Human rights groups urge Nepal to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Amnesty International and the ICJ today urged the interim Government of Nepal to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Disappearances: Nepali Government should take immediate steps to end impunity
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Nepal: ICJ submits recommendations to interim Legislature-Parliament on disappearance bill
The ICJ today submitted a letter to the Speaker of the interim Legislature-Parliament of Nepal setting out 23 recommendations related to the bill.
The bill provides for the amendment of the Civil Code to include a chapter on disappearance, abduction and hostage taking.
Nepal-disappearances-non-judicial submission-2007-eng (full text in English, PDF)
Nepal-disappearances-non-judicial submission-2007-nep (full text in Nepali, PDF)
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/4/37/Add.1, March 27, 2007 – Nepal
485. On 1 December 2006, the Special Representative sent an urgent appeal concerning Madan Rai Chamling, a human rights outreach worker and member of the Blue Diamond Society. Members of the Blue Diamond Society were subject of an urgent appeal sent by the Special...
Joint intervention by the ICJ and HRW on disappearances in various countries
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