2.3.2 Division of Work
For the purpose of fulfilling the responsibilities protecting and promoting human rights as
mentioned in the Human Rights Commission Act (1997), the work has been divided into
protection, promotion, legislature and prison reform, and planning and evaluation. The
responsibilities of the office bearers have been divided accordingly.
The work division among the office bearers is as follows:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Administration (including International Relations) - Chairperson Mr. Nayan
Bahadur Khatri
Planning and Evaluation - Dr. Gauri Shankar Lal Das
Promotion - Prof. Kapil Shrestha
Protection - Mr. Sushil Pyakurel
Legislature Issues and Prison Reform - Ms. Indira Rana
The work of the various divisions is as follows:
(1)
Administration Division: The daily administrative activities of the Commission,
personnel management, international relations and activities related to financial
administration fall under the Administration Division.
(2)
Planning and Evaluation Division: The duties of this division include the
making of outlines for plans to be carried out by the Commission, coordination
and evaluation of the plans and preparing of annual reports to be submitted to
His Majesty the King as per the Human Rights Commission Act (1997).
(3)
Promotion Division: Article 9, sub-clause (1) of the Human Rights Commission
Act (1997) states that the main duty of the Commission is the protection and
promotion of human rights. Accordingly, sub-clause (2) sections (i) and (j) of
the same Article state the responsibility of the Promotion Division to inform the
various sections of the society about human rights education through seminars,
conferences, workshops, public gatherings, media and publications and to make
the public aware of the prevailing legal guarantees related to the protection of
human rights. The Promotion division is also assigned the responsibility of
encouraging the activities and efforts of human rights organizations working in
the non-governmental sector.
(4)
Protection Division: As per the Human Rights Commission Act (1997) and the
National Human rights Commission (Complaints, Action and Compensation)
Regulation (2057 BS), the Protection Divisions is assigned the primary
responsibility of inquiring and investigating into the complaints received by the
Commission. Collecting the facts, recording complaints of the aggrieved, taking
action on the complaints and having the decisions of the Commission
implemented are the responsibilities of the Protection Division.
(5)
Legislation and Prison Reform Division: The responsibilities mentioned in
Article 9, sub-clause (2) (e), (f), (g), (k) and sub-clause (3) are important