What We Do
Advocacy Forum (AF) takes a proactive, empirical and sustainable approach to dealing with human rights violations. We devise innovative strategies and take to interdisciplinary approaches to handle our activities, which are zeroed in on combating the vicious cycle of impunity afflicting the people. Currently, we have six well-resourced departments inherently guided by our mission, vision and objectives. These departments, however, aren't separate entities in themselves but work in close coordination and complement each other in total symbiosis. So extensive is the breadth of our activities that not a single incident of import regarding the issue of human rights escapes unattended by us. The departments are as follows:
- Human Rights Documentation and Monitoring Department
- Prevention of Torture Department
- Child Rights Monitoring &Juvenile Justice Department
- Criminal Justice Department
- Transitional Justice Department
- Lobby and Advocacy Department
Human Rights Documentation and Monitoring Department
The department systematically documents and processes the cases of human
rights violations committed by the state and non-state actors. Within
24 hours of receiving a case, the department, in coordination with
Criminal Justice Department, takes...
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Prevention of Torture Department
The department specifically aims at challenging impunity for torture in
Nepal in general and prevention of torture pervasive in government
detention facilities in particular. It advocates for the application of
international and regional standards...
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Child Rights Monitoring & Juvenile Justice Department
The department is focused on monitoring CRV including the effect of
conflict on children and promoting the implementation of juvenile
justice system. It aims at proactive intervention in the
implementation of Juvenile Justice Procedure Re...
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Criminal Justice Department
Criminal Justice Department is dedicated to providing access to justice for
disadvantaged and indigent Nepalese by providing legal information,
advice and representation. Legal aid is offered to all victims of human
rights violations such as illegal...
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Transitional Justice Department
The department oversees the implementation of various programs on
transitional justice in Nepal. The aim of the department is to
contribute towards Nepal's attempt to post-conflict recovery and
retroactive justice by increasing access of victims to...
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Lobby and Advocacy Department
The major challenge to the protection of human rights in Nepal is the
reigning culture of impunity. We campaign against impunity and are
vociferous for the reform of law and policy which is inconsistent with
Nepal's international obligations. We...
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