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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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)...

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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...

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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$...

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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...

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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...

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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.