22 August, 2012
SC Issues Show Cause Order in Kapilvastu Incident Writ
22 August 2012. Responding to the writ petition filed by victims of Kapilvastu incident, the Supreme Court today issued a show...
22 August, 2012
Kapilvastu Incident Victims File Writ at SC
21 August 2012. Requesting the issuance of mandamus and other necessary orders to the government in order to provide compensation and...
13 August, 2012
SC Directs Government to Vet Officials
13 August 2012. The Supreme Court (SC) on 12 August ordered the government to frame vetting laws strictly regulating the promotion...
13 August, 2012
AF and AHRC Jointly Organize Interaction Program with Nepali Journalists
13 August 2012. Advocacy Forum (AF) and Hong Kong based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) jointly organized an interaction program with...
10 August, 2012
AF-AHRC Organize Seminar on Rule of Law and Criminal Justice
10 August 2012. Advocacy Forum (AF) and Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) jointly organized a two-day intensive seminar on 8 and...
23 July, 2012
Human Rights Activists Request Government for Desisting from Basnet’s Promotion
23 July 2012. National and international human rights bodies including AWC, OHCHR, HRW, AI and ICJ have requested the government for...
17 July, 2012
New NHRC Act Curtails Commission’s Powers
17 July 2012. A review of the new National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Act 2012 reveals that the Commission’s powers have...
12 July, 2012
NHRC Reports to SC on Ajit Kumar’s Case
12 July 2012. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) submitted its report on July 1, 2012 to the Supreme Court (SC)...
11 July, 2012
Court Awards Compensation to Torture Survivor
11 July 2012. In its verdict regarding a torture case, the Kathmandu District Court has directed to award torture survivor Arjun...
11 July, 2012
Torture victim compensated
11 July 2012. The Kathmandu District issued an order on 9 July 2012 to award compensation amounting NRs 10, 000/- (US$...
11 July, 2012
Court Awards Compensation to Torture Survivor
11 July 2012. In its verdict regarding a torture case, the Kathmandu District Court has directed to award torture survivor Arjun...
5 July, 2012
An Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a Non-Governmental Organization in General Consultative Status
5 July 2012. Ms. Juliette Thibaud of the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) speaks about the deteriorating human rights condition of...
