Nepal’s response to Covid-19 failed to ensure people’s right to health, report says

The International Commission of Jurists says Nepal’s health system remains unprepared and defiant of a range of orders of the Supreme Court relating to the realisation of the right to health.

Nepal’s responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have fallen short of meeting the country’s obligations to respect, protect, and fulfil the right to health guaranteed by Nepal’s constitution, national legislation and international obligation to human rights, according to a report by the International Commission of Jurists.