The NHRC on Sunday published its monitoring report of the protests held before and after the promulgation of the new constitution and suggested to the agitating parties not to use no man's land for protests.
"The commission urges the agitating parties to respect the rights of Nepali citizens to celebrate their traditional festivals," stated the report.
"Though a serious humanitarian crisis has surfaced since the blockade at border checkpoints and this has curtailed the people's right to essential supplies, the protestors have failed to show minimum human sensitivity. The act of staging protests at no man's land has shown misuse of the right to peaceful protests," the NHRC concluded.
The commission has asked the parties to make their protests peaceful and stop the use of sticks, slingshots, spears, axes and sickles during the protests. On the other hand, the commission has also concluded that security forces have used excessive force in their attempt to contain the protests and urged the government to implement the directives of the commission, the Supreme Court and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the use of force.
The constitutional body has urged the government to take legal action against the officials as well as protestors involved in various killings during the protest programs.
In its report, the commission has mentioned that 49 people lost their lives during the recent protests and at least 729 sustained injuries. According to the NHRC, police were responsible for 32 deaths while protestors were responsible for nine. The commission's report said three protestors had died in vehicle accident while five others were reportedly killed by protestors but the protestors have not taken any responsibility for the deaths.
NHRC has also concluded that the failure of the government to implement the agreements reached with different agitating sides and groups has paved the way for repeated protests on the same issues.
The commission has urged both parties to such agreements to honestly implement them.
Likewise, the commission has urged the political leaders, cadres, security officials, media persons, human rights activists and civil society leaders not to voice expressions that incite communal, regional or other feelings of hatred.
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