NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
towards which the Commission is responsible. Similarly, in the absence of the locally elected
representatives, people are facing serious problem in enjoying their civil and political rights
along with economic, social and cultural rights because there is no where they can take
their complaints and difficulties. The Commission’s last annual report of the fiscal year
2059/60 also could not be discussed in Parliament and there was no place where the
Commissions problem and grievances could be heard. In the absence of the human rights
committee of Parliament, several decisions of the commission have not been finalized.
7.2.14. Human Resources
Skilled human resource is imperative for any organization to run smoothly. Although the
required number of positions was determined when the Commission was established all of
them have not been fulfilled because of financial reasons. Twenty positions were filled on a
permanent basis during last fiscal year. Similarly, the process of recruiting staff for its regional
offices is on the final stage. This has helped to make the work smooth to a large extent. Still,
the inability to fulfill the positions of the chiefs in different divisions has hampered the work
of those divisions. Although there is alternative way of fulfilling the remaining positions on
temporary basis by bringing staff from the government, the problem is that, on one hand,
those staffs do not remain in the Commission for long and they return to their original
positions after receiving training. It is also difficult to find staff who are familiar with the
working procedure of the Commission and proficient in the skill required by the
Commission. Even in fulfilling the vacant positions on permanent basis has its problems –
the Commission cannot provide pension and other perks as in the government and when
the salary is equal to that of the government dissatisfactions are seen among the staff as
soon as they join the Commission. As the Commission will not be able to fulfill the vacant
positions during this fiscal year because of limited financial source, may not be able to make
the expected achievement.
7.2.15. Financial resources and autonomy
In all countries that have accepted the directives of the Paris Principle and have established
human rights commissions, the resources needed to run the commissions should be provided
by the state. Therefore, the financial aspect is also taken as an important part of whether or
not a human rights commission is given international recognition as a national commission.
But the Human Rights Commission Act, 2053 has failed to clearly specify that the state
would provide enough financial resources, but instead it said that the Commission could
receive financial resource from different sources.The government has not provided sufficient
financial resource to the commission. Therefore, the commission has to make continuous
efforts to gain funds from the government to go with the concept of national human rights
body as stated in the Paris Principles and to use the fund according to its rules and processes.
7.2.16. Development of human rights culture
The Commission has been doing many promotional programmes on human rights to help
in the creation of an environment for the development of human rights culture by
disseminating human rights education. But when the budget provided by the government is
not even enough to run the day-to-day administration of the Commission, running human
rights programmes becomes a major challenge. Although the Commission has published
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