Human Rights Watch Nepal

24/04/2024

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/11/nepal-more-progress-needed-transitional-justice-law

The Nepali government’s push during the past year to advance a transitional justice process related to the country’s 1996-2006 internal armed conflict requires further effort to meet victims’ needs and international legal standards, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2024.

24/04/2024

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/21/qatar-nepal-bangladesh-emirs-visits-should-prioritize-migrant-worker-protections

The upcoming visits of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, to Bangladesh and Nepal should prioritize labor protections for migrant workers.

24/04/2024

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/05/nepal-seize-chance-ensure-justice-conflict-atrocities

The Nepali government’s proposed bill on transitional justice contains important provisions, including for reparations, relating to the country’s civil war but still needs significant amendments. Lack of accountability for conflict-era violations has led to a crisis of impunity in the country.

24/04/2024

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/15/nepal-barriers-transgender-legal-recognition

The government of Nepal should create a clear, simple, and rights-respecting procedure that would allow transgender and third gender people to obtain official documents in accordance with their gender identity.

13/09/2022

https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/01/13/nepal-failed-in-preventing-covid-deaths-and-address-rights-challenges-hrw

In its global report, the New York-based international human rights organisation says transitional justice remains as slow as ever.

12/09/2022

Nepalese Children secondhanded textbook at rural side in Nepal

12/09/2022

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/13/recognized-yet-limited-abortion-rights-nepal

Following the deaths of countless women who had undergone unsafe abortions, Nepal legalized the procedure in 2002. In 2018, Nepal’s government went further to protect women, enacting legislation that recognizes seeking abortion as a fundamental human right.

31/08/2022

31/08/2022

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/07/25/nepal-amend-transitional-justice-bill

The Nepali government’s bill to amend its current transitional justice law marks some progress toward accountability but will not fully provide justice to victims or meet Nepal’s obligations under international law in its current form.