Kathmandu, July 17 -- Nepal's implementation of the recommendations from the third cycle of the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has been dismal, says a report by a consortium of non-governmental organisations.

The report submitted to the council by the Nepal National Coalition for UPR, the National Women's Coalition for UPR, and the Durban Review Conference Follow-up Committee Nepal, which together represent 530 civil society organisations, suggest that most of the recommendations have either not been implemented or only partially implemented.

During the third UPR cycle in January 2022, Nepal supported 196 of 233 recommendations, agreeing to implement them. However, successive governments paid little attention ...