UN peace operations - Dealing with new reality
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres wrote about his concern regarding peace and security. His first act after entering the United Nations Secretariat building in January was to lay a wreath honoring more than 3,500 United Nations s...
The Himalayan Times, (2017)
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OHCHR-Nepal Calls on Political Actors to Ensure Respect for Human Rights in CA Elections.
OHCHR-Nepal is urging all political actors to respect the political rights of all others participating in the Constituent Assembly election process. This environment cannot be created through security measures alone and will require the cooperation o...
OHCHR, (2008)
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OHCHR-Nepal Urges Parties to Re-commit to Human Rights During Critical Phase of Peace Process.
OHCHR-Nepal is extremely concerned about recent killings and other serious human rights violations during this fragile period prior to the swearing-in of the Constituent Assembly. Respect for human rights and accountability for those who commit crime...
OHCHR, (2008)
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Terms of Reference (TOR) for Issuance of Grant to an NGO for provision of protection and rehabilitation services to victims of cross-border trafficking in Nepal
Strengthening service provision for protection and assistance to victims of cross-border trafficking between Nepal, Bangladesh and Nepal. Human trafficking is one of the critical issues concerning South Asia.It is felt that in many countries, there i...
UNODC, (2015)
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OHCHR URGES THE INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION OF SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY CPNM
At a meeting with the CPNM leadership on 23 June 2006 and in a subsequent letter of 26 June, OHCHR raised its concerns regarding a series of abductions and killings attributed to CPNM cadres in the Central Region, which have resulted in the deaths ...
UNOHCHR, (2006)
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UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NEPAL
Statement to the Press
Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the General Assembly
Ian Martin
Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
in Nepal
The first Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the General Assembly on the human rights situation and the activities of her Office in Nepal was released in New York during Dashain. We have a Nepali translation of the Report available h...
UNOHCHR, (2005)
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Remedies and Rights Revoked: Case Withdrawals for Serious Crimes in Nepal
In October 2008,the Council of Ministers took a decision to withdraw 349 criminal cases against numerous political party cadres,including two senior members of the Cabinet. The case withdrawals were said to be necessary to promote the peace process a...
NHCR - OHCHR, (2011)
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OHCHR urges the Government to enforce the Court order on the Maina
Sunuwar case and advance commitment to ending impunity
On the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the alleged torture and killing of the fifteen year-old Maina Sunuwar, the Head of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal), Jyoti Sanghera urges the Government to enforce the cour...
UNOHCHR, (2011)
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