Prakash Mohara, ALRC; Rem Bahadur Biswokarma, Jagaran Media Center 1. Are all persons and authorities bound by the same laws? As per law, no one is above the law, as […]
Nepal: The poor, marginalized and Dalits hardly benefit from laws
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Criminal justice in Nepal
Kamal Pathak, Focal Person, Asian Human Rights Commission, Kathmandu, Nepal Acountry’s criminal justice system is based primarily on the ideals envisioned by the constitution of that country. An independent criminal […]
Persistent systemic torture by the security forces and total impunity in Nepal
Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong Introduction This document has been prepared in order to supplement the information provided to the UN Committee against Torture (herein referred to as the […]
Nepal: Time to act
Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre Nepal’s unparalleled human rights catastrophe is deepening. Since the release of the Asian Legal Resource Centre’s special report ‘The mathematics of […]
Lists of arrested political leaders and human rights defenders in Nepal since 1 February 2005
These incomplete lists of arrested political leaders and human rights defenders since the takeover of absolute power by King Gyanendra in Nepal since 1 February 2005 were released by the […]
Petition to urge His Majesty’s Government of Nepal and the opposing Maoist groups to STOP disappearances in Nepal
Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Stop disappearances in Nepal NOW: http//nepal.disappearances.org Dear friends Ms. Kumari Damai and Kumari Nepali of Kailali District and Ms. Meera Adhikari from Nuwakot District, […]
Missing and maimed: Case studies of forced disappearances and torture committed by the Nepalese security forces
Advocacy Forum, Kathmandu, Nepal & Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong The following are a handful of the types of cases of forced disappearance and torture committed daily by the […]
Man-made tidal wave is the cause of Nepal’s destruction
Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Land-locked Nepal escaped the destruction of the massive tidal wave that swept away the coastlines of its neighbours this December 2004. Unfortunately, the country […]
Introduction: The mathematics of barbarity and zero rule of law in Nepal
Editorial board, article 2 The daily escalating disappearances, killings, torture and other gross abuses of human rights committed by the state security forces in Nepal are the subject of this […]
Legal measures for torture prevention in Nepal
Rajendra Ghimire, Advocate, Supreme Court, Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal is passing through a difficult time in its history. The present conflict has affected our society, communities, the national economy, the quality […]