Human Rights

Institutions

• The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was established on 26 May 2000 for the effective protection and promotion of Human Rights of the people of Nepal as conferred by the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 1990, other prevailing laws of the land, NHRC Act, international Human Rights (HR) Instruments, and on the basis of recognized principles of justice.
  
  

  Composition & Members Chairperson: Rt. Honourable Mr. Nayan Bahadur Khatri Members: - Right Honourable Dr. Gauri Shankar Lal Das - Honourable Professor Kapil Shrestha - Honourbale Mr. Sushil Pyakurel - Honourable Ms. Indira Rana Acting Secretary: - Mr. Kedar Prasad Poudyal See News/Articles on NHRC compiled by Nepal Research

  
  
  
• Human Rights Organizations
  • Human Rights Organization of Nepal (HURON)
  • Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC)
  • Human Rights and Peace Society (HURPES)
  • INHURED International
  • Centre for Victims of Torture Nepal (CVICT)
    
• Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre (CWIN)
• Human Rights and Peace Campaign (HURPEC)

Documents

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Full text)
• Human Rights Year Book 2003 Reports on Human Rights Situation in Nepal compiled and published by INSEC
• NHRC-Nepal Annual Report Summary 2003 (PDF File) National Human Rights Commission, Nepal Annual Report Summary 2003
• Amnesty International's Country Report (NEPAL) 2002
  Download this country report as a pdf file
• Nepal : A spiralling human rights crisis Amnesty International Report -2002
• U.S. State Department Reports on Religious Freedom in Nepal: 2000
  

Issues in Focus

• Maoist Insergency and Emergency in Nepal
• State of Emergency: Causes, Rationale and Impact on Human Rights INSEC Report
• Emergency update by Kantipur Online
• The Crisis in Nepal: Opportunity + Danger (PDF File)
  Report by: Johan Galtung, dr hc mult, Professor of Peace Studies Director, TRANSCEND: A Peace and Development Network
• Child Rights
  • State of the Rights of the Child in Nepal - 2003 Compiled by CWIN
  • Worse Form of Child Labour Data compiled by Globalmarch
  • Child Labour Situation in Nepal, ILO IPEC Report
    
  • Child Soldiering: Some Harsh Realities by Dr. Gopal Krishna Siwakoti
  • Children in Nepal Fact Sheet compiled by CWIN
    
• Women Rights
  • Documents and Reports on Girl Trafficking in Nepal compiled by Mahila Web
  • Property Right of Nepalese Women By Sapana Pradhan Malla
    
• Bhutanese Refugee
  • Refugee Problem : Need for Regional Approach
  • Full coverage on Bhutanese by Newslook Magazine
  • Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal: Quest For New confidence Building Measures (CBMs) By Lok Raj Baral
  • Full covarage on Butanese Refugee by newslookmag.com
• Kamaya (Bonded Labour) System
  • Girls in Kamaiya Families by Prakash Kafle
  • Kamaya Freedom Full coverage by Newslook Magazin
  • Bonded Labour in Nepal A compilation by Nepal Research

• Human Rights in Nepal A compilation of Nepal Research
• International Human Rights Instruments
  
• Make Torture a Crime by Amnesty International, ASA
• Armed Conflicts Report 2000 Project Ploughshares Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Conrad Grebel College
• Human Rights Heroes of Nepal Compiled by HURPEC
• The Bhutanese Refugees Web Site of Amherst The web site of an Amherst College student, presenting the student’s experience at a Bhutanese refugee camp in southeastern Nepal.
• Bringing Bhutan closer to the world A Bhutanese Web Site provides information about Bhutan and its refugees
• South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
• Human Rights Watch
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the (UNHCR) - Geneva, Switzerland
• State of the Right of the World's Children -2002 UNICEF Report
• Bhutanese Refugee Web Site maintained by Rakesh Chhetri