GENEVA (23 May 2022) – Nepal violated the human rights of a 16-year-old girl who was tortured, raped and shot dead by army officers during the Nepalese Civil War, the UN Human Rights Committee has...

Summary Nepal has made great strides in the reduction of absolute poverty, but such efforts hide an increase in wealth inequality, a stalling in gender equality progress and an undue weight of...

KATHMANDU (9 December 2021) - Nepal has one of the most progressive constitutions in the world, but many of its promises still are to be fulfilled, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and...

Kathmandu, 9 December 2021 1. Introduction Nepal has made great strides in the fight against poverty in recent decades. Absolute poverty numbers have gone dramatically down and multidimensional...

The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will visit Nepal from 29 November to 9 December 2021 to examine the Government’s efforts to alleviate poverty....

Fifteen years ago, a peace deal brought an end to the bitter 10-year conflict in Nepal that left over 13,000 people - mainly civilians – dead. During the conflict, gross human rights violations were...

8 July 2021 The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Australia, Saint Lucia, and Nepal. Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of...

AFTERNOON 23 February 2021 The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its high-level segment, hearing addresses by 29 dignitaries who elaborated on their national efforts to promote and protect...

GENEVA (18 January 2021) – Nepal’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Thursday, 21 January 2021...