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Conflict - Related Disappearances in Bardiya District (December 2008).
Abstract:
This report sets out the findings of OHCHR’s investigations into enforced disappearances and related serious human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) violations in Bardiya District in the context of the conflict between the State and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M). OHCHR has received information on over 200 cases of enforced disappearance after arrest by the security forces in the district, the highest number of reported conflict-related cases in one district in the country. Of these, OHCHR has investigated 156 cases so far, most of which took place following arrests between December 2001 (following the declaration of the first State of Emergency on 26 November 2001 and the deployment for the first time of the then Royal Nepalese Army (RNA)) and the subsequent ceasefire in January 2003. OHCHR’s investigations into enforced disappearances by the State authorities focus on this period, which was one of the most intense of the conflict in the district. Fourteen cases of actions tantamount to enforced disappearance after abduction by the CPNM between November 2002 and October 2004 were also documented in Bardiya District, 12 of which have been acknowledged by the CPN-M. #EnforcedDisappearances #ViolationsInBardiyaDistrict #Conflict
Publisher: OHCHR Type / Script:
Progress Report  in  English
Keywords:
 HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, HUMAN RIGHTS INDICATORS, HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING, HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, HUMAN SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, HUMANITARIAN STANDARDS, MANKIND, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, DISAPPEARANCE OF PERSONS, DISCRIMINATION, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS, FOOD AID, FOOD, HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS.
Thematic Group:
UNOHCHR , (2008)
Thesaurus:
14.02.02 - Human Rights
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Feeder: DINA JANGAM, Editor: SANJIYA SHRESTHA, Auditor:
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Conflict - Related Disappearances in Bardiya District (December 2008).
Abstract:
This report sets out the findings of OHCHR’s investigations into enforced disappearances and related serious human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) violations in Bardiya District in the context of the conflict between the State and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M). OHCHR has received information on over 200 cases of enforced disappearance after arrest by the security forces in the district, the highest number of reported conflict-related cases in one district in the country. Of these, OHCHR has investigated 156 cases so far, most of which took place following arrests between December 2001 (following the declaration of the first State of Emergency on 26 November 2001 and the deployment for the first time of the then Royal Nepalese Army (RNA)) and the subsequent ceasefire in January 2003. OHCHR’s investigations into enforced disappearances by the State authorities focus on this period, which was one of the most intense of the conflict in the district. Fourteen cases of actions tantamount to enforced disappearance after abduction by the CPNM between November 2002 and October 2004 were also documented in Bardiya District, 12 of which have been acknowledged by the CPN-M. #ENFORCEDDISAPPEARANCES #VIOLATIONSINBARDIYADISTRICT #CONFLICT
Publisher: OHCHR Type / Script:
Progress Report  in  English
Keywords:
 HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, HUMAN RIGHTS INDICATORS, HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING, HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, HUMAN SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, HUMANITARIAN STANDARDS, MANKIND, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, DISAPPEARANCE OF PERSONS, DISCRIMINATION, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS, FOOD AID, FOOD, HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS.
Thematic Group:
UNOHCHR , (2008)
Thesaurus:
14.02.02 - Human Rights
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Feeder: DINA JANGAM, Editor: SANJIYA SHRESTHA, Auditor:
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Conflict - Related Disappearances in Bardiya District (December 2008).
Abstract:
This report sets out the findings of OHCHR’s investigations into enforced disappearances and related serious human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) violations in Bardiya District in the context of the conflict between the State and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M). OHCHR has received information on over 200 cases of enforced disappearance after arrest by the security forces in the district, the highest number of reported conflict-related cases in one district in the country. Of these, OHCHR has investigated 156 cases so far, most of which took place following arrests between December 2001 (following the declaration of the first State of Emergency on 26 November 2001 and the deployment for the first time of the then Royal Nepalese Army (RNA)) and the subsequent ceasefire in January 2003. OHCHR’s investigations into enforced disappearances by the State authorities focus on this period, which was one of the most intense of the conflict in the district. Fourteen cases of actions tantamount to enforced disappearance after abduction by the CPNM between November 2002 and October 2004 were also documented in Bardiya District, 12 of which have been acknowledged by the CPN-M.
Publisher: OHCHR Type / Script:
Progress Report  in  English
Keywords:
 HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, HUMAN RIGHTS INDICATORS, HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING, HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, HUMAN SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, HUMANITARIAN STANDARDS, MANKIND, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, DISAPPEARANCE OF PERSONS, DISCRIMINATION, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS, FOOD AID, FOOD, HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS.
Thematic Group:
UNOHCHR , (2008)
Thesaurus:
14.02.02 - Human Rights
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Feeder: DINA JANGAM, Editor: PRATIVASHRESTHA, Auditor:
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Confilict - Related Disappearances in Bardiya District
Abstract:
This report sets out the findings of OHCHR’s investigations into enforced disappearances and related serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) in Bardiya District in the Mid-Western Region during the conflict between the State and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M).OHCHR has received information of over 200 cases of enforced disappearance after arrest by the security forces in the district, the highest number of reported conflict-related cases in one district in the country. Of these, OHCHR has investigated 156 cases so far. Among them were more than 20 children aged between 14 and 17, six of them female. Most of the 156 arrests took place between December 2001, following the declaration of the State of Emergency on 26 November 2001, after which the then Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) was deployed for the first time, and the subsequent ceasefire in January 2003. The investigations into enforced disappearances by the security forces focus mainly on this period, which was one of the most intense of the conflict,when IHL and human rights violations intensified in the district. Fourteen unresolved cases of actions tantamount to enforced disappearance by the CPN-M between November 2002 and October 2004 were also documented in Bardiya District. In these cases there is no information about the location of the body of the victim, although in some of them families learnt (sometimes through press releases) a few days or weeks after the abduction that the victim had been killed. In others, families received no information about the fate or whereabouts of the victim. The question of resolving conflict-related disappearances has remained one of the pending issues of the peace process. There have been very significant developments in Nepal since the 2006 ceasefires. These include the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and other agreements, arms and army management, Constituent Assembly(CA) elections, the declaration of a republic and formation of a new government. Since May 2006, there have been repeated commitments made by the parties to the peace process to clarify the fate of the disappeared and set up a disappearances commission. These include a provision in the November 2006 CPA which required the parties to clarify the fate of the disappeared within 60 days,and a 23 December 2007 agreement which required the then Government to set up a commission within a month. However, the commitments made have not yet born fruit. The formation, in September 2008, of a new government and a new, for the first time broadly representative, Parliament and Constituent Assembly which took office following elections in April 2008 marks a new phase in Nepal’s peace process. It offers a unique opportunity for the authorities to demonstrate a real commitment to human rights by taking concrete and effective steps to resolve conflict-related disappearances. As this report was being finalised in November 2008, welcome steps were taken by the Government in this regard, including the release of draft legislation on disappearances and a Council of Ministers decision to provide interim relief to families of the disappeared.
Publisher: OHCHR Type / Script:
Progress Report  in  English
Keywords:
 HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, METHODOLOGY, RAPE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, TORTURE, CRUEL. INHUMAN, WAR CRIMES, HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, HUMAN SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, RIGHT TO PEACE, WOMEN'S RIGHTS
Thematic Group:
UNOHCHR , (2008)
Thesaurus:
14.02.02 - Human Rights
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Feeder: DINA JANGAM, Editor: , Auditor:
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