Court,Nepalgunj11 Suryanath Prakash Adhikari Banke District Court12 Bijayakumar Gupta Senior Advocate13 Abadh Bihari P. Sinha Appellate Court,Nepalgunj14 Ramkrishna Khanal Appellate Court,Nepalgunj15 Murari Kharel NHRC16 Bed Prasad Bhattarai NHRC17 Mohana Ansari NHRC18 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC19 Dipak Karki Appellate Court Security20 Hemanta Chand Nepal Police21 Kanchharam Chaudhari NP22 Sanatkumar Shah NP23 Dal Bahadur Thapa Banke District CourtS.N. Participants Organization/Office24 Ashok K. Chaudhari Appellate Court25 Kalu Appellate Court26 Tatmu Appellate Court27 Rammash Appellate Court28 Niraj Gautam RSS29 Uma Thapa Magar Kuritijanya Hinsa Antya30 Kalpana Acharya Saathi Regional Office31 Dr. Bijayasingh Sijapati Nepal Law Campus,Kathmandu32 Pappu Singh Banke Visual ImpairmentAss.33 Rudra Subedi FNJ34 Jagadish Bahadur Singh MJF Nepal35 Maimuna Siddiki Fatima Foundation36 Bhim Bahadur Shahi NBA37 Alam Khan Third Alliance38 Laxmi Lamichhane Visual Impairment Assoc.39 Sher Bahadur Raule ISDC Nepal40 Mita Thapa Magar ISDC Nepal41 Tulsi Thapa Jilla Kishori Sanjal42 Pashupati Thapa Ekta Kishori Club43 Janaki Budha Jilla Kishori Sanjal44 Bikas Acharya Advocate, AppellateCourt45 Krishna Adhikari Nepal TV46 Dharmaraj Shahi Nepal Red Cross Society24. Nepalgunj (including HR activists),January 13, 2015S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Anupraj Sharma NHRC2 Mohana Ansari NHRC3 Bed Prasad Bhattarai NHRC4 Krishna Shrestha NCCI5 Rabindrakumar Karna Advocacy Forum6 Ruby Khan Nepal Muslim SocietyDev. Cons. Cen.7 Gita Acharya Women Rights Forum8 Basanta Joshi Conflict victim9 Saraswati Malla INSEC10 Bindakumari Kharel (Pande) Conflict victim11 Binu Shrestha Advocacy Forum12 Yekmaya Bishwakarma Conflict victim13 Mina Parajuli Save the Children14 Basanta Gautam Advocate15 Lok Bahadur Shaha NBA16 Kebalsingh Tharu District Court17 Chandrakala Upreti Conflict Victim forJustice Society18 Bhishma Kal Pristha Daily19 Shanta B. Pradhan RPP20 Janardan Acharya Professor21 Damodar Paudel Janaki SS22 Jahir Ahmad Shesh District Children ClubNetwork23 Tek Bahadur Rana Human Rights Protection24 Siddharaj Paneru CWIN Nepal25 Mustak Ali Rai Rusuf Nepal26 Padam Pande SELLERD69

S.N. Participants Organization/Office27 Janak Nepal Kantipur Daily28 Prahlad Bahadur Karki NBA29 Bal Bahadur Chand Appellate Court30 Prabhatkumar Thakuri HR activist31 Kiran Dhakal --32 Krishna Chaudhari Constitution InformationCenter33 Devidatta Acharya Disabled EmpowermentCenter34 Keshav Koirala Maiti Nepal35 Bijaya Malla Sadbhav National Daily36 Rajan Barma District Youth ClubNetwork37 Adhiraj Oli Children Network38 R.P. Kharel CPN-Maoist39 Gopalnath Yogi NGO Federation40 Tejbidram Shah RPP Nepal41 Bhabukjung Thapa National DisabledFederation42 Kanhaiyalal Rana District DisabledCoordination Com.43 Naraharinath Yogi NWPP44 Hemraj Bhatta --45 Santakumar Barma Force Nepal46 Lalita Chaudhari Tharu --47 Shobha BC ---48 Binod Pande INSEC49 Parina Chaudhari Paschim Tara50 Somana Khadka National DisabledFederation51 Gikhir Prasad Agrawal Advocate52 Sharan Karmacharya ABC TV53 Maulahe Arya Dhobi Dalit Association54 Achhari Pokharel ----25. Surkhet, January 15, 2015S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Anupraj Sharma NHRC2 Bed Bhattarai NHRC3 Murari Kharel NHRC4 Ganeshkumar Karki Radio Bheri5 Sushil Khadka Kankrebihar Daily6 Rachana Budha Surkhet Pahichan Daily7 Pabitra Shahi Women Human RightsDefender8 Nanda Shrestha Single Women Society9 Netra Regmi EnvironmentImprovement Society10 Nagendra Upadhyaya Hamro Akhabar Daily11 Bal Bahadur Shahi Mid Western University12 Gobinda Koirala Human Rights Activist13 Akash Tara Bayak Radio Nepal14 Nabinkumar Shahi KIRDAC Nepal15 Kalendra Sejuwal Nagarik Daily16 Rambabu BC World Vision17 Gobinda Khatri --18 Lalit Bahadur Budha Annapurna Post19 Dhruva Kumar Shrestha Nepal Tax Council20 Tekendra Bishwakarma Bulbul FMS.N. Participants Organization/Office21 Prem Prakash Nepali Women for MarginalizedWomen22 Ganesh Kanchan Bharati FNJ23 Bibashkumar Basnet Appellate Bar24 Prakash Pant Radio Bheri25 Bhushankumar Manandhar Senior Advocate26 Krishna Bahadur Hamal Advocate27 Ishwar Adhikari Journalist28 Durga Prasad Sapkota Advocate29 Aishwarya Prasad Hamal MW University30 Hemraj Raut Student31 Shishir Shahi Local Professional32 Chandra Chaudhari ---33 Santosh Chandra NHRC34 Ramesh Thapa ---35 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC36 Narayan Bahadur Thapa Regional AdministrationOffice37 Subodhkumar Lal Karna APF Maheshwari38 Yatiraj Pangeni National Investigation39 Rajeshkumar Lal Karna DPO40 Chhetra Bahadur Malla Shri Narsingh DalBatallion41 Madansingh Bista APF Raktakali42 Lok Bahadur Shahi DHO43 Ghanashyam Bogati Transport Service Office44 Prabin Bhandari Statistics Office45 Baburam Kharel Mechanical Office46 Jivraj Paudel District Livestock47 Dhruvaraj Paudel DEO48 Tilak B. Thapa MW Regional Post Office49 Thambaraj Shrestha Road Department50 Bijayakumar Giri District Agriculture Dev.Office51 Rajendra Prasad Bhari HNP52 Baldev Prasad Saha District CooperativeOffice53 Thakur Prasad Kandel SeismologicalMeasurement Center54 Krishnadev Giri Regional Forest Office55 Nabaraj Khatiwada Educational TrainingCenter56 Ranjanraj Bhattarai Water Induced DisasterContro Office57 Prem Prasad Acharya Taxpayer's Office58 Hiralal Regmi DDC59 Yagyaraj Bohora DPO60 Devi Prasad Paudel District CooperativeOffice61 Lal Bahadur Khatri Prison Office62 Dhiraj Pratap Singh SP63 Yogendra KC National InvestigationOffice64 Haribhakta Giri Maheshwari Brigade65 Ramsingh Kunwar CDO Guard66 Sunita Thapa DDC67 Bechulal Chaudhari Regional LivestockDirectorate68 Hari Prasad Paudel Regional AgriculturalDirectorate70

S.N. Participants Organization/Office69 Baikuntha Prasad Acharya RAD70 Barshatilal Chaudhari APF Raktakali71 Dhan B. DC DAO72 Prem B. Shahi DAO73 Ganesh Pande DDC74 Om Dhami National InvestigationOffice75 Chandra B. Dangi Regional Police Office76 Bir Bahadur Bista DPOThematic discussion with target groups1. NEFIN, December 7, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 P.B. Gole NEFIN3 Ram Maden NEFIN4 Sarina Gurung NEFIN5 Hiraraj Regmi NEFIN6 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC7 Subarna K. Karmacharya NHRC8 Madhab Regmi Consultant, NHRC2. National Dalit Commission, December7, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Man Bahadur Nepali NDC3 Yubaraj Rai NDC4 Ram Bahadur Bishwakarma NDC5 Shridhar Pudasaini NDC6 Dipak Nepali NDC7 Subarna K. Karmacharya NHRC8 Madhab Regmi Consultant, NHRC9 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC10 Yagya P. Adhikari NHRC3. Child rights activists, December 8, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Kapil Aryal Kathmandu School ofLaw3 Namuna Bhushal Central ChildrenWelfare Committee4 Sabita Upreti Special School andRehab. Center5 Lokendra Khatri Federation ofOrphanage6 Manoj K. Kandel Child NGO Federation7 Ramesh Khatiwada Federation ofOrphanage8 Bhanubhakta Dhakal Child NGO Federation9 Madhab Regmi Consultant, NHRC10 Subarna Karmacharya NHRC11 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC4. National Senior Citizens Federation,December 8, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Dr. Gaurishankar lal Das NASCIF3 Chhatra Bahadur Pradhan NASCIF4 Ambika KC NASCIF5 Manohar Upreti NASCIF6 Sabita Upreti SSDRC7 Subarna Karmacharya NHRC8 Yagya P. Adhikari NHRC9 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC10 Madhab Regmi Consultant, NHRC5. National Federation of the Disabled(NFDN), December 8, 2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Sudarshan Subedi NFDN3 Tejkumari Tiwari Nepal Disabled Society4 Nirmala Dhital Nepal Disabled WomenAssociation5 Mukunda Dahal NFDN6 Sadan Pandit CIL7 Bhojraj Shrestha Independent Life StyleCenter8 Mahadev Bharati NFDN9 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC10 Madhab Regmi Consultant, NHRC11 Yagya P. Adhikari NHRC6. Professional Organizations/Associations, December 9, 2017S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Haribinod Adhikari Freedom Forum3 Gopal Lamsal NGO Federation4 Bishnu Prasad Timilsina Consumers' InterestProtection Forum5 Bishwamani Pokharel World View Nepal6 Bijaya Bhatta World View Nepal7 Lekhnath Paudel National JudicialFoundation8 Sushil B.K. Dalit NGO Federation9 Dr. Bhagwan Khadka Nepal Chamber ofCommerce10 Rama Sapkota Nepal Paty11 Pabitra Sunar Nagarik Daily12 Aarati Bista NHRC13 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC14 Subarna K. Karmacharya NHRC15 Jyoti Baniya Consumers InterestProtection Forum16 Suni Lama NIWF17 Yashokanti Bhattachan NIWF18 Krishnakumar Waiba NIWF19 Srijana Pradhan NIWF20 Madhab Regmi Consultant, NHRC71

8. With experts and formeradministrators, February 18, 2015S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Prakash Wasti NHRC2 Bed Prasad Bhattarai NHRC3 Binda Hada Former Secretary4 Madhav Paudel Former Minister/Secretary5 Birendra Mishra Civil Society6 Pitambar Sharma National PlanningCommission7 Mohan Banjade Former Secretary8 Dinesh Hari Adhikari Former Secretary9 Tirtharaj Dhakal Joint Secretary, NPC10 Dr. Shri Krishna Shrestha Consultant11 Subarna K. Karmacharya NHRC12 Yagya P. Adhikari NHRC13 Jayashwar Chapagai NHRC14 Madhab Regmi Consultant, NHRC15 Aarati Bista SCNHRC16 Khimananda Basyal NHRC17 Yamnath Sharma UNDP18 Tek Tamata UNDP7. Nepal Bar Association, December 26,2014S.N. Participants Organization/Office1 Harikrishna Karki NBA2 Sunil Kumar Pokharel NBA3 Gobinda Sharma NBA4 Yagya P. Adhikari NHRC5 Aarati Bista NHRC6 Basudeb Bajagai NHRC7 Subarna K. Karmacharya NHRC8 Bed Prasad Bhattarai NHRC9 Prakash Wasti NHRC10 Sudip Pathak NHRC72