UN rights chief warns Nepal peace process at risk from impunity
March 23, 2009
[JURIST] The peace process in Nepal [JURIST news archive] could be hampered by "impunity for human rights abuses" [UN News Centre report], UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile; JURIST news archive] said Sunday. At a Kathmandu news conference concluding her five-day vis....... [more] 
Nepal Supreme Court approves same-sex marriage
November 19, 2008
'[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Nepal has directed the country''s government to end sexual orientation-based discrimination and to extend equal rights to gender minorities, including same-sex marriage. The order, made Monday, came in a lawsuit brought by....... [more]
Nepal lawyers boycott courts after bar president suspended
September 22, 2008
'[JURIST] Lawyers in Nepal began a boycott of court proceedings Sunday to protest the suspension of the national bar association''s leader by the Nepalese Supreme Court. The court last week suspended Bishwa Kanta Mainali, president of the Nepal Bar....... [more]
HRW: Nepal must 'vigorously' investigate human rights abuses
September 12, 2008
'[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Maoist-led Nepalese government Thursday to''vigorously'' investigate and prosecute those responsible for the grave human rights violations allegedly committed during the country''s civil war. In a joint....... [more]
Nepal police put down protest at China embassy
July 25, 2008
'[JURIST] Nepalese officials said Friday that they had arrested more than 100 Tibetans for allegedly trying to take over the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu. Chinese media said the protesters were trying to use Nepal''s vulnerability as a newly-formed....... [more]
Nepal bans protests around royal enclaves ahead of monarchy abolition
May 26, 2008
'[JURIST] Security officials in Nepal banned protests and rallies near the royal palace and the residence of King Gyanendra on Monday, in anticipation of Wednesday''s expected abolition of the Nepalese monarchy. Nepal''s interim parliament voted in....... [more]
Nepal top court orders end to discrimination against gays, transgendered
December 21, 2007
'[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Nepal Friday ordered the Nepalese government to extend gay and transgendered people the same rights and privileges as other citizens. Gay and transgendered people face heavy discrimination in conservative Nepal, where so-....... [more]
Nepal parliament weighs future of monarchy in special session
October 11, 2007
'[JURIST] Members of parliament in Nepal opened debate at a special session Thursday to address the status of King Gyanendra and the Nepalese monarchy. The Communist Party of Nepal- Maoists (CPN-M) reiterated their desire for the monarchy to be....... [more]
Rights groups urge Nepal to revise draft law on truth and reconciliation panel
August 23, 2007
'[JURIST] Nepal''s draft Truth and Reconciliation Commission Bill of 2007 does not meet international legal standards as currently drafted, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission for Jurists said Wednesday. The groups called the bill"....... [more]
Maoists urge parliament to declare Nepal republic
May 14, 2007
'[JURIST] Leadership within the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoists (CPN-M) has called on Nepal''s interim parliament to immediately declare the country a federal democratic republic. CPN-M leadership formed a human protest chain through the parliament....... [more]
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