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Posts tagged as “lobbying”

The impending NHRC downgrade

by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 20, 2023With just two months for the decision of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) to downgrade the National Human Rights Commission to come into effect, the constitutional body has started lobbying to retain its “A” grade. Last week, it urged lawmakers to put pressure on the government to introduce a bill to amend the National Human Rights Commission Act in line with the…

Norwegian Refugee Council Chief Says European Envoys Should Return to Kabul

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, May 28, 2023The Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland, said that he is lobbying for his country’s ambassador — as well other European ambassadors — to return to Afghanistan. In an interview with TOLOnews’ Hamid Bahram, Egeland said that Norway has recognized Afghanistan “for a very long time” and that regimes have come and gone but Oslo has recognized the country. “In diplomacy. You don’t recognize…