Preliminary report on Human rights situation in COVID19

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Preliminary report on Human rights situation in COVID19

November 2, 2020

National Human Rights Commission has been continuously working with three tiers of government and civil society to monitor human rights conditions during COVID-1. By establishing a high-level network in April 2020 and NHRC has been closely monitoring the response of public health emergency through the press releases and shared press notes recommending the Government of Nepal particularly based on the actions taken by the Government of Nepal to combat COVID-19 including management of health treatment, rights of the consumer, freedom of expression, access to the judicial administration, and the citizens’ duties among others. The report presents the human rights situation during pandemic and provided recommendation to the Government for further improvement.