ICJ mission to Nepal urges human rights measures to ensure stability and long term peace
At the conclusion of a five-day mission to Nepal, the ICJ today called on the parties in Nepal’s emerging peace process to take human rights measures.
At the conclusion of a five-day mission to Nepal, the ICJ today called on the parties in Nepal’s emerging peace process to take human rights measures.
The “Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights” holds a sub-regional hearing in Buenos Aires today.
The ICJ today began a five-day high-level mission to Nepal to assess the human rights and rule of law situation in the country.
Mandira Sharma, a leading human rights advocate from Nepal, will receive Human Rights Watch’s highest honor on November 2.
In 2001, Sharma helped found Advocacy Forum, a Nepali NGO and ICJ Affiliated Organisation that has played an instrumental role in defending the rights of Nepali people caught in the brutal civil war between Maoist insurgents and the Nepali government, during which more than 13,000 Nepalis were killed, most of them by government troops.
Nepal-HRW honors Nepali activist-Press releases-2006 (full text, PDF)
The ICJ, member of the Jury of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, announced today that Arnold Zunga (photo) and Akbar Ganji have been selected as the winners of the 2006 Martin Ennals Award.