17 April, 2012
Human Rights Community in Agitation
18 April 2012. Human rights activists and leaders of the civil society launched a pressure campaign for the prompt formation of...
2 April, 2012
Consensus built to table TRC and DC Bills before Parliament
2 April 2012. Possibility to form the much-awaited Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) and Disappearance Commission (DC) has heightened as the top...
30 March, 2012
DC former Verdict Quashed
29 March 2012. The Patan Appellate Court has today quashed the order of the Kathmandu District Court vis-à-vis case forward of...
30 March, 2012
Court Awards Compensation
29 March 2012. The District Court of Kathmandu has today issued an order to award torture survivor Mr. Bharat Sharma a...
27 March, 2012
AF Workshop on Medico-legal Examination Conducted
23 March 2012. Many victims of torture in Nepal are deprived of proper justice and compensation in the absence of adequate...
9 March, 2012
AF and AHRC Jointly Submit Separate Open Letters to Big Three against Blanket Amnesty
9 March 2012. In three separate open letters issued yesterday, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and Advocacy Forum (AF) have...
28 February, 2012
Ratification of the Third Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure
28 February 2012. An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission, Advocacy Forum, Concern for Children and Environment (Concern) Nepal,...
27 February, 2012
Rape and Torture Victims Demand Justice
27 February 2012. In two recent programs organized by Advocacy Forum (AF) in Surkhet and Kanchanpur districts, women victims of sexual...
15 February, 2012
Families of the Disappeared in a Legal and Emotional Limbo
15 February 2012. A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative...
13 February, 2012
The ALRC and Advocacy Forum Call for International Action Concerning the Rise of Torture and Ongoing Impunity
13 February 2012. A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative...
13 February, 2012
Council Action Required to Prevent Blanket Impunity for Conflict-Era Violations
13 February 2012. A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative...
7 February, 2012
Bridging the Gap between International Human Rights Standards and its Application: Experiences of Advocacy Forum-Nepal
7 February 2012. Speaker: Mandira Sharma. Date: 12:30pm – 1:30pm, 07 Feb 2012. Venue: Seminar Room 1.13, Coombs Extension Building #8, ANU. Nepali human rights...
News
407Among 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.
May 26, 2025
Orientation against Drug Abuse at Jayendu Child Reform Home
Banke, 26 May 2025: A one-day orientation programme against drug abuse was successfully conducted at the Jayendu Child Reform Home...
May 24, 2025
AF-organized National Workshop Calls for Urgent Reforms in Nepal’s Juvenile Justice System
24 May 2025, Kathmandu: A national workshop convened in Kathmandu on Friday highlighted critical gaps in Nepal’s juvenile justice system,...
May 9, 2025
Three-Month English Training Launched for Juveniles in Banke CRH
9 May 2025, Nepalgunj: A three-month English language training programme has been launched for 40 children in conflict with the...
