According to the report, only 13.29 percent of the recommendations have been fully implemented.
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105 new complaints regarding human rights violations were registered with the National Human Rights Commission in 2081/82.
According to the annual report submitted by the commission to President Ram Chandra Poudel on Sunday, these complaints were registered during the past year, and six of them were dismissed. Presenting the annual report for the fiscal year 2081/82, Commission Chairman Tap Bahadur Magar claimed that the commission had recommended action and compensation for human rights violations, but the implementation was slow.
The commission had completed investigations and made decisions on 280 old and new complaints during this period. The report states that 49 complaint-related recommendations and 8 policy-related recommendations were made to the government after meeting 22 times during the investigation. 150 complaints have been kept under review during the past year, and departmental action has been recommended for two.
In order to provide justice to the victims of human rights violations, the commission has recommended the government to provide compensation of Rs 4,772,489 to the names of seven victims and their families. However, the implementation of the commission's recommendations is not satisfactory. According to the report, only 13.29 percent of the recommendations have been fully implemented. Partial implementation is 34.12 percent and implementation is in progress for 52.60 percent of the recommendations.
The Commission has stated that it has monitored various human rights issues 226 times during the review period. This includes issues such as the rights of prisoners, administration of justice, and the right to peaceful protest under civil and political rights. Similarly, under economic, social, and cultural rights, monitoring has also been conducted on issues such as health, clean environment, consumer rights, and the rights of disaster-affected people. The Commission has also prioritized the issues of marginalized groups, senior citizens, women, children, and caste discrimination.
