NHRC's complaints

Maintaining peace and security for over all development works in the country is one among several major responsibilities of any government. It's government's first and foremost duty to take initiatives so as to checkmate the growing number of irregularities in almost each and every sectors. People often complain about government's ignorance towards their problems. It's also natural that government cannot keep eagle eyes on all the on-going activities, therefore government make various separate branches so that they function well according to people's wishes.

But because corruption has surpassed its limitation in Nepal, no authority is able to function in a free manner to curb the corruption which is on rise. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which makes the government aware about the violation of human rights from time to time, has complained that the government has not shown much eagerness to implement some of the recommendations made by the Commission during the 10 years since its establishment. It also claimed that the government has failed to implement majority of the recommendations it made and helped promote lawlessness in the nation.

The NHRC made such a complaint while unveiling a book, which is the collection of over 300 recommendations made during its one decade tenure. According to the NHRC, among the 386 recommendations, the government implemented 34 cases fully and 138 partially.

The government has simply compensated the victims, but has failed to punish the perpetrators of human rights violation. NHRC simply wants punishment for those who violated the basic human rights. Among 386 cases of human rights violation, the state authority was held responsible for 262 cases. Similarly, the Unified CPN-Maoist accounted for 88 cases and various stakeholders for 36 cases of human rights violation.

The major reason of government's failure to implement the laws strictly is the number of political parties. Nepal is small but the number of political parties is still increasing. There is none who don't recognize at least three or four members of Constituent Assembly (CA) who are easily available to help their kin when there is need of even a bit of help in administrative matters. Because of growing influence and interference of leader in the functions of administration, government staff are not able to work in a just manner.

There is also an example of a state minister, Karima Begum, slapping and insulting Chief of District Officer (CDO)of Parsa just because of not providing her a VIP vehicle to receive her from Simara airport.

There are so many incidents of this type in Nepal. But the government, as usual, turns a daf ear to them instead of bringing the culprits to book.