5 March, 2011
Custodial Torture Up by 6.7%
5 March, 2011. Advocacy Forum has recorded a significant overall increase in the percentage of custodial torture between July and December...
17 February, 2011
7th Anniversary of Maina’s Killing: Maina’s Mother Urges Army Chief to Fight Impunity
17 February 2011. Devi Sunuwar, mother of Maina Sunuwar, read out an open letter addressed to the Chief of Army Staff...
17 February, 2011
7th Anniversary of Maina’s Killing: Organizations Call Govt. to End Obstruction to Justice
17 February, 2011. Seven years after the arrest and killing of Maina Sunuwar, the Government of Nepal should take immediate...
15 February, 2011
Court Order DPO to Compensate Torture Survivor
15 February 2011. In what may be termed as one of the rare decisions by a Nepalese Court, the District court...
2 February, 2011
Courts Order Compensation in Two Torture Cases
2 February 2011. The District Court of Ramechhap has issued an order yesterday to award compensation to the tune of NRs....
26 January, 2011
Appellate Courts Order Police to Slough off Slumber in Three Cases
26 January 2011. Recent decisions from Appellate Courts have directed the police authorities concerned to immediately carry out effective investigations into...
26 January, 2011
Appellate Court Issues Mandamus Order in Barai Case
26 January 2011. The Appellate Court of Butwal has passed directives today to the District Police Office (DPO) of Rupandehi to immediately...
24 January, 2011
Victims knock HRC Door Ahead of UN Scrutiny Day
24 January 2011. The families of eight youths from Manau, Bardiya District, who were disappeared at the hands of security forces...
13 January, 2011
The Politics and Legalities of Impunity in Asia and Beyond
13 January 2012. Speaker: Tyrell Haberkorn, ANU; Suzanne Karstedt, Leeds University; Mandira Sharma, Advocacy Forum, Kathmandu. Date: 12:00pm – 2:00pm, 13 Jan 2012. Venue: Seminar Room 3, Hedley...
10 January, 2011
Medicos Receive Training in Istanbul Protocol
With an objective to build the capacity of doctors to better document torture, particularly interviewing torture survivors, Advocacy Forum (AF),...
28 December, 2010
Political will hampering formation of TJ mechanisms
Expressing their views on the deeply entrenched culture of impunity in Nepal, key stakeholders of the Criminal Justice System in...
23 December, 2010
Milestone Achieved in Global Struggle Against Disappearance
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance has formally entered into force from today (23...
