Kathmandu, 25 May: The Human Rights Committee (HRC) of the Federal Parliament has vowed to revise the draft bill aimed at amending the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Act-2012.
Following widespread criticism the parliamentary the committee on Friday announced that it would revise the bill in close coordination and consultation with the officials of the NHRC.
The draft bill drew much flak as the provisions included in it reduced the administrative and financial autonomy of NHRC and makes it mandatory to recommend the cases it has investigated to the Attorney General. The draft contradicts Article 293 of the Constitution of Nepal.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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