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Krishna Adhikari

Krishna Adhikari On 6 June 2004, Krishna Prasad Adhikari, a resident of Fujel village of Gorkha District, was murdered in Chitwan District by Maoist cadres. Krishna Prasad was visiting his grandparents after having taken the SLC examinations, and he was abducted from Bakullahar Chowk by men who came on a motorcycle ...
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Close Encounters

Stories from the Frontline of Human Rights Work in Nepal

Close Encounters
During Nepal’s armed conflict and its aftermath, human rights violations not only scarred and destroyed the victims but had a devastating effect on the lives of human rights defenders.
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Joint Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Nepal

23 March 2015: Advocacy Forum together with  Asian Human Rights Commission, the Redress Trust and the World Organization against Torture made submission to the 23rd Session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of Nepal. 
 
The submission highlights the issues such as  (a) the continuation of impunity for serious human rights violations committed during the conflict in Nepal and since; (b) serious flaws in the transitional justice law and transitional justice processes, (c) Nepal’s failure to effectively respond to sexual violence; (d) the continued practice of torture; and (e) the lack of effectiveness of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The full submission is available at:http://www.omct.org/files/2015/03/23060/upr_nepal_22march2015.pdf
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