International Human Rights Day: National Human Rights Commission remains in category B since 2011

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has remained listed in category B by the respective UN agency since 2011 as the commission could meet the necessary criteria for improving its standard or condition.

In the meantime, Nepal, a member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), has been upgraded to category A, while another SAARC member Afghanistan has also received category A recognition until Taliban took power.

A national human rights commission that can work independently and without the government’s interference, as well as free from financial influence is classified as category A, while a national human rights body that cannot meet these criteria of category A is enlisted as category B, and they try to improve their standard. The standard of a national human rights commission which is enlisted as category C is very dissatisfying.