A newly-drafted Act of the NHRC-2066, submitted to the parliament two days ago by the Ministry of Law and Justice, comes at a time when NHRC´s several recommendations and directions have gone largely unheeded. The new provision aims at facilitating implementation of NHRC´s recommendations in the days to come. The NHRC would, however, only be allowed to publicize the names of the human rights violator/s after receiving his/her clarifications on the matter concerned. The NHRC will first ask the violator to furnish clarifications within 15 days for defying NHRC´s order and directions.
"If the clarifications are not furnished within the stipulated time," the Act states, "or if the clarification does not satisfy the NHRC, his/her name and also the name of institutions would be publicized as a human rights violator."
The Act also empowers the NHRC to recommend to the government not to accept human rights violators for public positions. "If he/she is supposed to be appointed or promoted for any public position by the government, the record of the NHRC would be seriously taken as an assessment," the act states.
The NHRC maintained that the newly-drafted Act reflects its spirit and objectives. "The new Act will help to implement our recommendations and decisions," Kedar Nath Upadhyay, chief of the NHRC, told myrepublica.com. The new Act has additionally mandated the NHRC to directly recommend to the government for departmental action against human rights violators.
As per the new provision, the NHRC would also recommend the government to compensate the victims. Depending on the nature of human rights violation, the victims would be paid a compensation of up to Rs 300,000.
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