Prospects and Challenges for the Implementation of Revised National Action Plan (2021): A Contextual Perspective

Abstract

During the last decade, Pakistan has implemented a consolidated- original –National Action Plan in 2014 (NAP-2014) and later an updated version of the same i.e. the Revised National Action Plan (Revised NAP-2021) has been launched in 2021. This paper provides a contextual appraisal of the genesis and the respective developments achieved under the ambit of the aforesaid NAP-2014 and the Revised NAP-2021. Further, it also highlighted the prospects and challenges regarding the implementation of the proposed Revised National Action Plan (2021). The study has mainly used the descriptive research design and it has used the secondary data sources for achieving the objective of this study. This research recommends that state authorities of Pakistan need to incorporate suitable reforms in the investigation, prosecution and adjudication departments of her criminal justice system i.e. for achieving the successful implementation of the Revised NAP-2021.