Category: Nepal

NEPAL: The ALRC and Advocacy Forum call for international action concerning the rise of torture and ongoing impunity

19th Session - 2012 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Written Submissions February 23, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2012 ALRC-CWS-19-07-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Nineteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status NEPAL: The ALRC and Advocacy Forum call for international action concerning the rise of torture and ongoing impunity The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Nepalese human rights organisation Advocacy Forum wish to bring to the Council’s attention the continuing and significant increase in reports of torture in Nepal over the last two years, as well as ongoing delays by the state in implementing the policing […]

NEPAL: Families of the disappeared in a legal and emotional limbo

19th Session - 2012 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Written Submissions February 15, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2012 ALRC-CWS-19-01-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Nineteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status NEPAL: Families of the disappeared in a legal and emotional limbo The Hong Kong-based Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Nepalese human rights organisation Advocacy Forum wish to highlight the lack of progress being made in addressing enforced disappearances in Nepal, which is engendering growing frustration and suffering by victims’ families. In 2011, a special taskforce established by the government to ascertain the […]

NEPAL: Council urged to learn from situation in Nepal when addressing impunity

18th Session - 2011 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Written Submissions August 26, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2011 ALRC-CWS-18-02-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eighteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status NEPAL: Council urged to learn from situation in Nepal when addressing impunity The Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC) recalls the “Updated Set of principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity”1 and urges the Human Rights Council to strengthen its capacity to address impunity. The impunity enjoyed by the majority of perpetrators of human rights violations in the Asian region is a clear indicator of the […]

NEPAL: Government urged to tackle caste-based discrimination, extra-judicial killings, torture and impunity comprehensively

17th Session - 2011 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Oral Statements June 7, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

date: June 7, 2011 document id: ALRC-COS-17-07-2011 HRC section: Item 6: Nepal UPR Speaker: Mr. Michael Anthony An Oral Statement to the 17th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status NEPAL: Government urged to tackle caste-based discrimination, extra-judicial killings, torture and impunity comprehensively Thank you, During Nepal’s UPR, 24 states raised caste-based discrimination and Dalit rights. The ALRC therefore welcomes the recent endorsement by the Parliament of the ‘Untouchability Bill’, which criminalizes the practices of ‘untouchability’ in the public and private spheres, but urges the government to implement its provisions effectively. We also urge the establishment […]

NEPAL: Authorities failing to address extra-judicial killings

17th Session - 2011 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Written Submissions May 23, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2011 ALRC-CWS-17-03-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventeenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with SR on Extra-judicial killings A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status NEPAL: Authorities failing to address extra-judicial killings The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), is gravely concerned by ongoing reports of extra-judicial killings in Nepal, and the authorities’ apparent unwillingness to put a halt to the system of impunity that accompanies them, including its unwillingness to cooperate effectively with the Office of the High Commissioner or the Human Rights Council, through its’ Universal Periodic Review mechanism, concerning this […]

NEPAL: Security and protection of Women Human Rights Defenders in Nepal

16th Session - 2011 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Written Submissions February 25, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2011 ALRC-CWS-16-09-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Sixteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the SR on HR defenders A joint written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status, with Women’s Rehabilitation Center (WOREC) Nepal NEPAL: Security and protection of Women Human Rights Defenders in Nepal The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is submitting this statement as a joint statement with leading Nepalese organisation, the Women’s Rehabilitation Center (WOREC) Nepal. The findings in this submission are based on WOREC’s extensive work in favour of women’s rights in Nepal and with the aim of supporting […]

NEPAL: Serious threats to human rights defenders hampering democratisation and peace-building

16th Session - 2011 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Written Submissions February 18, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2011 ALRC-CWS-16-04-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Sixteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the SR on HR defenders A joint written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status with the support of WOREC, FEDO, and JMC NEPAL: Serious threats to human rights defenders hampering democratisation and peace-building The following statement is being submitted to inform the debate of the Human Rights Council concerning human rights defenders in Nepal, by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, with the support of the Women’s Rehabilitation Center (WOREC), the Feminist Dalit Organisation (FEDO) and the Jagaran Media Center […]

NEPAL: The Haliya bonded labour slavery system must be abolished without further delay

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Written Submissions August 26, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-07-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status NEPAL: The Haliya bonded labour slavery system must be abolished without further delay In view of the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery during the 15th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Nepalese NGO the Jagaran Media Center, wish to highlight the situation of bonded labour that persists in Nepal […]

NEPAL: Credible action required to address ongoing missing persons tragedy

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Written Submissions August 25, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-06-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status NEPAL: Credible action required to address ongoing missing persons tragedy The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the ongoing discussions held by the Human Rights Council concerning the issue of missing persons and the work of the Advisory Committee in this regard. In light of the importance of this issue, the ALRC wishes to take this opportunity to highlight the current difficulties that relatives of missing persons and all those seeking justice […]

Violence against Dalit women in India and Nepal

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Nepal, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 12(a) : INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 20. Violence Against Dalit Women in India and Nepal Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 12(a) of the Provisional Agenda INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Violence against Dalit women in India and Nepal 1. 260 million Dalits in South Asia suffer structural discrimination and violence on the basis of descent and occupation. Dalits are stigmatised as “polluted” and “impure” and therefore “untouchable”, denying […]