The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, will arrive in Nepal on 18 April for a three-day official visit. She will meet with
representatives of the Government, national human rights institutions and civil society organisations. Ms. Kang will make an address to Constituent Assembly members at an event organised by the Legislature Parliamentary Committee on International Relations and Human Rights to call for the promulgation of a Constitution that fully embraces international human rights standards and the adoption of the human rights related legislation,including those establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances.She will also participate in a national consultation on access to justice for victims of caste-based discrimination organised by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) with the involvement of the National Dalit Commission, and a round table on discriminatory citizenship provisions against women,organized by the National Women’s Commission in Kathmandu.
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Publisher:
UNOHCHR
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Annual Report
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Keywords:
JUSTICE, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, NDC, HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE PROCESS, HUMAN RIGHT AGENDA, REDRESS FOR VICTIMS, HUMAN RIGHT INSTITUTION, LEGISLATURE, CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION, DISAPPEARANCES, CIVIL SOCIETY, RECONCILITION
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Thematic Group:
UNOHCHR
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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14.02.02
- Human Rights
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