A report on human rights situation in Nepal has shown that human rights violations by state agencies have decreased in the year 2014. Nepal Human Rights Yearbook 2015, published by Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC), has registered 309 victims of human rights violation by state actors in 2014. Among the people victimized by the state, 63 are women and 246 men. The number of such victims was 640 in 2013. However, cases of human rights violations by non-state actors have increased significantly. Non-state actors were found responsible for victimizing a total of 5,073 people, including 4,658 women, 411 men and four third-gender people. In 2013, the number of people victimized by non-state actors was 4,795. According to the report, 308 people were killed in 2014. Of them, non-state actors were involved in 301 killings. The yearbook has clearly shown that women have been victimized the most as the number of women victimized by the non-state actors in 2014 remain 4,658. The yearbook, unveiled on Thursday, claimed that 91 women were killed by their own families in 2014. Saptari and Morang have registered maximum number of such killings, six in each district, in 2014. According to the report, 108 women were killed by their families in 2013. Likewise, 238 women were raped in 2014 while 139 others were victims of attempted rape. In 2014, 89 women were victimized in the name of practicing witchcraft while 93 suffered from sexual harassment. A large number of women suffered from domestic violence in 2014. The number of victims of domestic violence remained 2,496 in 2014. “Victims of domestic violence have started reporting the torture meted out to them. This is a positive side of the Domestic Violence Crime and Punishment Act,” said Bijay Raj Gautam. Similarly, the yearbook has reported that 337 women became victims of polygamy in 2014 while two women were forced into prostitution by their own family members. As per the report, 525 girl children were raped while 229 children were sexually abused. Likewise, 18 newborn babies, including 15 baby girls, were killed in 2014. Likewise, the yearbook has also raised serious concern over the endorsement of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Commission for Enforced Disappearance Act, saying it is not on par with the human rights principles and the Supreme Court order of January 2, 2014. “The transitional justice mechanisms have been formed ignoring the victims. The victims and the human rights community are unlikely to support the commissions,” said Sushil Pyakurel, the founder chairman of INSEC. “Impunity has been growing and it is the main reason behind increased cases of human rights violations,” said Subodh Raj Pyakurel, chairman of INSEC.National Human Rights Commission Spokesperson Mohana Ansari said political apathy toward the people, impunity and lack of human rights culture in the country were some of the reasons behind growing cases of human rights violations