Nepal: Alternative Reports to CEDAW
On 29 July 2011 the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women adopted its concluding observations with regard to Nepal’s combined fourth and fifth periodic reports, requesting the government to provide within two years, written information on the steps undertaken to implement the recommendations contained therein.
In light of this request, TRIAL together with its local partner Himalayan Human Rights Monitor submitted a 30-page report to the Committee assessing the government of Nepal’s efforts to implement the recommendations focusing on those concerning the codification, criminalization, investigation and prosecution of rape or other forms of sexual violence committed during the conflict, the provision of legal aid, adequate protection and integral reparation to victims and witnesses and women’s access to justice in general.
