UN: Nepal must withdraw civil war commission's amnesty power
March 20, 2013
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called Wednesday on Nepal to withdraw a decree creating a truth and reconciliation with the power to grant amnesties for human rights violations that occurred during Nepal's civil war. The conflict resulted in approximately 13,000 deaths with another....... [more] 
ICJ urges Nepal government to cooperate with UK in torture investigation
January 8, 2013
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Tuesday called on the Nepal government to cooperate with an investigation into allegations leveled against Nepal Army Colonel Kumar Lama. Lama was arrested in the UK last week and is charged with two counts of torture during Nepal's civil war in 2005....... [more]
Nepal army officer charged in UK with torture during 2005 civil war
January 5, 2013
A Nepalese army officer was arrested and charged in the UK on Friday with two counts of torture during his country's civil war in 2005. Colonel Kumar Lama, a 46-year-old officer currently serving in the UN mission in Sudan, was arrested at his East Sussex home by Metropolitan Police officers on Thur....... [more]
UN rights office urges justice for Nepal civil war crimes
October 9, 2012
The UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday released a report urging justice for victims of international law violations that occurred Nepal's civil war. Approximately 13,000 people were killed and 1,500 people went missing during the conflict between Nepal's government....... [more]
Nepal supreme court judge shot dead
May 31, 2012
A judge for the Supreme Court of Nepal was shot and killed Thursday while traveling to work. Judge Rana Bahadur Bam, who was under investigation for allegedly taking bribes was shot in his vehicle by two masked men on motorcycles. Two other passengers in the car were also injured. Reports alleged th....... [more]
UN SG disappointed with Nepal's failure to meet deadline for new constitution
May 29, 2012
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed disappointment Monday with Nepal for its failure to meet the Sunday deadline to write a new constitution. With the country's failure to draft a new constitution, Ban is concerned that the country may face another period of turmoil and urges the government s....... [more]
Nepal high court orders government to finish new constitution
May 25, 2012
The Supreme Court of Nepal on Thursday ordered the government to complete the final draft of the nation's new constitution by Sunday. The current administration had requested a three-month extension of the deadline, but the court denied the plea. The Constituent Assembly of Nepal (CA), the group ta....... [more]
Nepal's Third Gender and the Recognition of Gender Identity
April 23, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnists Michael Bochenek, Director of Law & Policy for the International Secretariat of Amnesty International, and Kyle Knight, a Fulbright Scholar, say that Nepal's recognition of a third gender is an important fundamental right and the key to ensuring other fundamental rights f....... [more]
Nepal urged not to impose blanket amnesty for crimes committed during civil war
April 23, 2012
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Monday urged Nepal to reject blanket amnesty plans for international crimes committed during the country's civil war, which ended in 2006. A representative for ICJ said amnesty for human rights abuses, such as torture, rap....... [more]
Nepal peace deal ended decade-long insurgency
November 21, 2011
On November 21, 2006, Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist rebel leader Prachanda signed a peace agreement that formally ended a decade-long insurgency that left over 13,000 people dead. Following this declaration of peace, the two leaders also reached an agreement over the t....... [more]
UN urges Nepal to punish war crimes, increase women's rights
April 20, 2011
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang spoke Tuesday to the Constituent Assembly of Nepal (CA) about several human rights issues in the country, including a reluctance to prosecute war crimes and insufficient progress increasing women's rights. The Office of the High Commission....... [more]
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