INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, August 11
The Office of the Attorney General plans to make protection of victims and witnesses, and continuous hearing in cases
involving women and children more effective
Making public its 29-point programmes for this fiscal that began in mid-July, Attorney General Agni Kharel said his office planned to make
government attorneys pro-victims.
The office has been running campaigns named ‘Hello Witness& and ‘Continuous Hearing& for over two
Kharel said the programmes had helped encourage witnesses to attend the court, while ensuring speedy justice delivery.
&We will make the
programmes more effective this year,& he said
The OAG will revise the directives related to protection of victims and witnesses, and activate the Victim Protection Recommendation
Committee.
This fiscal, the OAG plans to facilitate adoption of laws related to services of government attorneys, and conduct an
organisation and management survey of district attorney offices
The office plans to make 252 hiring in the next three years.
The office also plans to promote seven district attorney offices in each of the
seven provinces as model offices
The seven offices are Jhapa of Province-1, Bara of Province-2, Dhading of Province-3, Tanahun of Gandaki Province, Banke of Province-5,
Jumla of Karnali Province, and Darchula of Sudurpaschim Province
The office also plans to run training programmes for government attorneys in specialised areas such as cybercrime, organised crime, revenue
and public property protection.
The OAG will conduct monitoring of prisons and facilitate improvement of prison conditions
&I must say our jails are overcrowded, and condition there is not good,& said Kharel.
The office will also expand the number of child
correction centres.
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