NHRC to open contact offices in five districts

Kathmandu Nov 23-The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said it is going to open contact offices in five districts soon.

Talking to Nepalnews, public relations officer of the NHRC, Bimal Babu Khatri, informed that contact offices are being set up in Jumla, Rolpa and Khotang districts within the next two months in the first phase while similar contact offices would be established in Butwal of Rupandehi and Dhanusha in the second phase.

“Decision to open the contact offices has already been taken and the process will start soon,” he said and informed that the new offices are being opened under the “Outreach Program” which is funded by the European Union and few other donors. “We need to build up our administrative capacity to reach out to different parts of the country for the monitoring of human rights situation,” he said.

Khatri informed that internal homework to establish a regional office in Dhangadi is also underway. “We hope to start works by January 2006,” he informed.

The rights watchdog has regional offices in Biratnagar, Pokhara and Nepalganj.