The Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) have started a three-day advocacy training for the pre-session of the Universal Periodic Review for civil society representatives in Kathmandu on October 12.
On the occasion of the inauguration of the training, INSEC’s Executive Director Bijay Raj Gautam gave information about the training process.
Yagya Adhikari, director of the National Human Rights Commission, Bagmati Province, said that the international community had given a lot of suggestions on development and such suggestions were linked to poverty.
UNDP’s Tek Tamata said sustainable development should be given priority along with the UPR’s report. He said that works of the civil society should be done considering the 17 goals of sustainable development.
Kapil Aryal, Associate Professor at the Kathmandu School of Law, said that the report prepared by the coalition of NGOs has been submitted to the UN Human Rights Council.