At the 56° session of the Commission on Human Rights...

At the 56° session of the Commission on Human Rights Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Bastola said his Government was fully committed to the promotion and protection of human rights and the Constitution guaranteed the basic human rights and fundamental freedoms. An independent National Human Rights Commission was in the process of being established, legislative measures provided for compensation for torture victims, and steps were being taken to abolish the death penalty and eliminate inequality between men and women in matters of inheritance.