28 January 2015: Today, Advocacy Forum – Nepal organized a press meet on UN Human Rights Committee’s decision on Subhadra Chaulagai case. According to the Committee’s decision, proceedings through a body such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the provision of interim relief are not adequate remedies for crimes of such gravity. Instead, the Committee has urged Nepal to undertake an effective and complete investigation of the facts, the prosecution and punishment of those responsible, and the provision of full reparation to Subhadra’s family.
The Government is required to widely publicise the decision in the Nepali language, and to report to the Committee within 180 days of the steps it has taken to implement the views.
Subhadra Chaulagain, a 17 year old girl, was dragged from her house in Kavre District during the night in February 2004. She was insulted, threatened and beaten while being interrogated, and then shot in front of her father. Her father, Kedar Chaulagain, was also brutally beaten during the attack, and left for dead.
Following multiple failed attempts to seek justice in Nepal, Mr Chaulagain brought a case on behalf of his daughter and family to the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, represented by Advocacy Forum and UK-based human rights organisation REDRESS.
