Foreword According to Section 14 of the Human Rights Commission Act, 2053, the Commission has to present its Annual Report to His Majesty the King. As such the Commission has presented the Annual Report of its activities comprising of fiscal year 2057/058. The Commission has to present the report on an annual basis. The Commission was constituted in the month of Jestha 2057. Hence the report of the remaining period of 2056, from Jestha onward that is the last month of fiscal year 2056-2057, has been included in the report of 2057/058. This is the first annual report prepared by the Commission. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 2047, has ensured the fundamental rights of every citizen. The National Human Rights Commission has been formed with a view to having an independent and autonomous organization for effective implementation, protection and promotion of human rights in order to translate into action the will expressed in the basic structure of the Constitution and the provisions incorporated in the current laws and regulations. With the formation of such a national organization relating to human rights, all sectors of the society naturally expect that the protection and promotion of human rights will be ensured. It is definite that the Human Rights Commission Act, 2053 has some deficiencies and lacunae as it was presented as a private member bill. National Human Rights Commission, Nepal, being a neonate organization, is still in a state of institutional growth. In the period of the report, the Commission had to face many legal, financial and physical challenges and bottlenecks. It took almost nine months to receive the suggestions of His Majesty’s Government (HMG) on the rules and regulations framed by the Commission. As the suggestions could not be received in due time, the rules could not be operative and it caused various difficulties to the commission. The Commission continued to face difficulties because HMG was not good enough to allocate financial as well as human resources. Even in such an awkward situation, the Commission has always endeavored to fulfill its responsibilities, considering the trust and faith of the general public as its innate source of energy. In its short period of life, the Commission has succeeded in building its infrastructure, capacity of investigating and taking action on the complaints received, launching on research and monitoring activities concerning human rights and maintaining harmonious and cordial relations nationally and internationally. The newly constituted commission has come to establish itself as an important organization in the Nepalese society and a focal point of trust and faith of all human rights lovers. The Commission extends its sincere thanks to HMG, Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Committee of the House of Representative, Political Parties, Media, Non-Governmental Organizations, Elite Groups, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) including International Institutions and Diplomatic Missions for assisting the Commission and giving boost in its initial stages. In the end, I would like to thank all the members and the staff of the commission for helping in their own way to prepare this report. Nayan Bahadur Khatri Chairman