Narrative Summary Objectively Verifiable Indicators SO5: Monitor o Endeavored to make national standard/ and follow-up benchmark on right to food, level of health, housing, education fulfillment of and work. minimum state obligation on o Made and amended law and ESC rights by policies to ensure developing progressive realization of necessary human rights. indicators and o Increased food security benchmarks. o Increased access to essential good and services o Increased application of rights based approaches in national plan and polices Means of Verification o Mainstreamed human rights in National Planning reports o Increased guarantee of human rights through constitution. Assumptions o Adequate stress given to respect for ESC rights in development strategies o Adequate stress given to respect for o Increased mainstreaming right to of human rights in sectoral development plan and policy o Adequate resources documents. mobilized for o Developed monitoring effective reports. implementation of o Addressed human rights national policies issues in Poverty and plans. Reduction Strategy Paper o Mainstreamed gender concerns within ESC policies, action plans and monitoring mechanisms. SO6: Monitor o Ratified human rights related international treaties and advocate and optional protocols that major international o Increased compliance of HR newly made laws with instruments are international human rights ratified or standard and constitution. acceded, o Increased fulfillment of internalized international human rights and obligations by state implemented in practice by GoN; SO7: Enhance accessibility, credibility, efficiency and accountability of the NHRC by strengthening and expanding institutional o Increased number of reporting through Nepal gazette available o Increased government willingness and commitment o Increased reporting revealed through GON, NHRC and UN websites available o Increased number of ratification of o Increased media reports human rights available treaties by o Increased number of legislation NHRC reports available o Increased number of o Increased number of UN law are made and treaty bodies report amended available o Increased adherence to Paris o Increased number of o Required fund for principles by NHRC NHRC recommendations. NHRC business availed from the o Increased abidance of o Increased enforcement of government system and procedures NHRC recommendations o Increased access of NHRC and decisions o Increased services cooperation of state o Developed comprehensive and government o Increased transparency and NHRC annual report. agencies. accountability in NHRC o Increased expansion of business o Increased support of 36