27 December, 2011
SC Denies Registering Petition on Rape Case
27 December 2011. The Supreme Court (SC) has today refrained from registering a writ petition on a rape case that occurred...
22 December, 2011
Mandira Sharma, Founder of Advocacy Forum receives Australian Leadership Award !
22 December 2011. Mandira Sharma, Founder of Advocacy Forum has received Australian Leadership Award. She is currently in Australia. She will...
30 November, 2011
AF, HRW and REDRESS Release Two Reports on Nepal’s Endemic Impunity
30 November 2011. Advocacy Forum (AF), New York-based rights agency Human Rights Watch (HRW) and UK-based human rights organization REDRESS have...
25 November, 2011
Don’t act on Pardon: SC
23 November 2011. In its landmark order, the Supreme Court today decided to continue with its stay order issued on 13...
14 November, 2011
SC Stays Dhungel Clemency
13 November 2011. Responding to a writ petition filed on Thursday seeking immediate nullification of the government’s decision to recommend presidential...
11 November, 2011
Shrestha Kin Moves to SC
10 November 2011. A writ petition was filed today at the Supreme Court against the controversial decision of the government to...
10 November, 2011
Pardon to Dhungel Contravenes CPA: Rights Activists Warn Protests
9 November 2011. Leaders of civil society have opposed the government’s decision to recommend pardon to Maoist CA member Balkrishna Dhungel,...
9 November, 2011
Government Pressured for Refraining from Amnesty to Dhungel
9 November 2011. Human rights activists and victim families have protested the decision of the Government of Nepal recommending the President...
4 November, 2011
Concerns Expressed Over Rise in Impunity
4 November 2011. Speakers in a program organized by Advocacy Forum Nepal (AF) in Kathmandu yesterday emphasized the need to prosecute...
3 November, 2011
Dr. Hari Bansh Tripathi at AF
2 November 2011. Dr. Hari Bansh Tripathi has been appointed as the new Director of Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AF-Nepal). Dr. Tripathi...
25 October, 2011
Policeman Rapes a Woman : FIR Lodged
25 October 2011. Area Police Office (APO), Kakadbhitta of Jhapa district registered an FIR on rape in 20th October against a...
3 October, 2011
Victim’s family demands no amnesty to assembly member Dhungel
3 October 2011. Victim’s family has demanded not to grant amnesty to Balkrishna Dhungel, Maoist assembly member from Okhaldhunga who has...
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...
