The United Nations Human Rights Office in Nepal has purchased six bicycles to facilitate monitoring of the human rights situation in and around Kathmandu. In addition to being eco-friendly, this will provide human rights officers with a high degree of mobility in all conditions, including times when roads are obstructed due to protests, traffic congestion or natural disasters. The idea to use bicycles came as a result of UN inter agency earthquake simulation exercise conducted earlier this year. The simulation brought to light for members of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) protection cluster the necessity for human rights monitors to be mobile in times of crisis accompanied by a general collapse of infrastructure.
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Publisher:
UNOHCHR
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Press Release
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Keywords:
CRISIS, FACILITATE, ECO-FRIENDLY, FIELD OFFICES, SPECIAL PROCEDURES, MOBILITY, ROAD OBSTRUCTION, DIRECT CONTACT, GENERAL COLLAPSE, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION, EARTHQUAKE SIMULATION, INTER-AGENCY, MONITORS, PROTECTION CLUSTER, NATURAL DISASTER, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, PROTESTS, BICYCLES
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Thematic Group:
UNOHCHR
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Thesaurus:
14.02.02
- Human Rights
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