Summary a) The Human Rights Commission Act came into existence in 1997. After a long intermission, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was formed on 26 May 2000. As per the Act, His Majesty the King formed the Commission as follows: i. Mr. Nayan Bahadur Khatri - Chairperson ii. Dr. Gauri Shankar Lal Das - Member iii. Mr. Kapil Shrestha - Member iv. Mr. Sushil Pyakurel - Member v. Ms. Indira Rana - Member b) Organization chart: There are at present 27 personnel including the Chairperson, Members and staff working in the Commission. Considering the workload of the Commission, an organizational structure of a minimum of 46 personnel has been proposed. c) The regular meetings of the Commission are held every Tuesday. During the period of the report, 41 such meetings were held. Besides the regular meetings emergency meetings are held as needed. d) The necessary regulations to be prepared and brought forth by the Commission pertaining to such issues as the salaries and facilities of the Chairperson and Members of the Commission, National Human Rights (complaint, action and compensation) regulation and NHRC (financial management) regulation were forwarded by the Commission to the Government for consideration. The three above mentioned regulations have become operative after consideration of HMG’s reactions. e) The division of labour among the Chairperson and Members of the Commission has been carried out in order to expedite the activities of the Commission. f) Altogether 528 complaints were registered during the period of this report. Of them, 255 are related to civil and political rights, 15 to economic, social and cultural rights, 26 to the rights of special categories, 7 to service of employees and 81 to various other areas. The remaining 121 complaints have been of a recurrent nature. g) The Government has not assisted the Commission as expected in connection with addressing the complaints received. Erroneous or incomplete information were received regarding unlawful arrests. In several cases the Commission, on the basis of non-compliance with the feeling that there had been activities contrary to human rights standards, had requested the Government to seek to undertake measures to put a stop to such activities. However, the Government’s responsible authorities, by twisting, perverting, and imputing wrong meanings to such requests, even attempted to make the Commission a subject of public criticism thereby tarnishing its image to some extent. h) A final draft of NHRC Capacity Building Project has been prepared to strengthen the Commission in coordination with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the assistance of donor countries. A promotional program against racial discrimination is to be launched with the assistance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Assistance has been received from the British Embassy to study the cases of victims of torture in Maoist-affected areas. Also, a study related to the situation of human rights in some of the Maoist-affected districts is in its final stage.