47th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 6: Adoption of Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Nepal Delivered by Ahmed Adam On behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) 8 July 2021  Madam President, We welcome that Nepal has accepted several recommendations related the protection and promotion of fundamental [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA is proud to present Tied Hands: Fact Finding Mission Report on Harawa-Charawa: Debt, Poverty and Climate Change in Dhanusha, Nepal This report is the result of an exploratory research designed to better understand the nexus between climate change, human rights and poverty. Persons living in poverty often live in ecologically fragile or marginal areas, [ Read more ]

Date: Thursday, 8 July 2021 Time: 5.00 – 6.00 PM (GMT+7) Platform: Zoom, Facebook Live Registration: http://l.forum-asia.org/TiedHandsRegistration   The report, Tied Hands: Fact Finding Mission Report on Harawa-Charawa – Debt, Poverty and Climate Change in Dhanusha, Nepal, is a joint initiative between FORUM-ASIA and one of its members in Nepal, Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC) to [ Read more ]

WOREC, our member from Nepal, developed a campaign to raise awareness of sexual and gender-based violence during armed conflict. To do this it collected a series of stories from survivors during the 10 years of armed conflict in Nepal. The stories were produced based on the conversations with the conflict survivors. Both security forces and [ Read more ]

Impunity is the absence of accountability and the rule of law. Impunity is defined in an international human rights instruments as the ‘impossibility, de jure or de facto, of bringing perpetrators of violations to account’, in criminal, civil, administrative or disciplinary proceedings, because such perpetrators are not made subject to inquiries that will allow them [ Read more ]

  It is well known that Jcycn has been actively engaged in advocacy and campaign for the right of children and youth. The journey was initiated by a very young group of children below the age of 10 back in 1992 through the Jagriti Child Club. Our combat for social justice in Nepali society was [ Read more ]

  The COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time considered to be the biggest public health crisis in recent history and has presented a tremendous challenge to our societies. Globally, the pandemic has caused immense health and socio-economic problems. More than 59 million people have tested positive for the virus with [ Read more ]

  (Bangkok/Kathmandu, 22 October 2020) ‒ A recent report[1] published by the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal (NHRCN), where it has made public the details of human rights violations committed by 286 violators in the last two decades is a step towards ensuring accountability and combating impunity in cases of human rights abuses in [ Read more ]

Date: 23 September 2020 To, H.E. Mr. Mohammad Haneef Atmar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan H.E. Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh H.E. Dr. Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bhutan H.E Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, Minster of Foreign Affairs, Maldives H.E. Mr. Pradeep [ Read more ]

Press Statement The impact of the pandemic caused by the Corona Virus is increasing day by day in Nepal. Till August 15, 2020, the number of deaths due to COVID19 disease reached to 102 and the number of infected persons reached to 26,019. Information and data collected through the INSEC’s district representatives from all 77 [ Read more ]