Nepal

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Overview

Nepal is covered by OHCHR Headquarters.

News & Statements

Latest news

22 Aug 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Nepal: Türk welcomes adoption of transitional justice law, calls for victim-centred implementation

14 May 2024

Special Procedures

Nepal: Retaliations against human rights defenders over business complex ‘deplorable’, say UN experts

23 May 2022

Treaty bodies

Nepal responsible for rape and extrajudicial execution of 16-year-old girl, UN Human Rights Committee finds

09 Dec 2021

Special Procedures

Nepal must now deliver on promise of social justice - UN human rights expert

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Latest statements & messages

08 Dec 2021

Special Procedures

Statement by Professor Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, on his visit to Nepal

27 Jun 2019

Multiple Mechanisms

41st session of the Human Rights Council, Statement by Ms. Dubravka Šimonović, Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences

29 Nov 2018

Special Procedures

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Šimonović
Official visit to Nepal 19 - 29 November 2018

05 Feb 2018

Special Procedures

End-of-mission statement of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on his visit to Nepal

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Featured Stories

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07 August 2015

Empowering indigenous peoples in Nepal

UN Human Rights Office Senior Indigenous Fellow Subha Ghale from Nepal is working on empowering women from indigenous communities in her home country.
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04 January 2013

Helping Nepal achieve lasting peace

“Peace will only be achieved through the pursuit of justice and the ending of impunity,” says UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay referring to an ordinance recently proposed by the Government of Nepal.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

OHCHR position on UN support to the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

The Nepal Conflict Report

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/50/38/Add.2: Visit to Nepal - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter

A/HRC/41/42/Add.2: Visit to Nepal - Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

A/HRC/38/41/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on his mission to Nepal from 29 January to 5 February 2018

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Nepal

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Concluding observations on the combined seventeenth to twenty-third periodic reports of Nepal

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Concluding observations on the initial report of Nepal

Concluding observations

Concluding observations

Concluding observations (Nepal)

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Human Rights Council Resolutions, Decisions and Chairperson's Statements Commission on Human Rights Resolutions, Decisions Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Asia Pacific Section
Tel. +41 22 928 9650

Field

Office of the Resident Coordinator
UN House, Pulchowk, Lalitpur,
PO Box 107, Kathmandu,
Nepal
Tel. +977 1 552 3200
Website

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