coordinate and collaborate with the Constitutional Commission on thematic human rights
issues. Business and human rights, human rights and environmental rights, consumer
rights, the rights of migrant workers and their families with the advent of the new issues
in the field of human rights, the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can
also be seen as an opportunity. The presence of the Commission in the Universal Periodic
Review (UPR) and Treaty Committees processes, the initiative taken to implement/
cause to implement the National Human Rights Action Plan, and the coordination and
collaboration with international and regional human rights institutions in accordance with
international conventions on human rights are also important opportunities. Since the
establishment of the Commission, the continuous support of the Government of Nepal and
international organizations including the UNDP for the development and strengthening
of its institutional capacity has been an opportunity for the institutional development of
the Commission. It is also an opportunity for the Commission to work to achieve the
United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and for the implementation of
the National Human Rights Action Plan by the Government of Nepal.
Risks/Threats
Human rights culture has not been developed due to long standing political instability
and impunity, lack of good governance, inability to go duties and rights side by side
etc. Victims are still waiting for justice due to the ineffectiveness of the function of the
transitional justice mechanisms. The victims have been deprived of their right to justice
due to the non-implementation of the recommendations made by the Commission.
Effective implementation of treaties and agreements remains to be done in line with
Nepal's international commitments. The revised draft of the National Human Rights
Commission Bill to maintain the autonomy and independence of the Commission has
not been able to move forward for a long time. The effects of disasters and pandemic
(COVID 19) seem to have a long-term effect on the promotion and protection of human
rights. The inability of the government, political parties and law enforcement agencies to
prioritize human rights pursuing the human rights-based approach to development and to
take special initiatives to protect economic, social and cultural rights can also be taken as
a current challenge.
2.2. Thematic Analysis of Human Rights Situation
2.2.1. Right to Life
The right to life in Nepal is being violated every year due to natural calamities, road
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