Kathmandu, April 15 -- The government has drafted a bill to amend the National Human Rights Commission Act-2012, which experts say would curtail the rights of the constitutional watchdog.
The bill, drafted by the Prime Minister's Office, is set to be registered at the federal parliament's secretariat.
The "Bill to Amend the National Human Rights Commission Act-2012" has made it mandatory for the commission to recommend cases against human rights violators--individuals or institutions--to the attorney general.
Experts say such a move could defeat the whole purpose of holding human rights violators to account, especially when government authorities themselves are involved in the offences.
"Since the government authorities also violate hum...