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Featured image for “Interaction Program on the Relevance of Ratification of the Rome Statute and Victims’ Access to Justice held in Banke, Nepalgunj”
19 July, 2021

Interaction Program on the Relevance of Ratification of the Rome Statute and Victims’ Access to Justice held in Banke, Nepalgunj

17 July 2021, Banke: Advocacy Forum-Nepal in collaboration with Transitional Justice Network-Banke, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and others convened an...

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19 July, 2021

Advocacy Forum-Nepal together with other Human Rights Organizations submitted Memorandum to Nepal Government to Ratify the Rome Statute

17 July 2021, Dhanusha: On the occasion of the International Criminal Justice Day, Advocacy Forum-Nepal and other human rights organizations jointly...

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12 July, 2021

Advocacy Forum- Nepal Holds a Meeting with District Police Office, Banke

4 July Nepalgunj, Banke: On 4 July 2021, Advocacy Forum-Nepal, represented by AF Lawyer Basanta Gautam conducted a sectorial meeting with...

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30 June, 2021

High Court Tulsipur, Banke Bench Issued an Order of Mandamus: Take Early Preparations to Mitigate COVID Risks

29 June, 2021: Responding to the writ petition filed by Advocacy Forum-Nepal together with other human rights organizations and advocates, the...

Featured image for “Nepal: Continued denial of justice for crimes relating to torture and ill-treatment – An independent mechanism needed to ensure prompt, thorough and effective investigations”
26 June, 2021

Nepal: Continued denial of justice for crimes relating to torture and ill-treatment – An independent mechanism needed to ensure prompt, thorough and effective investigations

On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (26 June), victims’ groups and associations and...

Featured image for “AF launches Annual Torture Report entitled “Countering Impunity in Torture: Need for Independent Investigative Mechanism in Nepal””
25 June, 2021

AF launches Annual Torture Report entitled “Countering Impunity in Torture: Need for Independent Investigative Mechanism in Nepal”

25 June 2021, Kathmandu: On the Occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (26 June), Advocacy Forum-Nepal...

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7 June, 2021

AF expresses solidarity with Gangamaya, ensure justice to the victims

7 June 2021, Kathmandu: Since the day 17-year old Krishna Prasad Adhikari was brutally murdered by Maoist cadres on (24 Jestha...

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2 June, 2021

Demonstration of health workers continues at Bheri Hospital

1 June 2021, Nepalgunj: Demanding immediate enactment of necessary laws for security so as to boost the morale of health workers,...

Featured image for “Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AF) Organized a Psychological Counseling Session (via zoom) for Conflict Victims on the Occasion of International Week of the Disappeared, 2021”
31 May, 2021

Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AF) Organized a Psychological Counseling Session (via zoom) for Conflict Victims on the Occasion of International Week of the Disappeared, 2021

28 May 2021, Kathmandu: Recently, the unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases is pushing already traumatized armed conflict victims into an extremely...

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29 May, 2021

Janakpur High Court Orders Provincial Hospital to Stop Referring COVID-Patients to Private Hospitals

28 May 2021, Janakpur: On 28 May 2021, a single bench of Justice Dal Kumar Khadka of the High Court, Janakpur...

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28 May, 2021

COVID-19 and Human Rights Situation in detention Centres and Prison of Banke

May 28, 2021, Nepalgunj: Advocacy Forum Nepal’s Advocate Basanta Gautam monitored some of the detention centers from the Human Rights perspective...

Featured image for “Advocacy Forum-Nepal Monitors Children Correction Home in Banke: Lack of Medical Treatment for Children”
25 May, 2021

Advocacy Forum-Nepal Monitors Children Correction Home in Banke: Lack of Medical Treatment for Children

25 May 2021, Nepalgunj: With the increase of COVID-19 cases and subsequent lockdown, the children at the Correction Homes are at...

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Among the hundreds of cases documented, Advocacy Forum has selected altogether 15 representative cases that show an endemic pattern of obstruction of justice, brazen abuse or total disregard of the law and deliberate attempts to escape accountability. The cases are also selected on the basis of their availability of evidence and wider public appeal. AF launches campaigns with other national and international organizations to establish accountability in those cases with a view to opening the door of justice to thousands of other similar cases.