Nepal, NHRC, delegation visits NHRC, India

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New Delhi : A four member delegation from the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal led by its Chairperson Justice Anup Raj Sharma and comprising Commissioner Ms Mohna Ansari visited the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, in New Delhi, on January 10, 2018. The Nepal NHRC delegation members met Justice H L Dattu, Chairperson, NHRC, India, and  Ambuj Sharma, Secretary General, and senior officers of NHRC, India, and shared the best practices being followed in both the NHRIs.

The Nepal delegation also extended an invitation to Justice Dattu to participate in a South Asia Regional Conference being organised by it in Kathmandu from April 9 to 11, 2018, to facilitate a regional dialogue on identifying challenges in realizing human rights in South Asia. The Conference also aims at sharing good practices in the promotion and protection of human rights and to create a foundation for strengthening the functioning of NHRIs in the region.

The Nepal delegation requested NHRC, India, to extend all possible support to it in organizing this International Conference. The conference will have representation from the NHRIs in the SAARC region besides Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, academicians and activists working on human rights, according to an NHRC, India, release.