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Nepal extends Transitional Bodies’ mandates

08.01.2018

Nepal

Nepal’s Cabinet of ministers announced on 5 January 2018 the extension by one year of the Truth and Reconciliation Commi...

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Nepal government urged to take actions for war victims

20.12.2017

Nepal

The National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) annual report expresses concern over the delay of transitional justice in...

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Nepal: Workshop helps to shed light on human rights

01.12.2017 - (Last modified: 06.02.2018)

Nepal

A workshop organized by the Human Rights and Justice Center, TRIAL International’s partner, and the Conflict Victims Com...

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Nepal: Human rights excluded from the political sphere

16.11.2017 - (Last modified: 21.11.2017)

Nepal

Legislative elections will be held on 26 November and 7 December this year in the small Himalayan republic. Unfortunatel...

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Nepal: Former child soldiers shunned from transitional justice process

05.09.2017 - (Last modified: 08.01.2018)

Nepal

Over 3’000 minors were forcibly recruited during the civil war. Twenty years later, they are still excluded from Nepal’s...

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Nepal: Double victory before the United Nations

24.04.2017

Nepal

In two cases led by TRIAL, the UN Human Rights Committee recognized – again – Nepal’s failing to deliver justice to its...

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Nepal: Extension of transitional justice mechanisms’ mandate should just be a start

08.02.2017 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)

Nepal

Public Statement A mere 24 months after their launch, the transitional justice (TJ) mechanisms of Nepal faced closing d...

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Nepal: Child tortured by policemen receives compensation

09.01.2017 - (Last modified: 28.03.2018)

Nepal

For the first time in Nepal, torturers have been ordered to pay compensation to their victim. Unfortunately, they also...

Nepal: Anti-Torture Draft Bill raises concerns for victims

15.12.2016 - (Last modified: 26.01.2017)

Nepal

The government’s proposal to criminalize torture is riddled with loopholes, as illustrated in the fictitious case of hum...

Opinions

Nepal: the shapes of impunity

06.09.2016 - (Last modified: 27.02.2017)

Nepal

An op-ed by Helena Rodríguez-Bronchú Carceller “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless th...

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Nepalese child submitted to forced labour, arbitrary detention and torture

11.05.2016 - (Last modified: 05.11.2020)

Nepal

Case Bholi Pharaka v. Nepal At the age of nine years old, Mr. Bholi Pharaka (assumed name) was sent to work in Kathmand...

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Real Rights Now: Nepali victims don’t need words, they need change

26.02.2016 - (Last modified: 12.07.2017)

Nepal

Kathmandu/London/Geneva, 26 February 2016 – Illegal arrests, torture, enforced disappearances: for years, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) has repeatedly found Nepal responsible for gross human rights violations against its own citizens. Despite these many decisions, the government has shown no sign of properly compensating victims and letting justice p...

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