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2 July, 2012

Inquiry Commissions Instituting Impunity: Report

2 July 2012. A report by International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) unveiled on 28 June in Kathmandu has revealed that different...

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2 July, 2012

AF’s Consultations on HR and Impunity-Victims Worried about State’s Indifference

2 July 2012. In a series of consultations hosted in 16 working districts of Advocacy Forum (AF) throughout June, victims of...

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28 June, 2012

Woman Torture Victims Waiting for Justice

28 June 2012. In various programs organized by regional and district offices of Advocacy Forum (AF) observing the UN International Day...

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26 June, 2012

Torture on Women Continues: AF Report

25 June 2012. A report released by Advocacy Forum (AF) on the eve of the UN International Day in Support of Torture...

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21 June, 2012

Ajit Kumar goes Missing: Subject to Enforced Disappearance

21 June 2012. Ajit Kumar Lal Karna, a college student, aged 26, resident of Jaleshwor Municipality Ward No-5, Mahottari, was reportedly...

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21 June, 2012

AF and REDRESS Strategic Workshop on GBV Litigation

21 June 2012. In a context where thousands of sexual and gender based violence victims are deprived of justice, owing to...

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7 June, 2012

AF and ALRC submit statement to Human Rights Council

7 June 2012. Advocacy Forum (AF) and The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) jointly submitted a written statement under Agenda Item...

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25 April, 2012

AF’s Campaign against Torture Applauded

25 April 2012. The Oxford Journals of Human Rights Practice, the online journal of the University of Oxford, published an online...

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24 April, 2012

Victims’ Solidarity for Justice

In order to gather local and nation consensus against amnesty for serious human rights violations committed during the decade-long conflict,...

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20 April, 2012

TRC and DC to be Merged

20 April 2012. Three major political parties, UCPN (Maoist), CPN-UML and NC have agreed to merge Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)...

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19 April, 2012

TRC and DC Should Meet International Standards: NHRC

19 April 2012. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent a letter to the government recommending it to form Truth and...

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19 April, 2012

Letter Submitted to PM Regarding Torture Bill

19 April 2012. Advocacy Forum and REDRESS submitted a joint letter to the Prime Minister regarding the torture bill that is...