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 […]
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NEPAL: Council urged to learn from situation in Nepal when addressing impunity
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
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
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
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
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: Nepal urged to accept and implement UPR recommendations and end impunity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-STM-002-2011 January 27, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre NEPAL: Nepal urged to accept and implement UPR recommendations and end impunity (Hong Kong, January 27, 2011) On Tuesday, Nepal’s human rights record was reviewed for the first time under the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR process was established by the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 through resolution 60/251 to “review the fulfilment by each State of its human rights obligations and commitments.” The procedure assessed Nepal’s compliance with its international obligations to protect and promote human rights. The UPR review, which represents an important opportunity […]
NEPAL: The Haliya bonded labour slavery system must be abolished without further delay
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
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 […]