Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- While civil society organisations reckon Nepal has made dismal progress in implementing the recommendations from the previous Universal Periodic Review, the government in its report presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council has portrayed substantial progress.

During the third cycle of the review held in January 2022, Nepal supported 196 of 233 recommendations, agreeing to implement them. Nepal's report submitted last month and unveiled by the council on Friday, says, "most of the recommendations made by the member states during the third cycle have been achieved."

The report claims that Nepal has made sustainable progress in increasing autonomy of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), setting grou...