back warded class, ending impunity and contribution for sustainable peace, civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural rights, women's rights, child rights, rights of the senior citizens, business and human rights, Sustainable Development Goals, National Human Rights Action Plan, coordination and collaboration including others. Constitutional and Legal Mandate Part 25, Article 249 of the Constitution of Nepal provides the functions, duties and powers of the Commission. It shall be the duty of the National Human Rights Commission to respect, protect and promote human rights and ensure effective enforcement thereof. According to the NHRC Act 2012 Section 2 (f) provides that “Human Rights” means rights related to life, liberty, equality and dignity of a person provided by the Constitution and other prevailing laws and this term also includes the rights contained in the international treaties regarding human rights to which Nepal is a party. The National Human Rights Commission shall inquire on petition or complaint presented in or sent to the Commission by a victim or any person on his or her behalf or on information received by the Commission from any source, into and investigate complaints of violations of human rights of an individual or group or abetment thereof, and make recommendation for action against the perpetrators, if any official who has the responsibility or duty to prevent violations of human rights fails to fulfill or perform his or her responsibility or duty or shows reluctance in the fulfillment or performance of his or her responsibility or duty, to make recommendation to the concerned authority to take departmental action against such official, (c) if it is required to institute a case against any person or organization who has violated human rights, to make recommendation to file a case in the court in accordance with law. The Commission is also mandated to coordinate and collaborate with the civil society in order to enhance awareness on human rights, to carry out periodic reviews of the relevant laws relating to human rights and make recommendation to the Government of Nepal for necessary improvements in and amendments to such laws, if Nepal has to become a party to any international treaty or agreement on human rights, to make recommendation, accompanied by the reasons therefor, to the Government of Nepal; and monitor whether any such treaty or agreement to which Nepal is already a party has been implemented, and if it is found not to have been implemented, to make recommendation to the Government of Nepal for its implementation. To publish, in accordance with law, the names of the officials, persons or bodies who have 2 National Human Rights Commission of Nepal