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ICRC annual report, 2011
ICRC annual report 2011
Statement By Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights – National Consultation on Access to justice for victims of caste based discrimination in Nepal
Hon. Chairperson of the National Dalit Commission Hon. Attorney General Hon. Member of the National Human Rights Commission, Hon. Constituent Assembly members Distinguished Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister, Representatives of the judiciary, law enforcement, human rights organisations, … Continue reading
People killed during conflict: 13,347
INSEC’s documentation of the number of people killed during the conflict is the closest we have to the real figures. Number of Victims Killed by State and Maoist in Connection with the “People’s War”
NDC, NHRC and OHCHR welcome verdict on caste-based discrimination and urge swift implementation
Describing it as an important step forward in the fight against discrimination in Nepal, the National Dalit Commission (NDC), the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal) welcome an important judgment in … Continue reading
ICRC annual report, 2009
The ICRC initially worked in Nepal out of its regional delegation in New Delhi, opening a delegation in Kathmandu in 2001. Since the May 2006 agreement between the government and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist, the ICRC has focused on: clarifying the fate of missing persons … Continue reading
Caste-based discrimination in South Asia
The study was commissioned to the International Dalit Solidarity Network by the European Commission in advance of its workshop on Indigenous peoples, minorities and Dalits in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 15-17 June 2009. Caste discrimination is one of the most serious human rights … Continue reading
UN report: Discrimination based on work and descent
The present final report on the question of discrimination based on work and descent has been prepared pursuant to the resolution 2006/14 in which the Sub-Commission endorsed the Special Rapporteurs’ proposals to organize two regional workshops, one in Asia and one in Africa, … Continue reading
Alternative report on torture for Committee against Torture
Pasted here in plain text and attached as PDF – no longer available on CVICT website… — Alternative Report to Second, Third and Fourth Periodic (Combined) State Report of Nepal Submitted to UN Committee Against Torture Covered Period 1992-2004 December 2004 PDF: Alternative_CAT_Report_-_Nepal … Continue reading
CERD: periodic reports on Nepal
State report to CERD for 16th review
UN resolution 2000/4: Discrimination based on work and descent
Discrimination based on work and descent Sub-Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/4 The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Affirming that, as declared in article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone is entitled … Continue reading