Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions • allowing more time at the end of the assessment visit for the discussion of findings and proposed strategies and actions with NHRI leaders and senior managers • contextualising the proposed strategies and actions • ensuring better follow up after the process • agreeing a follow up protocol between the NHRI and the APF. These recommendations were accepted by the CAP in 2013. They were incorporated into the CA procedure and the revised manual in 2014. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF NEPAL (NHRCN), JULY 2013 The CA of the NHRCN was the first conducted after the external review of 2012. It commenced implementation of the review recommendations. • Additional time was spent with the Chairperson and Commissioners. • A separate focus group discussion was held with female staff to ensure that internal and external gender issues and perspectives were identified. • The questionnaire was reduced from around 50 capacity issues to 13 core capacity issues, each being allocated a separate page and each having only four questions. • The core capacity issues were specifically drafted for the NHRCN’s situation rather than being taken from a standard matrix of issues. • The appearance of the questionnaire was simplified and the issues expressed in clear, non-technical language. • Commissioners and staff were given options to complete the questionnaire online, in softcopy form or in hardcopy form. • The quantitative data from the questionnaire were analysed and presented in both tables and graphs and explained in the narrative text. • The size of the report was reduced by about a third. 14