Human Rights Watch Nepal

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/11/nepal-more-progress-needed-transitional-justice-law

Nepal: More Progress Needed on Transitional Justice Law The Nepali government’s push during the past year to advance a transitional justice process related to the country’s 1996-2006 internal armed conflict requires further effort to meet victims’ needs and international legal standards, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2024.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/21/qatar-nepal-bangladesh-emirs-visits-should-prioritize-migrant-worker-protections

Qatar, Nepal, Bangladesh: Emir’s Visits Should Prioritize Migrant Worker Protections The upcoming visits of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, to Bangladesh and Nepal should prioritize labor protections for migrant workers.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/05/nepal-seize-chance-ensure-justice-conflict-atrocities

Nepal: Seize Chance to Ensure Justice for Conflict Atrocities The Nepali government’s proposed bill on transitional justice contains important provisions, including for reparations, relating to the country’s civil war but still needs significant amendments. Lack of accountability for conflict-era violations has led to a crisis of impunity in the country.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/15/nepal-barriers-transgender-legal-recognition

Nepal: Barriers to Transgender Legal Recognition The government of Nepal should create a clear, simple, and rights-respecting procedure that would allow transgender and third gender people to obtain official documents in accordance with their gender identity.

https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/01/13/nepal-failed-in-preventing-covid-deaths-and-address-rights-challenges-hrw

Nepal failed in preventing Covid deaths and addressing rights challenges: HRW In its global report, the New York-based international human rights organisation says transitional justice remains as slow as ever.

Nepalese Children secondhanded textbook at rural side in Nepal

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/13/recognized-yet-limited-abortion-rights-nepal

Recognized Yet Limited: Abortion Rights in Nepal Following the deaths of countless women who had undergone unsafe abortions, Nepal legalized the procedure in 2002. In 2018, Nepal’s government went further to protect women, enacting legislation that recognizes seeking abortion as a fundamental human right.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/07/25/nepal-amend-transitional-justice-bill

Nepal: Amend Transitional Justice Bill The Nepali government’s bill to amend its current transitional justice law marks some progress toward accountability but will not fully provide justice to victims or meet Nepal’s obligations under international law in its current form.