Releasing its key concerns and urgent appeal to ease humanitarian crisis and its impact on human rights in Nepal, the NHRC has said shortage of essential goods has badly hampered child rights, women rights, health rights, education rights, economic, social, cultural, professional rights and the rights of doing business.
The commission has sent the letter to the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) of the national human rights institutions, the International Coordination Committee (ICC) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
"This unofficial, but very obvious obstruction on fuel and other goods at the border points between Nepal and India has already pushed the country to the brink of a massive humanitarian crisis," said the NHRC in its analysis of the situation.
"Ironically, the victims of the impending crisis are likely to be the Madhesi people as well as everyone else in Nepal."
NHRC has called upon the international community to take all necessary measures to end the humanitarian crisis that Nepal and its people are facing.
The commission also called upon relevant parties to have constructive dialogue and negotiation with the aim to stop adopting, maintaining or implementing unilateral coercive measures that run counter to international laws, international humanitarian laws, the Charter of the United Nations and the norms and principles governing peaceful relations among States.
The NHRC requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to pay due attention and give urgent consideration to the present humanitarian crisis and its impact on human rights in Nepal.
NHRC called the Madhes-based protesting parties to change the method of their protest respecting civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the larger population, and be ready to resolve the problems through constructive and meaningful dialogue with the government.
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