Remarks by Richard Bennett
Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal
Delivered at a Programme to Mark World Press Freedom Day
Organised by the Federation of Nepali Journalists and UNESCO
With Support From OHCHR-Nepal
OHCHR remains concerned about the state of media freedom in Nepal. In January, Uma
Singh became the latest journalist to be killed in the post-conflict era. Although the Nepal Police appears to have duly carried out its investigation in this case, m...
UNOHCHR, (2009)
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OHCHR Condemns Threats to Editors and Publishers
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHRNepal) is seriously concerned about threats to editors and publishers over news reporting on the murder of media entrepreneur Jamim Shah who was shot dead in Kathmandu...
OHCHR, (2009)
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Nepal Bar Association (NBA) Interaction on
Independence of Judiciary for Human Rights
Speech delivered by Ms. Jyoti Sanghera, Head, OHCHR-Nepal
Thursday, 26 May 2011
This bulletin includes the speech delivered by Ms. Jyoti Sanghera, the head of OHCHR-Nepal regarding very important theme “Independence of Judiciary for Human Rights”, chosen by Nepal Bar Association.It is crystal clear that judicial Independence is ...
UNOHCHR, (2011)
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Brief on Work in Freedom Programme in Nepal
For many in Nepal, migration is an important alternative to the realities of home. People move long distances in pursuit of jobs for varying reasons ranging from economic aspirations or loss of habitat resulting from processes of economic transformat...
ILO, (2016)
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State and Religion - Participatory Constitution Building in Nepal Booklet Series No. 1
Nepal is a country with religious, social and cultural diversity. There are several religious and ethnic groups in the country. The 2001 Census classified the population of Nepal into six broad religious categories: Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian...
CCD/UNDP, (2009)
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खुला सरकार र खुला संसद
लोकतन्त्रलाई परिणाममुखी बनाउन शासन पद्धतिको सुधारमा सरकार र नागरिकबीच साझेदारी गर्ने नयाँ अवधारणा स्थापित भैरहेको छ । शासन सुधार प्रक्रियामा आम नागरिकलाई मागकर्ता वा दबाबकर्ताका रूपमा मात्र सीमित नराखी उनीहरूको सक्रिय र सुसूचित सहभागिता एवं सिर्जनशील...
Freedom Forum/ UNDP, (2019)
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OHCHR Nepal
Lena Sundh
Representative in Nepal of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
On the occasion of the 58th International Human Rights Day
10 December 2006
This bulletin includes about the 58th International Human Rights Day and three issues in the transitional period that must be addressed in order to ensure that there will be no human rights abuses in Nepal in the future.
OHCHR Nepal will give prio...
UNOHCHR, (2006)
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New UN Convention Guarantees Rights for Persons with Disabilities.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) became the first international human rights instrument to come into force in the 21st century when on 3 May Ecuador became the 20th state to ratify the treaty.
The Convention does...
OHCHR, (2008)
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Respect for Human Rights Crucial for CA Election Success.
The election for a Constituent Assembly is an historic opportunity for the people of Nepal to turn their hopes for democracy into reality. It is far more than a competition between diverse political parties. Those who will be elected to the Constitue...
OHCHR, (2008)
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प्रेस विज्ञप्ति
मई ३ मा नेपालद्वारा विश्व प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता दिवस मनाइयो
उच्चायुक्तको कार्यालय, युनेस्को तथा संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघीय आवासीय संयोजक: "अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताका सबै सिदान्तहरु अनलाइनको संसारमा ल्याईनैपर्छ।
काठमाडौ, २०११ मई ३(वैशाख २०)
प्रतेक वर्ष मई ३ तारिखका दिन मानाइने विश्व प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता दिवस नेपाली पत्रकारहरुले "एक्काइसौ शताब्दीको संचारमाध्यम: नया सीमा, नया अवरोधहरु" विषयक गोष्ठीको आयोजन गरी मनाए।
सन् २०११ मा समारोहको जोड अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रता, लोकतान्त्रिक सुशासन र दिगो...
UNESCO, UNOHCHR, (2011)
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Remarks by Jyoti Sanghera, OHCHR-Nepal,
Dy. Representative
Delivered at an interaction program on Haliyas organized by
Nepal National Dalit Social Welfare Organization (NDSWO)
&
Rastriya Haliya Mukti Samaj Federation (RHMSF)
t is such an irony that today we are talking about freeing the haliyas – the very
person who with the ‘hal’, or his plough and his labour provides the very basic
sustenance i.e. food, and thereby enables humankind to sustain itself and
consequentl...
UNOHCHR, (2008)
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Work in Freedom program in Nepal- Project Phase 2
The Work in Freedom is an integrated programme to support mobility by choice among women and girls from source countries (India, Bangladesh and Nepal) to decent jobs with safety and dignity of workers in destination countries (India, Lebanon, Jordan,...
ILO, (2019)
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UNITED NATIONS
OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NEPAL
Press Release – 16 March 2006
OHCHR welcomes new Human Rights Council
The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, has welcomed the decision by Member States at the General Assembly on 15 March to establish the United Nations Human Rights Council.
In a statement, the High Commissioner described the decision ...
UNOHCHR, (2006)
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Representative of the Secretary-General Karin Landgren’s address: Press Conference (30 April 2010)
Nepal’s unique national peace process has arrived at a difficult phase. There are grave concerns about the direction that it may take in the coming days. Major cities across the country expect large May Day rallies and celebrations. But after 1 May, ...
UNMIN, (2010)
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संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघ नेपालस्थित आवासीय प्रतिनिधिको कार्यालय
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति-जुन ३ (जेठ २० २०६६)
बन्दक सम्बन्धमा नेपालस्थित राष्ट्रसंघको कार्यालयद्वारा चिन्ता व्यक्त
हरेक नेपालीलाई आफ्नो विचार अभिव्यक्त गर्ने र भेला हुन पौने स्वतन्त्रता छ र यस्ता महत्वपूर्ण अधिकारको रक्षामा राष्ट्रसंघ निरन्तर लागि रहने छ। स्वेच्छाले गरिने आम प्रदर्शनी तथा विरोधका अन्य कार्यक्रम शान्तिपूर्ण तरिकाले गरिएको खण्डमा ती सामान्यत राजनीत...
UNRCO, (2009)
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२०६८ भदौ ६
कानुनी शासनको सम्मान गदै अधिकारको संरक्षण गर : संयुक्त रास्ट्रसंघ
पत्रकारहरुमाथिको आक्रमण र धम्कीका आरोपहरुसंगै राज्यअधिकारीहरुले कानुनी शासनको सम्मान गर्ने तथा न्यायमाथि पहुच पाउने पीडितहरुको अधिकार सुनिस्चित गर्ने आफ्ना प्रयासहरुलाई दोब्बर पार्नुपर्ने कुरा नेपालस्थित संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघिय मानवअधिकार कार्यालयले आज...
UNOHCHR, (2011)
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JOINT PRESS STATEMENT
सोमबार, २०६८ भदौ १२
बलपुर्वक बेपत्ता पार्ने कार्यसम्बन्धी कानुन जारि गर : मानवअधिकार आयोग, मानवअधिकार उच्चायुक्तको कार्यालय
"नेपालमा एक दशक लामो द्वन्दक अवधिमा गरिएका बलपूर्वक बेपत्ता पार्ने कार्यका मुद्दासमेत गम्भीर मानव अधिकार उल्लङ्घनक लागि जवाफदेहीता कायम गर्नुपर्ने जरुरि र वास्तविक आवश्यकता रहेको छ", राष्ट्रिय मानवअधिकार आयोग (आयोग) नेपाल र नेपालस्थित संयुक्त राष्ट्...
NHRC, UNOHCHR, (2011)
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UNITED NATIONS
OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NEPAL
Press Release
5 October 2005
NGO Code of Conduct
Ian Martin, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, has expressed concern that the Government proposal
of a code of conduct for NGOs would be in breach of Nepal’s international human
rights obli...
UNOHCHR, (2005)
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नागरिक वकालत र शान्ति प्रक्रियामा विरोध राज्नितिकर्मिहरुका लागि सिदान्तहरुको एक समूह
यो दस्तावेजमा राजनीतिकर्मीहरुको लागि सिदान्तहरुको समूह समावेस गरिएको छ | राजनीतिकर्मीहरुले अरु सबै राजनीतिकर्मी वा पक्ष्यहरुका अधिकार तथा स्वतन्त्रताहरु एबम बिना भय र त्रास तिनीहरुका राजनीतिक विचार र षीडाण्टाःआऋऊखो प्रचारप्रसार गर्न पाउने र काम गर्...
UNOHCHR, IDEA, (1999)
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Community MHz: Assessing Community Radio Performance in Nepal
Due to the low literacy rate and lack of basic infrastructure, mainstream media reach only few people in the hilly and mountainous areas of Nepal. In these parts of the country,community radios play a particularly important role in disseminating info...
UNESCO, (2011)
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Nepal
New York, 1 February 2005
The Secretary-General is deeply concerned at the actions taken by the constitutional monarchy in Nepal on Tuesday to dissolve the government, impose a state of emergency, and suspend civil liberties and freedom of expression.
#STABILITY #FREEDOM #...
UN, (2005)
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राष्ट्रिय मानवअधिकार आयोग (आयोग)द्वारा मानवअधिकार दिवसको स्मरण गर्न आयोजित कार्यक्रममा नेपालस्थित संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघीय मानवअधिकार उच्चायुक्तको कार्यालय (उच्चायुक्तको कार्यालय-नेपाल)क अफिसर इन्चार्ज एन्थोनी कर्दोनद्वारा दिईएको मन्तव्य
सम्माननीय प्रधानन्यायाधीस रामप्रसाद श्रेष्ठ, राष्ट्रीय मानवअधिकार आयोगका माननीय अध्यक्ष केदारनाथ उपाध्याय, राष्ट्रिय दलित आयोगका माननीय अध्यक्ष बिजुलकुमार विश्वकर्मा, राष्ट्रिय महिला आयोगकी माननीय अध्यक्ष नैनकला थापा, गैसस महसंघका अध्यक्ष डा नेत्र ति...
UNOHCHR, (2010)
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राष्ट्रिय मानवअधिकार आयोग (आयोग)द्वारा मानवअधिकार दिवसको स्मरण गर्न आयोजित कार्यक्रममा नेपालस्थित संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघीय मानवअधिकार उच्चायुक्तको कार्यालय (उच्चायुक्तको कार्यालय-नेपाल)क अफिसर इन्चार्ज एन्थोनी कर्दोनद्वारा दिईएको मन्तव्य
सम्माननीय प्रधानन्यायाधीस रामप्रसाद श्रेष्ठ, राष्ट्रीय मानवअधिकार आयोगका माननीय अध्यक्ष केदारनाथ उपाध्याय, राष्ट्रिय दलित आयोगका माननीय अध्यक्ष बिजुलकुमार विश्वकर्मा, राष्ट्रिय महिला आयोगकी माननीय अध्यक्ष नैनकला थापा, गैसस महसंघका अध्यक्ष डा नेत्र ति...
UNOHCHR, (2010)
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Security Council
Welcoming the signing on 21 November by the Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and the stated commitment of both parties to transforming the existing ceasefire into a permanent and sustai...
UN, (2007)
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Summary of Human Rights Concerns Arising From the Terai Protests of 13 – 29 February 2008 OHCHR-Nepal
The imposition of the bandhs paralysed daily life in most of the Terai and led to violent confrontations between bandh supporters and both the Nepal Police and Armed Police Force (APF). All Eastern, Central and Western Region Terai districts except C...
UNOHCHR/, (2008)
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