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Social
Workers in Juvenile Justice system of Nepal, by
Biswash Chepang (kh 21/03/2023)
Book
on political representation of Dalit unveiled in
Kathmandu (kh 21/03/2023)
Law
to record conversations being introduced!, by
Tapendra Karki (rep 21/03/2023)
Child
protection in Nepal: Majority of local governments fail
to take child rights measures : Out of the total 753
local levels, only 238 have formed a Child Rights
Committee, and 246 have deployed a Child Welfare Officer
(nlt 20/03/2023)
Disputed
bill to revise transitional justice law lands in House :
Plans to endorse the bill through a fast-track process,
but the opposition insists on a detailed discussion,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/03/2023), Lawmaker
Shahi picks holes in TRC bill, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 20/03/2023), Transitional
Justice A Difficult Road Ahead, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 21/03/2023)
Nepal
stands out in South Asia in human rights
and liberal values, says Dr Juergen
Martens, President of Liberal
International
‘We will be supporting Nepal and Nepali
political parties in further enhancing
human rights and liberal values’
(nlt 19/03/2023) [This
interview contains a few statements that
do not correctly reflect the Nepali
reality!]
Transitional
justice is not revenge : We need to know
the truth about what happened during the
Maoist conflict that ran from 1996 to
2006, by Mohna Ansari (kp
19/03/2023)
A
prolonged transitional justice process : Lack of proper
law is among several reasons obstructing the process, a
major component of the peace accord, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 19/03/2023) [Justice
for the victims has never been the intention of the top
politicians!]
Decriminalise
abortion: Rights activists, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
19/03/2023)
Names
of National Martyrs published in Nepal Gazette (kh
18/03/2023) [And when will the
names of (potential) perpetrators be published in the
Nepal Gazette?]
Should
Deepak Manange be in jail?, by Bhasa Sharma (rep
17/03/2023) [Also a case of the
great proximity of politics and crime!]
John
F Kennedy and consumer rights: Its relevance to Nepal at
present, by Samrat Dhungana (ht 17/03/2023)
Nawalparasi
jail facing challenges due to overcrowding (kh
17/03/2023)
Girls
who marry early face abuse and health issues, by
Anushka Nepal (ae 16/03/2023)
Women
survivors silenced : The transitional justice mechanisms
cannot make the survivors of sexual violence invisible,
by Binita Poudel (kp 16/03/2023)
Violence
against women on the rise : Experts working in women’s
rights point out the patriarchal mindset of people,
taking the woman as second class citizen, rise in
reporting of the incidences and use of various social
media as some of the causes for a rise in the number of
cases of violence against women, by Sabitri Dhakal
(ae 15/03/2023)
Once
sold in Kuwait, she still lives in pain back home :
Sanimaya’s tale represents countless Nepali women who
are taken to various Gulf countries on visit visas and
then are made to work in virtual slavery, by Anup
Ojha (kp 15/03/2023)
Haruwa-Charuwa
demand rehabilitation program (kh 15/03/2023)
Human
Rights Watch urges Bhutan government to free ‘political
prisoners’ : While the total number of political
prisoners in Bhutan remains unknown, Human Rights Watch
said it collected information relating to 37 current
prisoners who were first detained between 1990 and 2010
(kp 15/03/2023)
Conflict
victims complain of not getting justice yet (kh
14/03/2023), Crime
and punishment: Rights body in Nepal cries foul at the
faulty transitional justice bill : The Accountability
Watch (AWC) has condemned the government's move to
re-register the amendment to the transitional justice
law without fulfilling the demands of victims and
stakeholders (nlt 14/03/2023)
The
Meaningless Maoist Attack on Judiciary (rep
14/03/2023)
Complete
Transitional Justice Process, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
14/03/2023)
CLARISSA
research reveals pathways to, abuse and exploitation
faced by children in the worst forms of child labor
The life stories of the research reveal different
abusive and exploitative practices, including harassment
and bullying, against children in child labor in the
adult entertainment sector by both customers and
employers (nlt 14/03/2023)
Fighting
Sexual Abuse In Public Transport, by Writika Rijal
(rn 14/03/2023)
Political
Impunity: What Politicians Need to Know, by Diwakar
Dhakal (rep 13/03/2023)
Amendment
of TRC bill becoming controversial again, by Devesh
Jha (kh 13/03/2023), ‘Regular
justice system in play when transitional justice bodies
are defunct’, Human rights and constitutional lawyer
Raju Prasad Chapagain on ways to take the transitional
justice process forward (interview) (kp 13/03/2023)
Conclude
Peace Process In Earnest, by Ballav Dahal (rn
13/03/2023)
Missing
Dalits in research institutions : The issues of Dalits
won’t be taken seriously when nobody is in the team to
put them forward, by Sagoon Bhetwal (kp 12/03/2023)
Stop
the Misuse of Presidential Power of Pardon, by Ravi
Nayak (rep 12/03/2023)
Glorification
of rape-accused: How fair?, by Aishworya Shrestha
(kh 11/03/2023)
Underage
pregnancy still high in Makawanpur : Campaigns to end
child marriage have become ineffective amid higher
elopement rate, by Pratap Bista (kp 11/03/2023)
Prosecuting
MaoistsFollowing the issuance of an order by the Supreme
Court, Nepal’s PM faces a court hearing into deaths
during the Maoist insurgency (sp 10/03/2023)
Cries
for justice in Nepal: Conflict victims protest in front
of the Supreme Court : Victims of war-era crimes have
united to exert pressure on the state institutions to
deliver justice on extra-judicial killings. Meanwhile,
the government is preparing to endorse a law that can
provide amnesty to even those involved in murder, by
Kalpana Ghimire (nlt 10/03/2023)
Gender
pay gap in construction sector is huge. It's not seen
closing anytime soon : Women workers say despite being
skilled, they only get paid close to a third of the
wages paid to male, by Prakash Baral (kp 10/03/2023)
TRC
should settle conflict-era cases, not courts: Maoist
factions : To hold press conference on March 12;
interaction on March 14 (kh 10/03/2023) [But
this has been denied for years by all political leaders.
The laws in this regard are completely inadequate and
are not oriented towards justice for the victims. It is
time for the judiciary to take over!], Nepal
bill says murder is not serious rights violation : The
government registers the new bill at the Parliament
Secretariat to amend controversial transitional justice
law, by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/03/2023)
SC
gives precedence in writ against PM Dahal : Orders to
submit a written reply within 15 days (kh
10/03/2023)
Child
marriage rate drops in three municipalities of Kalikot,
by Lalit Bista (rep 10/03/2023)
The
devastating effects of child marriage, by Anushka
Nepal (ae 09/03/2023)
Haunted
by the past : The Maoists of various stripes are
betraying their lack of commitment to transitional
justice (kp 09/03/2023)
Behind
the mask of happiness : In many Nepali households, men
continue to make financial decisions, including how
women’s earnings are spent, by Mimamsha Dhungel (kp
09/03/2023)
Long
fight against culture of rape and impunity : Women know
the battle for justice won’t be easily won but refuse to
give up. They vow to speak up louder, by Anshrica
Dewan (kp 08/03/2023), More
than 5,700 victims of violence against women and girls
(rep 08/03/2023)
Many
Achham parents favour boys over girls for schooling :
Parents don’t put much effort into educating their
daughters since they think that girls will someday leave
them and go with their husbands, by Menuka Dhungana
(kp 08/03/2023)
Evolving
gender equations : Women should speak up for justice
notwithstanding concerns of family reputation or social
pressure, by Sushila Karki (kp 08/03/2023)
In
Nepal, farm women are becoming entrepreneurs : Women are
experiencing increased responsibilities and workloads,
especially in situations where there is climate-driven
out migration of men and young people, by Subin
Adhikari (kp 08/03/2023)
Bridge
Digital Gender Gap, by Namrata Sharma (rn
08/03/2023)
Supreme
Court to begin hearing petitions against Dahal tomorrow
: NHRC expresses concern over unresolved issues, 16
years after the peace accord, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/03/2023), Eight
Maoist groups close ranks as judiciary takes up war-era
cases : Vow to counter ‘any attempt by court to go
against peace process and political change’, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 08/03/2023) [17
years of empty promises by politicians are enough! It is
high time that justice is done for the victims!]
Empowered
Nepali women : Things will change when men who do not do
dishes at home stop lecturing on women’s empowerment,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 07/03/2023)
Women’s
participation in state’s bodies being ensured: Speaker
Ghimire (kh 07/03/2023) [With
a few exceptions, the women involved only play backstage
roles! More than the 33 per cent of women
parliamentarians prescribed by the constitution are not
involved anyway. In the Council of Ministers and other
institutions, not even this is achieved!], It
is difficult to take women to key positions according to
legal system: Speaker Ghimire (rep 07/03/2023)
A
proposed Buddhist college in a district bordering China
creates heated debate in Nepal’s political sphere :
Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli dubs the proposed
Buddhist college in Mustang as a “deceitful move against
China”. The government assures investigation into the
issue (nlt 07/03/2023) [Higher
educational institutions in the non-Hindu areas of Nepal
violate China? Mr Oli, what kind of bullshit is this?
Your statements deeply hurt the non-Hindu population of
Nepal!]
NHRC
urges govt to Conclude transitional justice as soon as
possible (kh 07/03/2023)
Mishandling
of transitional justice process, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 06/03/2023), Nepal’s
Maoist does not want Supreme Court to decide the fate of
war-time crimes : Maoist want the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission to conclude the pending cases
of war-time crimes. The commission, according to
observers, has been highly politicized and cannot go
against any powerful leaders (nlt 06/03/2023), Eight
Maoist factions warn of countering activities against
CPA and political change (kh 07/03/2023) [In
other words: 17 years after the end of the Maoist
insurgency, the Maoist top politicians still do not want
a legal reappraisal of the crimes of that time!],
Writ
filed against Prachanda at Supreme Court (kh
07/03/2023), SC
to proceed writ filed against PM Dahal from Wednesday
(kh 07/03/2023), Parties
in Maoist stream to confront all activities against
peace pact (kh 07/03/2023) [Without
these activities there will never be an implementation
of the peace pact!], Maoist
stream parties' meeting decides to confront activities
against peace pact (rn 07/03/2023) [Significantly,
a meeting of 17 exclusively male politicians, very
predominantly Khas Arya!], Will
Nepali Congress band together with Maoist forces in
transitional justice issues? Following the Supreme Court
order to register a case against Prime Minister Pushpa
Kamal Dahal, war-era Maoist leaders have come together
against the decision. Nepali Congress has also indicated
to stand in favor of Maoist forces (nlt 07/03/2023)
[In the time of the insurgency,
the NC was repeatedly in charge of the government before
King Gyanendra seized power and appointed confidants
from the RPP. All of them, including Gyanendra, bear
responsibility for the crimes committed by the security
forces at that time and must be held accountable just
like the Maoist leaders!]
PM
Prachanda goes berserk: Threatens to bring thousands of
Maoist cadres to the streets : PM Prachanda and his
war-era Maoist colleagues are making one after another
aggressive statements following the Supreme Court's
order to take writ petition against him for deaths
during Maoist insurgency (nlt 06/03/2023), TRC
should deal with “People’s War” cases, not court: Dr.
Bhattarai (kh 06/03/2023) [The
civil war ended 17 years ago, but nothing happens, Mr
Bhattarai! All the leading politicians lack any will to
do so!], Nine
parties speak up as court opens way for Dahal’s criminal
trial : A bill to amend transitional justice law, in
line with court orders, will be tabled in current House
session, they say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/03/2023)
Nine
parties decide to submit Transitional Justice Bill to
Parliament as per SC direction (kh 05/03/2023
Under
provincial name Koshi, currents of discontent still flow
: Madhesh is the only province named on identity basis.
Many blame erosion in Maoist ideology, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 04/03/2023) [The
fairy tale of social inclusion has long been forgotten!
The male Khas Arya minority suppresses any historical
and non-Hindu ethnic reference in terms of state
ideology and nationalism.], Maoist
Center objects SC order to register writ against PM
Dahal (kh 05/03/2023) [As
far as I remember, PK Dahal indicted himself when he
took responsibility for 5,000 deaths during the
uprising. Politicians do not enjoy special rights, on
the contrary!], Petitions
holding PM Dahal accountable for Maoist War deaths and
destruction: What next?, by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep
05/03/2023)
Handle
Human Rights Issues with Care, by Randhir Chaudhary
(rep 04/03/2023), Supreme
Court orders its administration to take petitions
against Prime Minister Dahal : The petitions by two
advocates demand legal action against Dahal, the chief
of the Maoist Centre, for publicly claiming
responsibility for 5,000 insurgency-era deaths (kp
04/03/2023)
Orphanage
administrator sentenced for child sexual abuse : Among
the victims, is a 14-year-old girl suffering from mental
illness, who was fed medicines to forcibly terminate her
pregnancy, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 04/03/2023)
Beset
by poverty at home, Banke women face horror abroad :
Several debt-ridden Nepali women who illegally visited
Gulf nations for jobs are in captivity and crying for
help, by Rupa Gahatraj (kp 03/03/2023)
Justice
For Dilip, by Bini Dahal (rn 03/03/2023)
Child
marriage; still prevalent and on the rise, by
Anushka Nepal (ae 02/03/2023)
Nepal
Police's Slide toward Autocracy : Assessing the conduct,
investigations, technology, and human rights defense of
Nepal Police, by Kanchan Jha (rep 02/03/2023)
Musahar
children in Saptari village are still deprived of
education : Lack of government identity cards and
deprivation are forcing Musahar parents to keep their
children away from schools, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp
02/03/2023)
In
Geneva, Nepal pledges justice for the atrocities
committed during conflict : Fed up with repeated
promises, insurgency victims say, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 01/03/2023) [Nothing but
hollow promises! The former perpetrators sit partly in
highest state offices and have no interest in justice
for the victims!], PM
Dahal’s troubling message (rep 01/03/2023), Lies
going global : Govinda Bandi’s representation at the
Human Rights Council signals Nepal’s failure on
transitional justice (kp 02/03/2023) [This
reflects the real aspiration of PM Dahal!], Bandi
rallying global support for transitional justice
process, but victims unconvinced : As he pushes the
agenda of legal amendments, stakeholders suspect he is
complicit in Prime Minister Dahal’s bid to wrap up the
process without punishing perpetrators, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 03/03/2023), SC
orders to register writ against PM Dahal (kh
03/03/2023)
Displaced
families of October floods and landslides in Mugu
languish in flimsy tents : Resettlement is not in sight
while survivors face a shortage of food at their
makeshift homes, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp
01/03/2023) [Nepal's politicians
have no time to worry about such unimportant things!]
People
with albinism: Rights neglected and denied, by
Simone Galimberti (ht 01/03/2023)
Call
for better surveillance amid rising maternal deaths :
More than 90 maternal deaths have been reported across
the country in seven months, by Arjun Poudel (kp
28/02/2023)
Calls
grow for gender equality in foreign jobs m: The
restrictive policies over the years, regarding labour
mobility of women, have made them vulnerable to
trafficking and forced labour, observers say, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 28/02/2023)
Durga
Prasai forwards 11 points demands, urges
abolition of republicanism, federalism (kh
28/02/2023) [If
the CPN (UML) does not distance
itself from this Hindu
fundamentalism and Prasai's
unconstitutional demands and
underlines that Nepal is a
multi-ethnic, multi-religious
and multi-cultural secular
state, the rule of law attitude
of this party must be doubted!
The failures of the high-caste
male politicians, which
primarily include the chairman
of the CPN (UML), must not be
used as an excuse to question
the few hard-won democratic
achievements!]
SC
grants Sandeep
Lamichhane permission to
go abroad : 'No need to
re-incarcerate
Lamichhane' (kh
27/02/2023), CAN
preparing to send
rape-accused Lamichhane
to UAE today (nlt
01/03/2023) [And
what about the possible
victim?]
Prime
minister stops foreign minister from flying to Geneva :
The development comes as a new ruling coalition minus
the CPN-UML is in the making in Kathmandu just ahead of
the presidential election (kp 27/02/2023), Gobinda
Bandi, who drafted controversial TJ bills, leading
Nepali delegation at the UNHRC as PM’s advisor (rep
27/02/2023) [Once again the
disinterest of Nepali politics in justice for the
victims of the insurgency becomes clear!!!!]
Nepal,
be kind to foreigners : Nepal is desperate for foreign
investment but the legislation governing the visa of
foreign workers is extremely complicated and unfriendly,
by Simone Galimberti (nlt 27/02/2023)
PM
Dahal promises to recognize people’s war victims as
martyrs (kh 26/02/2023) [Being
a martyr does not mean justice for these victims, while
the perpetrators bask in wealth and position!]
Foreign
Minister Paudyal leaving for Geneva to attend UNHRC
session (kh 26/02/2023)
The
Masculine Hold on Politics, by Rishsika Dhakal (rep
26/02/2023)
Nepal
Children’s Organization’s land scam: Will parliament be
able to conduct a meaningful deliberation on the issue?
Nepal Children’s Organization had acquired the land with
the aim of providing child friendly shelters and spaces.
Now the land is being used by a business group with
support from office bearers appointed by powerful
politicians (nlt 26/02/2023)
Insurgency-era
victims of sexual crimes still unheard : Most victims
are from marginalised communities and lack of faith in
the system deters them from coming forward, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 25/02/2023)
Parents
wait for missing son, two decades since his
disappearance : In November 2000, Maoist rebels took a
grade five student and several other young boys from
their school. That was the last the parents saw their
13-year-old son, by Prakash Baral (kp 25/02/2023)
Ruffling
on Religion: Mission or Fashion?, by Atindra Dahal
(rep 24/02/2023) [A lot of
palaver by this male Bahun, but no discernible rationale
why in multi-religious, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and
multi-lingual Nepal the state should be linked again
solely to Hindu culture, religion and social thinking
after only a few years of interruption. Discriminatory
casteism, patriarchy and the sense of superiority of men
from a few Hindu castes have been responsible for the
exclusion of the majority of people and discrimination
against large sections of the population for centuries
and continue to this day. Hindu state and monarchy have
been responsible for these aberrations long enough. Why
should Nepal return to the mistakes of the past again?
The combination of state and religion has never paid off
positively anywhere in history.]
Local
government rule requiring its permission to marry draws
flak : Kapurkot defends new rule enforced to tackle
underage marriages and teen pregnancies, by Biplab
Maharjan (kp 24/02/2023) [related to Karnali province]
State
of the minorities in South Asia : Nepal's dominant Khas
Arya minority reaps disproportionate benefits of their
status, by Deepak Thapa (kp 23/02/2023) [see report]
The
price of not having a place to play, by Cilla Khatry
and Anushka Nepal (ae 23/02/2023)
Taplejung
district prison houses six times prisoners against
capacity (kh 22/02/2023) [This
is a serious violation of basic human rights!]
Bajhang
flood victims struggling for justice for over two
decades : Around 165 families were relocated to Kailali
but 20 years later, they are still landless, by DR
Pant (kp 22/02/2023) [One of
many cases of denial of assistance by government and
administration!]
When
will women lead big political parties? Bibeksheel Sajha
recently elected Samikchya Baskota as party chief while
Ranjita Shrestha heads another new party, the Nagarik
Unmukti Party, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 21/02/2023)
Ensure
Fundamental Right to Education in Mother Tongue, by
Randhir Chaudhary (rep 21/02/2023)
Achham
women deprived of treatment as cases of uterine prolapse
rise : Women suffering from uterine prolapse due to
multiple pregnancies and poor care depend on health
camps but the district hasn’t seen one in the past four
years, by Menuka Dhungana (kp) 19/02/2023), Rural
women’s woes : One-off health camps are unlikely to
bring lasting solutions to systemic neglect of women’s
wellbeing (kp 21/02/2023)
Govt
has not prioritized completion of peace process related
tasks: Speaker Ghimire (kh 19/02/2023)
Why
media should have the access to court proceedings :
Media plays a crucial role in ensuring that the public
is informed about what is happening in the courts. This
is essential to the functioning of democratic society,
by Bivek Chaudhary (nlt 19/02/2023)
Downgrade-wary
NHRC asks for help to right itself : Court delay in
settling appointment row, which influenced the global
body’s punishment, concerns experts, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 18/02/2023)
Police
rescue 26 women, four children trafficked to different
countries in a month (rep 18/02/2023)
President
pardons 395 convicts including ex-Maoist involved in
killing Ujjan Shrestha : Only on January 25, Supreme
Court had convicted Pushkar Gautam in the insurgency-era
murder (kp 18/02/2023) [Pardoning
criminals from the times of the Maoist
insurgency is the opposite of the justice due to
the victims of these crimes! President Bhandari
is once again neglecting her constitutional
duty!], 395
jail birds, including parliamentarian Chaudhary
given amnesty (kh 18/02/2023)
Women
in lead : Nepali society is more open to women’s
leadership than established parties would have us
believe (kp 17/02/2023)
Hundreds
of petitions sent to Bhutanese monarch demanding release
of political prisoners : Global Campaign for the Release
of Political Prisoners in Bhutan (GCRPPB) has urged the
international community to condemn Bhutan's continued
imprisonment of human rights activists (nlt
17/02/2023)
Murder
hearing against Maoist leader Sapkota deferred for 45th
time : Victims and rights activists say the top court’s
deferrals are deliberate attempts aimed at protecting
the accused, by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/02/2023) [A case that raises reasonable doubts
about the Nepali legal system and gives impetus to the
suspicion of unconditional impunity for well-known
politicians! The fact that people who have been on trial
for capital crimes for many years run for elections and
are repeatedly appointed to high state offices is
evidence of a non-existent political morality!]
Three
convicted in murder of environment activist Dilip Mahato
: Dhanusha District Court Judge Chitra Bahadur Gurung
found Bipin Mahato, Jitendra Mahato, and Munindra Mahato
guilty of the crime (kp 16/02/2023)
Children
with absent fathers struggle for citizenship : Officials
say their hands are tied on provision for women to pass
on citizenship to children when fathers are absent,
by Rupa Gahatraj (kp 15/02/2023) [Nothing
has changed, PM Dahal! Nepal remains a patriarchy
dominated by male delusion. Only men are true citizens.
Without them, women are nothing! It is a big security
risk for Nepal when women have absolutely equal rights!?
What was actually celebrated there the day before
yesterday?]
Activists
end protest after agreement (ht 15/02/2023)
High
school dropout runs flourishing eatery in Delhi : Trends
show that nearly 1 million Nepalis will leave the
country this fiscal year for better jobs abroad, apart
from those going to India, officials say, by
Mimamsha Dhungel (kp 15/02/2023) [This
is thanks to the extremely successful and committed
employment policies of Nepal's incredibly competent top
politicians!]
Essential
flaw : Those who joined the essential services knew full
well what they could and could not do (kp
15/02/2023)
Public
holiday today to commemorate “People’s War” (kh
13/02/2023) [And what about
justice for the many victims of crimes committed by
Maoists and state security forces? As with Prithvi
Janayanti, only the positive effects are celebrated, not
the negative ones!], Insurgency
victims' kin protest Feb 13 holiday, by Bal Krishna
Sah (ht 14/02/2023), People's
War, an epoch-making event in Nepali history: PM
(ht) [Yes, let the suffering of
the victims of this conflict never end! Why this
ridiculous call for justice? Everything has changed
since then in this previously socially non-inclusive
state. I am the PM and I am a male Bahun. All political
parties are under the control of male Khas Arya. All is
well with the world, that's something to celebrate,
isn't it!]
When
has Nepal’s media not been questioned? It has
always been under scrutiny. ‘Not only the
marginalised people but the more privileged
middle-class ones are also disenchanted with the
democratic system.’, interview with Hari
Sharma (kp 13/02/2023)
Bibeksheel
Sajha sets a strong message of gender parity in politics
: Despite ups and downs, Bibeksheel Sajha Party has
reemerged in Nepal’s politics with a strong message of
gender equality (nlt 12/02/2023)
Time
ripe to rethink archaic VVIP convoy protocol : Friday’s
assault of a doctor by police deployed to clear the road
for the presidential convoy could be the turning point,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 12/02/2023) [The
President obviously sees things differently. For this
reason, she has not yet taken a stand or even apologised
to the beaten-up doctor. Presumably she wants to enjoy
the royal privileges for her last days in office!]
Police
baton-charge a doctor during President’s
motorcade : The Nepal Medical
Association (NMA) has given a 24-hour
ultimatum to the government to take
action against the police responsible
for the incident (nlt 10/02/2023) [This
has something to do with the fact that
politicians see themselves as heirs to
the monarchy and want to be courted as
such, instead of serving the people as
their representatives!], Police
beat up doctor for walking during presidential escort
(rep 11/02/2023), President
should apologize: Gyanendra Shahi (rep 11/02/2023),
Police
constable involved in beating up Dr Singh suspended
(rep) [Suspension is not enough!
What is needed is appropriate punishment and
compensation and, above all, the eradication of the
attitude of politicians and security forces that
underlies this crime!]
An
integrated social registry for Nepal : Social
protection programmes cover about a third of the
population but are yet to reach all the poor and
vulnerable, by Faris Hadad-Zervos and
Lynne Sherburne-Benz (kp 10/02/2023)
Armed
Conflict and Conflict of Interest : Rabi
Lamichhane’s rant was Trumpian populism, an
anti-media ‘drain the swamp’ whataboutery
(nt 10/02/2023)
The
Media and Fight Against Corruption in Nepal,
by Rajendra Prasad Koirala (rep 10/02/2023)
Renewed
push for transitional justice Act amendment : Revisions
will be based on court’s verdict and international
practices, government representative say, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 09/02/2023)
The
troubling rise of ‘revenge porn’ in Nepal : In the past
six months, 680 such cases have already been registered
with the police, by Anup Ojha (kp 09/02/2023)
Government
preparing to push long-awaited citizenship bill : Prime
Minister Dahal plans to pass around 20 bills over the
next one-and-a-half months, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
08/02/2023)
Press
Freedom Under Threat, by Namrata Sharma (rn
08/02/2023)
Covid-19
pandemic has disproportionately affected trafficking
survivors: Report. The report recommended the local
governments address the impacts of Covid-19 on the
livelihoods and physical and mental well-being of the
trafficked survivors and returnee migrants (kp
08/02/2023)
Nepal
Police suspect a girl was being smuggled into India for
‘human sacrifice’. Here is a horrifying tale : In what
police suspect is an attempt of human sacrifice, a
racket of traffickers in Nepal took a young girl to
India, holding her hostage for a month in Kathmandu,
by Narayan Adhikari (nlt 07/02/2023)
Social
justice moving backwards : The leaders of the political
parties are the biggest obstacles to achieving social
justice, by Pradip Pariyar (kp 06/02/2023)
Ubiquitous
protests : The ruling class should be mindful : When
people see no hope, they take matters into their own
hands (kp 06/02/2023)
Kathmandu
District Court sentences Manoj Pandey to 7 years
imprisonment in human trafficking case (kh
06/02/2023)
Orientation
to religious leaders to check child marriage (kh
05/02/2023)
Rabi
Lamichhane and dual citizenship in Nepal : No
constitutional provision for dual citizenship, but state
offers limited citizenship rights for non-resident
Nepalis, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/02/2023)
12
women rescued from India in two months (kh
04/02/2023)
Business
practices in Nepal: Uncovering human rights concerns,
by Niyati Adhikari (nlt 04/02/2023)
Poverty
Imperils Human Rights, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
03/02/2023)
Teenage
girl trafficked to India for 'sacrifice' rescued (rn
03/02/2023), Trafficked
teenage girl rescued from India : According to police,
tantriks in India are demanding young girls—5.4 feet
high and without scars or tattoos, by Anup Ojha (kp
04/02/2023)
Lack
of citizenship pushes Musahars deep into poverty : In 40
households of Shobhapur, more than 50 individuals above
the age of 16 do not have citizenship certificates,
by Bharat Jargha Magar (kp 02/02/2023)
Landmark
bill to boost women candidacy in polls : Election
Commission is drafting a bill to increase women’s
candidacy in all three tiers of government by a third,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/0/2023), Hope
amid despair : The proposed bill to field more directly
elected women candidates is a silver lining (kp
03/02/2023)
Underpaid
Nepali nurses set their sights abroad : The monthly
salary of nurses in most private hospitals in Nepal is
in the range of Rs10,000 to Rs15,000, insiders say,
by Subin Adhikari (kp 02/02/2023)
Nepal’s
social protection system reinforcing inequality: HRW
(rep 02/02/2023) [see HRW
report]
Role
Of Informed Citizens In Democracy, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 02/02/2023)
UML’s
Constitutional Council dominance worries Maoist party :
UML nominees head major constitutional bodies including
those related to elections, corruption and human right,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 01/02/2023) [The
decline of democracy and the rule of law is guaranteed
with KP Oli, as evidenced by his machinations of
2020/21, which he continues to refuse to admit! He is
also mainly responsible for Nepal's degradation at
GANHRI!]
Attorney
general challenges high court on cricketer’s release :
Demands ex-captain be investigated in judicial custody
(kp 01/02/2023), CAN
lifts suspension of rape-accused cricketer Sandeep
Lamichhane : The executive committee meeting of the
nation’s cricket governing body held in Pokhara on
Tuesday decided to lift the suspension on Lamichhane,
by Pratiksha Kafle (kp 01/02/2023) [Another
example of disregard for the rule of law!], What
about ‘Gaushala 26’? The survivor has been rendered
invisible ever since she filed the case against Sandeep
Lamichhane (kp 02/02/2023), Govt
moves SC challenging release of cricketer Lamichhane on
bail (kh 02/02/2023), Cricket:
Sandeep Lamichhane included in national team (kh
02/02/2023) [????? Nepal
increasingly an unjust state!], Lamichhane’s
place in cricket training camp sparks outrage : The
22-year-old was included in the 20-member closed camp
for ICC World Cup League 2 Triangular Series, by
Prajwal Oli (kp 04/02/2023), CAN's
decision on Sandeep Lamichhane draws flak, by Bal
Krishna Sah (ht 04/02/2023), Police
arrests Tara Baral for allegedly trying to disrupt
peaceful demonstration against CAN decision (Photo
Feature), by Prasan Gurung (rep 04/02/2023)
Nepal
moves up corruption index, slightly : Transparency
International report shows the country continues to
remain among most corrupt nations, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/02/2023) [see CPI]
Ruby
Khan: An unrelenting fighter for justice, by Anushla
Nepal (ae 31/01/2023)
Nepal
is a champion country for fair recruitment, but on paper
only, observers say : Migrant workers are still paying a
huge amount for recruitment fees despite laws to prevent
such expenses (kp 31/01/2023)
Fresh
bid to withhold information draws flak : Calls grow for
revoking decision of chief secretary-led panel that
could curtail people’s right to information, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 30/01/2023), Govt's
decision to repeal RTI Act condemned (ht
30/01/2023), Government
backtracks on information classification : Experts say
it happened just because the drafters tried to
incorporate unnecessary issues instead of pinpointing
certain matters or documents, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
31/01/2023), Not
for your eyes : The government tried to curtail the
people’s right to know by stamping certain information
as confidential (kp 01/02/2023)
Trap
of trafficking: How women and girls are lured into
trafficking by their own relatives : According to
police, a significant number of girls sold into brothels
are trafficked by their own family members or
acquaintances, by Sushmita Aryal (nlt 30/01/2023)
Man
kills son, injures wife by setting fire sprinkling
petrol (kh 30/01/2023), Condition
of woman allegedly burnt by husband remains stable
(kh 31/01/2023)
Post-menopause
healthcare : As the population continues to age, support
for middle-aged women has become crucial, by Dushala
Adhikari (kp 30/01/2023)
Rabi
Lamchhane acquires Nepali citizenship again (kh
29/01/2023) [This
sounds extremely fast! Millions of young people
have been waiting in vain for this for years!]
Migrant
workers risk their lives in hopes of better life : Lured
with promises of good jobs, Nepali youths fall into
human traffickers’ traps, by Rajesh Mishra (kp
29/01/2023)
Man
attempts self-immolation in Pokhara (kh
29/01/2023), Two
injured as a man tries to self-immolate in
Pokhara, woman's condition critical, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 29/01/2023)
Victims’
voice weakened in media: Press Council Chairman Basnet
(rep 28/01/2023)
Eternal
wait : The Nirmala Kurmi case is yet another instance of
the state’s indifference to the plight of its citizens
(kp 27/01/2023)
Man
arrested on charges of trafficking four Nepali women to
Kuwait : They were allegedly sold for 900 dinar for two
years and were made to work without pay for 20 hours
daily (kp 27/01/2023)
Distressed
by debt, yet another businessman kills himself : A note
left by the 57-year-old man from Biratnagar mentions
failing in business and an inability to clear loans as
reasons for suicide, by Binod Bhandari (kp
27/01/2023)
End
Corporal Punishment In Schools, by Bijaya Karki (rn
26/01/2023)
Victims
of last November’s Doti earthquake spend cold winter
months under flimsy tarp : Thirty-four people from eight
families have been living under one tarpaulin tent in
Uparkada, by Mohan Shahi (kp 26/01/2023)
Unheard
plights of street vendors in Kathmandu : Despite their
irrefutable contributions to the economy, street vendors
are often overlooked and undervalued by policymakers,
law enforcement agencies and the general public, by
Anjila Shrestha (nlt 25/01/2023)
A
painful case: Prem Prasad Acharya’s suicide exposes ills
of private sector business, corrupt political system and
indifferent state : In his heart-wrenching Facebook
status posted before self-immolation, Prem Acharya has
stated how the deep rooted cronyism, nexus between
businesses and politicians and corruption in the system
led him to end his life (nlt 25/01/2023), ‘It’s
a murder, not suicide’ : Self-immolation by a young man,
who accused the state of failing him repeatedly, could
be the tip of a much bigger social problem, experts say,
by Anup Ojha (kp 26/01/2023)
Rape-accused
Pandey found guilty (rep 25/01/2023)
Rape
convict arrested after 23 years (rep 25/01/2023)
Are
Police Defying Home Minister’s Orders? (rep
25/01/2023)
If
children with disabilities aren’t educated, they won’t
be able to participate in society : ‘When we work in
inclusive education we have to target the government,
the children, the teachers and also the communities’,
interview with Pauline Nadim Ducos, Regional Director,
Humanity & Inclusion (nlt 24/01/2023)
Lakshmi
Ghimire: A powerful presence in province assembly,
by Tara Chapagain (ae 24/01/2023)
UNFPA
partners with NHRC to advance women’s rights in Nepal
(kh 23/01/2023)
Street
drama performed to demand justice for Nirmala Kurmi
(Photo feature), by Prasan Gurung (rep 23/01/2023), Rights
activists staging street drama demanding justice for
Nirmala Kurmi arrested, by Upendra Lamichhane (rep
23/01/2023),
Activists
demanding justice for Nirmala Kurmi in police net : Days
after Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane promised
investigation, police arrest Ruby Khan and her friends
demanding justice for the disappeared Banke woman
(nepalminute 23/01/2023)
Gupsipakha
residents move out due to water shortage : Water supply
at the integrated settlement built for earthquake
survivors has been disrupted since mid-December due to
extreme cold weather conditions, by Hariram Upreti
(kp 22/01/2023)
Journey
of a mother figure to children of prison inmates (ht
22/01/2023)
65
persons acquire naturalized citizenship in Solukhumbu
(kh 22/01/2023) [Only Nepali men
are considered real citizens by the patriarchal
nationalists. Therefore, their foreign wives are given
the opportunity to acquire Nepali citizenship. Nepali
women are no longer considered real Nepalis if they
marry foreigners. Therefore, their foreign husbands are
usually denied the opportunity to acquire Nepali
citizenship!]
Nepal
has mixed record on LGBT rights: Report (ht
22/01/2023)
The
agony of a stateless citizen : Being without a
citizenship at 21 has cost me my ambitions that I had
dreamed of since I was 16, by Vivek Baranwal (kp
21/01/2023)
Ruling
coalition fails to ensure inclusiveness in Cabinet :
Political parties won’t ensure inclusion, unless it’s
made mandatory by amending the constitution, says expert,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 21/01/2023) [This
reflects the basic non-inclusiveness of all political
parties! Nepal is still not a democracy, but an
oligarchy dominated and controlled by male Khas Arya.]
Students
of Hulakdanda see no recourse but to quit studies after
Grade 8 : The closest secondary school from Manthali
Municipality Ward 6 is at least three hours walk and
daily commute is impossible, students say, by Tika
Prasad Bhatta (kp 21/01/2023)
Delayed
bill: Crash victims’ kin miss out on millions : As per
the proposed law, domestic airlines must pay a minimum
of $100,000 for injury or death of a passenger, by
Sangam Prasain and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/01/2023) [Obviously, since then, Messrs. Oli,
Dahal and Deuba have been more concerned with their
political intrigues than with the ratification of this
bill!]
Building
gender-responsive policies : Policies fail to address
gender inequalities if they are developed with a
‘gender-neutral’ mindset, by Labisha Uprety (kp
20/01/2023)
Step
at a time : Politicians and ministers should take
practical steps to wean the state off remittance (kp
20/01/2023)
Such
a long wait for justice : The new Parliament must take
concrete steps to conclude the transitional justice
process, by Suman Adhikari (kp 19/01/2023) [One
should not expect anything. The parliamentarians are
only forced into absolute obedience to their incompetent
party leaders.]
“Freedom
of Expression should be utilized in national interest”,
interview with Rekha Sharma (kh 19/01/2023)
26pc
women in new Cabinet, by Bal Krishna Sah (ht
18/01/2023) [All of them are
Khas Arya. Only four of them are full-fledged ministers,
i.e. 20 per cent. This is again a clear violation of the
inclusion provision of the Constitution in several
respects. Moreover, most of the male ministers are also
Khas Arya!]
Rural
women turning self-reliant (kh 18/01/2023)
aitadi
local unit changes names of Dalit settlements to assuage
caste discrimination : Residents say name change is a
good step but attitudes towards Dalits have not changed,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 17/01/2023)
Parties
snub inclusion principle in top provincial posts : All
chief ministers are male. Constitution is silent on what
should be done if the authorities fail to ensure
proportional representation, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
16/01/2023) [This is not a
trivial offence, but a serious violation of the
Constitution, the fundamental law of the land, and
should be punished accordingly. In an increasingly
conscious society, the social balance is in danger!]
Uphold
Spirit Of PR Election System, by Sangita Subedi (rep
16/01/2023)
Space
of exclusion: No women, no Dalits, no Janajatis in chief
ministers of Nepal’s provinces : Experts say the
tendency of the political parties to repeatedly
undermine constitutional obligation to proportional
inclusion could pose a threat to federalism itself,
by Dhanu Bishwakarma (nlt 14/01/2023)
Journalists
who perished in the Maoist armed conflict in Nepal,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 14/01/2023) [The
one who claimed responsibility for many of these crimes
has just become PM for the third time!] Resolve
transitional justice at the earliest (rep)
Lack
of care, alcoholism contributing to high infant
mortality in Raute community : In Karnali, almost half
the Rauti children die in infancy, according to the
provincial planning body, by Tripti Shahi (kp
14/01/2023)
Nepali
media need to integrate human rights in election
reporting: Study (ae 13/01/2023) [see report
by Media Action Nepal]
US
rights group says President Bhandari’s inaction deprived
many Nepalis of citizenship : The Human Rights Watch
expresses concerns over lack of progress in transitional
justice process (kp 13/01/2023) [The
President's "inaction" was a deliberate breach of the
Constitution and should be named as such!]
Dahal
government faces global pressure to right war-era wrongs,
by Pratik Ghimire (ae 13/01/2023)
Nepal
sees no progress in Transitional Justice: Report. “Nepal
restricting free assembly, expression rights of Tibetans
under Chinese pressure” (kh 12/01/2023) [see Nepal:
Events of 2022, HRW World Report 2023], New
government, new commitment on transitional justice :
Successive administrations have listed transitional
justice among their top priorities but the delivery is
dismal, by Binod Ghimire (kp 12/01/2023) [The
one who declared to be responsible for the death of
5,000 people during the time of the uprising without
drawing any consequences is PM again. What should we
expect?], 16
years since conflict ended, Nepal not serious in
investigating wartime crimes, abuses : “Women and
members of marginalized communities, including Dalits,
are disproportionately the victims of rights violations,
and also find it hardest to seek redress” (nlt
12/01/2023),
Int’l
community keenly interested to see Nepal’s transitional
justice process moving forward: US envoy, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep 12/01/2023), They
still hope : All that the conflict victims are now
looking for is a sense of respectful closure (kh
13/01/2023) [Nepal
continues with the rule of unlaw!], HRW
report paints dismal picture of rule of law (ht
15/01/2023)
Human
rights issues inadequately covered during elections
(ht 12/01/2023)
No
public transport for Nepalis living with disabilities :
For disabled-friendly transport to become a reality,
state help is a must, commuters say (kp 12/01/2023)
Ward
chair accused of committing racial discrimination
(kh 11/01/2023)
Red
Cross Society initiates constructing makeshift
houses for quake victims (kh 11/01/2023)
I
have given instructions to arrest ‘fugitive’ MP Mahato:
Home Minister Lamichhane (rep 11/01/2023), Home
Minister Rabi Lamichhane directs police to arrest
lawmaker Laxmi Mahato Koiri : On Tuesday, Home Minister
was criticized for his indifference to arrest the
murder-accused lawmaker Laxmi Mahato Koiri though the
latter was present in the parliament (nlt
11/01/2023)
Unopposed
PM: Maoist chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal wins vote of
confidence from nearly all members of parliament :
Addressing the house session before the confidence vote,
PM Dahal dubbed the support as 'unprecedented' and
justice done to him by political parties (nlt
10/01/2023) [And
what about justice for the victims of the Maoist
insurgency?]
‘We
have failed to build pressure on transitional justice’ :
Mandira Sharma, a senior international legal advisor at
the International Commission of Jurists, on the state of
transitional justice in Nepal, interview with
Mandira Sharma (kp 09/01/2023)
Women
activists stage protest demanding justice for Nirmala
Kurmi in capital (ht 09/01/2023)
NHRC
recommends investigation against 130, including Upendra
Yadav in 2007 Gaur carnage (kh 07/01/2023), Rights
body recommends Yadav, others be probed for 2007 Gaur
killings : As many as 27 individuals linked with the
Maoists were killed and 115 others left injured, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 08/01/2023)
NEST
to organize mass protest on January 9 against
KMC’s harassment to street vendors (rep
07/01/2023)
Nirmala
Kurmi disappearance: A probe going nowhere : The woman
was in her 40s when she went missing, but an Indian
death certificate obtained by police as hers shows the
deceased was in her mid-30s, by Pinki Sris Rana (kp
07/01/2023)
Power
sharing, inclusive politics in Nepal: Honour the
constitutional principle, by Yagya Bahadur Karki (ht
06/01/2023) [When will the
arrogant high-caste macho males at the top of the state
and political parties finally be punished for their
constant disregard of the constitution and laws? A
permanent ban from political office should be the
minimum punishment! This is not a trivial offence, but
malicious intent!]
Improved
but unstable : While there has been an increase in news
media outlets, there has also been a surge in fake news,
by Bhanu Bhakta Acharya (kp 06/01/2023)
Court
clears six people of rape charge, by Khagendra
Adhikari (rep 06/01/2023)
Two
Indians arrested in connection with Nirmala Panta rape
and murder case (rep 06/01/2023)
Rinzin
Wangdi: A Bhutanese political prisoner from Sharchop
community : Initially Wangdi was sentenced to 25 years
and three months imprisonment but later seven years and
three months were added as punishment for being in
contact with another dissent prisoner, by Ram Karki
(nlt 06/01/2023) [This is
obviously part of Gross National Happiness!]
Why
can't CIAA probe Cabinet decisions, asks apex court,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 05/01/2023), Govt
and CIAA : The govt must take policy decisions only in
the public interest confined to the existing laws
(ht 06/01/2023)
Harsh
laws, stiff penalties : Multiple loopholes need to be
closed to prevent trafficking of Nepali women and girls
(kp 04/01/2023)
Nepali
recruitment agency directors handed slavery order by UK
court (rep 04/01/2023), UK’s
court hands slavery and trafficking risk order to a
Nepali agency : Resham Gurung and Pravin Rimal, the
directors of a recruiting agency, denied the accusations
saying they do not have a licence to send workers to the
UK, by Pawan Pandey (kp 06/01/2023)
Three
Nepali women escape their coercive Chinese employers in
Laos. They still feel unsafe back home : The women were
previously taken to Laos to work at a call centre. More
than two dozen Nepalis are still languishing at the
centre, police say, by Anup Ojha (kp 04/01/2023)
Living
on the margins amidst a harsh winter, by
Govinda Mahato (ae 04/01/2023)
Mass
Communications Academy concerns threat against
journalist Mahato (kh 04/01/2023)
Bhaktapur
Municipality adjusts entry fee in line dollar price
(kh 02/01/2023) [Such entry fees
are questionable if tourism is to be promoted, but
making the amount of the fees dependent on the visitors'
country of origin is discriminatory!]
Identity
politics going through a churn : The November elections
were not in favour of the parties that have long relied
on it, by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/01/2023)
53
cases of press freedom violation (ht
01/01/2023), Nepal
reports 45 cases of press freedom violations in 2022 :
In the last one year, a total of 45 incidents of press
freedom violations occurred in Nepal, where 120
journalists were directly affected, according to a
report (nlt 03/01/2023)
444
women, girls from western Nepal go out of contact after
reaching India, third countries (rep 01/01/2023)
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Report 2020, by NHRC. Lalitpur, February 2020
Nepal:
Human Rights Commission’s Integrity in Jeopardy : Lack
of Transparency in Appointments Undermine Effectiveness,
Public Confidence, common statement by Amnesty
International, Human Rights Watch and International
Commission of Jurists, 1 March 2021
World
Report 2021 : Nepal - Events of 2020, by Human
Rights Watch, January 2021
Report
on Employment Relationship Survey in Nepal. UNICEF,
January 2021
Nepal
Human Development Report 2020, UNDP and NPC,
13/12/2020
The
Government of Nepal has been using the Covid-19 Pandemic
to Exercise Control, to Commit Human Rights Violations
and to Deny Justice to Victims of Human Rights Abuses,
by AHRC, 09/12/2020
राष्ट्रिय
मानव अधिकार आयोगको वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन (२०७६–२०७७), National
Human Rights Commission, 07/12/2020
No
Law, No Justice, No State for Victims : The Culture of
Impunity in Post-Conflict Nepal. Report by Human
Rights Watch. 20/11/2020
Nepal
: Justice stalled for conflict victims. Amnesty
International submission for the UN universal periodic
review, 37th session of the UPR working group, January
2021 (Amnesty International 23/10/2020)
आयोगको
२० वर्ष आयोगका सिफारिशहरु र कार्यान्वयन अवस्था (२०५७ जेठ–२०७७
असार), National Human Rights Commission, 15/10/2020
The
NHRI Nepal Joint Submission for The Third Cycle Universal
Periodic Review of Nepal, 2020. Submitted by National
Human Rights Commission, National Women Commission and National
Dalit Commission, March 24, 2020 (revised 07/09/2020)
Child
& Family Tracker: Tracking the Socio-Economic Impact
of COVID-19 on Children and Families in Nepal.
Baseline Findings, by UNICEF Nepal and Sharecast, August
2020 (Powerpoint presentation)
Costing
Study on Early Childhood Education and
Development (ECED) in Nepal: A Case for Investment
in ECED, by UNICEF Nepal and The World Bank, 2020
Human
Rights and the Rule of Law in a Federal Nepal:
Recommendations from an ICJ High-Level Mission, by
ICJ: Geneva, July 2020
Nepal’s
Universal Periodic Review: Human Rights Review Should
Address Broken Commitments, Impunity, by Human
Rights Watch, 16/07/2020), see submission
report by HRW (15/07/2020)
Lawyers
at risk: Law Society submits joint UPR report on Nepal,
by The Law Society of England and Wales, 13 July 2020 (see
also factsheet
and submission)
2019
Trafficking in Persons Report: Nepal, by US
Department of State
2019
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, by US
Department of State, 11 March 2020
Rule
of Law Index Nepal 2020, by World Justice Project,
11 March 2020
Nepal
Human Rights Year Book 2020, by INSEC, Kathmandu
2020
Annual
Report: Synopsis 2018/2019, by NHRC. Kathmandu:
January 2020
Sexual
Exploytation of Children in Nepal, by ECPAT
International 2020
Nepal
2019. In: Human
Rights in Asia-Pacific. Review of 2019. Amnesty
International, 29 January 2020
Nepal:
Recent Steps Undermine Transitional Justice, by ICJ,
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and TRIAL
International, 25 January 2020
Nepal:
Events of 2019, by Human Rights Watch, January 2020,
pp. 418-422
Lawyers’
Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples
(LAHURNIP)
Human
Development Report 2019: Inequalities in Human
Development in the 21stCentury. Briefing note for
countries on the 2019 Human Development Report: Nepal.
New York: UNDP 2019
Nepal: 13 Years On, No Justice for
Conflict Victims. Joint statement by ICJ, Amnesty
International, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and TRIAL
International, 25 November 2019
Nepal:
New NGO Law Should Protect Rights
Government’s Recent Moves Have Restricted Activists,
by Human Rughts Watch, 14 November 2019
Nepal:
Release Report on 2015 Protest Violence:
Suppressing Lal Commission Findings Denies
Justice to Terai Victims, by Human Rights Watch, 1
October 2019
All
work, no pay: The struggle of Qatar's migrant workers for
justice, Amnesty International, 19 September 2019
Torture
and forced child labour: UN experts find Nepal violated
human rights, by OHCHR 27/08/2019, including full
text of the UN document]
On
the Occasion of International Day in Support of Victims
of Torture, by Advocacy Forum - Nepal, 26 June 2019
2019
Trafficking in Person Report: Nepal. by US
Department of State, June 20, 2019
Regressive
Laws, Mounting Violations, report by Freedom Forum, 3 May
2019
The
Legal Stranglehold, by
International Federation of Journalists, 3 May 2019
Nepal:
To End Hunger, Strengthen and Implement Right to Food Law,
Amnesty International, 04 April 2019
Nepal
2018 Human Rights Report, by US Department of State,
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Human Rights Yearbook 2019, by INSEC, 17
February 2019
Fighting
inequality in Nepal: The road to prosperity. OXFAM report,
11 January 2019
Media Freedom Deteriorating. Annual
media freedom report 2018 by Freedom Forum
Preliminary
Comments:
Draft Bill to Amend the Act on Commission on
Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and
Reconciliation, 2014], by Amnesty International, ICJ
and TRIAL International, 20 July 2018
Preliminary
Comments
of Conflict Victims’ Common Platform (CVCP) on proposed TJ
draft bill to amend Commission of Inquiry on Enforced
Disappearances, Truth and Reconciliation Act, 2014, 17
July 2018
Nepal: Transitional Justice Reform an Urgent
Need; Current Draft Law Does Not Meet International Standards
on Prosecuting Worst Crimes, by Human Rights Watch, 7 July
2018
Rule of Law Index 2017-2018 - Nepal, by
World Justice Project
Nepal
2017 Human Rights Report, by US Department of State,
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Amnesty International Annual Report 2017/2018
on Nepal, 22 February 2018
Nepal:
Events of 2017, by Human Rights Watch, January 2018
Human Rights Yearbook 2018, by
INSEC, 20 February 2018
Nepal:
Transitional Justice Proving Elusive Term Extensions do not
Cure Act’s Fundamental Problems. Joint press statement by
ICJ, HRW and AI, 13 February 2018
Nepal’s
Transitional Justice Process: Challenges and Future Strategy.
A Discussion Paper, by International Commission of Jurists,
August 2017
Trafficking
in
persons. National report 2015/16, by NHRC, June 2017
Amnesty
International. Turning people into profits: Abusive
recruitment, trafficking and forced labour of Nepali migrant
workers. London, 6 June 2017
New
Fronts,
Brave Voices: Press Freedom in South Asia 2016-17,
by International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), 3 May
2017 [Nepal on pages 72-77]
“Building
inequality":
The failure of the Nepali government to protect the
marginalised in post-earthquake reconstruction efforts
(Amnesty International 25/04/2017)
"What
I want is for the government to help". Nepal: Ensure the
right to adequate housing for the marginalised in
post-earthquake Nepal (Amnesty International
25/04/2017)
Serious
Crimes
in Nepal’s Criminal Code Bill, 2014. A Briefing
Paper by International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), March
2017
National
Human Rights Commission Nepal (NHRC)
Nepal 2016 Human Rights Report, by
US Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights
and Labor, 3 March 2017
Nepal
206/17, report by Amnesty International, 22 February
2017
Nepal:
extending
transitional justice commissions without granting real
powers betrays trust of victims, by International
Commission of Jurists (10 February 2017)
NHRC. Varshik
Prativedhan
2072/73 (yearly report), 13 January 2017 (in Nepali)
Human Rights Watch, World report 2017, Nepal
chapter (January 2017)
Nepal:
Decade
After Peace, Scant Progress On Justice; Political
Parties Fail to Deliver on Promises, by Human Rights
Watch, 18 October 2016
Global Gender Gap Report 2016 - Nepal
data, by World Economic Forum, Geneva, October 2016
Statement
on
the CIAA and reports on investigation of Social Science
Baha (SSB) and Alliance for Social Dialogue (ASD)
(BNAC 01/10/2016)
“Our
Time
to Sing and Play”: Child Marriage in Nepal, by Human
Rights Watch, 7 September 2016
[see also video]
Nepal
-
Torture and Coerced Confessions, by Amnesty
International, 19 July 2016
The
Torture
and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (Control)
Bill, 2014. A Briefing Paper by International
Commission of Jurists (ICJ), June 2016
Nepal
2015
Human Rights Report, by Department of State • Bureau of
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Washington, 14 April 2016
Nepal
2015/16, by Amnesty International, 24 February 2016
Nepal’s
police
in Madhesi-hunting spree (Asian Human Rights
Commission, 24 February 2016)
INSEC
Yearbook
2016 (19 February 2016)
Earthquake Recovery Must Safeguard Human
Rights, by Amnesty International 1 June 2015
Human Rights
Watch: Silenced and Forgotten Survivors of
Nepal’s Conflict-Era Sexual Violence. September 23, 2014
International
Commission of Jurists (ICJ): Justice
denied:
The 2014 Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons,
Truth and Reconciliation Act. Geneva, May 2014
U.S. Department
of State: Nepal 2013 Human Rights Report
Human Rights
Watch. Under China’s Shadow: Mistreatment of
Tibetans in Nepal. 1 April 2014
THRD Alliance. Continuing extra-judicial executions in the
Terai (March 2014)
Amnesty
International. The
dark
side of migration: Spotlight on Qatar's construction sector
ahead of the world cup, London: AI, 18 November 2013
Nepal:
Is
the Government Unable or Unwilling to Prevent and
Investigate Torture?, report by Advocacy Forum
(26/06/2013)
Human Rights
Watch: World Report 2013, Nepal
chapter (01/02/2013)
Asian Human
Rights Commission (AHRC): The
State
of Human Rights in Nepal in 2012 (10/12/2012)
Torture
of
Women: Nepal’s Duplicity Continues, rebort by Advocacy
Forum (26/06/2012
Torture
of
Women in Detention: Nepal’s Failure to Prevent and Protect,
by Advocy Forum (26/06/2011)
Right to Information Rules, 2065 (2009)
Right to Information Act, 2064 (2007)
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