Dec 13, 2020

Nepal Human Development Report 2020

Nepal has been publishing the Nepal Human Development Report since 1998, with the focus shifting considering the needs of the country. The last Nepal Human Development Report in 2014 focused mainly on the human capability approach to development. Since then, profound changes have occurred in the political, economic, social and governance spheres. With the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2015 and its successive enforcement, the country has moved to a federated political system with three levels of government. With this major change, Nepali society, which was under the strain of a deep-rooted feudal history and culture, has been changing. The Constitution guaranteed the fundamental rights of the people. The adoption of three levels of democratic government now has rippled through different spheres of development and human life. Therefore, the Nepal Human Development Report 2020: Beyond LDC Graduation: Productive Transformation and Prosperity has focused on how Nepal could meaningfully advance towards sustainable human development at a faster pace.

Dec 1, 2020

Practitioner Guideline for the Operation of Judicial Committee

Enhancing Access to Justice through Institutional Reform Project (A2J Project) has developed a Practitioner Guideline for the operation of Judicial Committee (JC) in the COVID pandemic context. The guideline highlights on the challenges faced by victims in accessing justice during the pandemic and details out the rights and responsibilities of the Judicial Committee and its roles in delivering justice at local level particularly focusing on women, children, senior citizens, Dalit and other marginalized communities. This basically provides the guideline for the operation of the JC during and post lockdown period. The guideline covers issues such as; needful preparedness for the continuation of the judicial services and communication thereof, service delivery, safety and security of victims and incident management personnel, facilities relating to health and safety, discourse of communication against gender based violence, coordination and collaboration among the stakeholders, developing checklist for the monitoring committee formed for relief distribution and quarantine management in view of addressing the corona pandemic etc.

Nov 23, 2020

SDG Baseline Report of Province 2

The provincial policy and planning commission of province-2 in Nepal published 'SDGs Baseline and Roadmap Report' with a view to present the current status of this province in terms of goals and indicators based on the available data and also on the targets for 2025 and 2030. It also indicates policy measures that need to be implemented to achieve five outcomes: people, planet, prosperity, partnership, and peace. The interconnected SDGs goals are clustered into five sets that have direct relevance to these outcomes.