Dharan
2 April, 2017
Hon'ble Arjun Kumar Koirala, District Judge at the District Court, Sunsari vowed to ensure legal aid service at their doorstop and requested local stakeholders to enhance their role and responsibilities in order to promote access to justice for all. He was speaking at the closing session of a three days training on "Access to Justice through strategic Litigation and Legal Aid service".
The training was jointly organized by JuRI-Nepal in collaboration with Nepal Bar Association, Sunsari chapter. It was focused on to develop a common action plan for the promotion of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and support to enhance women a...
Kathmandu
24 March, 2017
The Ministry of Information and Communication is likely to establish Advertisement Council in order to monitor and regulate advertisements from gender lens. Bigya Bhandari from the Ministry stated that the government will soon initiate drafting a specific law in order to regulate advertisements appeared in media outlets from gender perspective. She was speaking at an event – Judgment Watch Forum jointly organized by JuRI-Nepal and the Women Cell of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Nepal, Sancharika Samuha and IHRICON.
JuRI- Nepal under the Access to Justice Project in partnership with the Governance Facility continues to organize Judgme...
Kathmandu
16 May, 2017
Representing the voices of marginalized farmers of Naram village, Nawalparasi district, JuRI-Nepal and MADE-Nepal jointly call on the Nepal Law Commission to incorporate provisions entrusting Local, Provincial and Central government with the obligations to declare organic production zone, adopt adequate measures towards promoting organic farming, marketing of organic agro-products and protecting rights of the farmers tirelessly toiling in organic farming.
Law Commission Letter
Kathmandu
26 March, 2017
Nepal’s Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in the field of economic, social and cultural rights, for the first time, has formed a National Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The CSOs also confirmed that the deep-rooted discrimination, exclusion and the denial of ESCR rights was one of the key causes of the decade long conflict in Nepal. It is crucial to timely address the pending economic, social and cultural rights related problems for the lasting peace.
Press statement in Nepali
No. of pages: 32
Publication date: December 2016
Author: JuRI-Nepal, CRR & UNFPA
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Child marriage is a crime. However, it is socially accepted and pervasive in Nepal. Justice and Rights Institute-Nepal (JuRI-Nepal) work together with other agencies, including CRR, UNICEF, and UNFPA in combating child marriage. It affects both boys and the girls, however, it disproportionately affects girls’ ability to enjoy their rights and freedoms, especially due to the serious risks of sexual and reproductive harms associated with this practice.
It triggers a continuum of reproductive and sexual harms and violations by exposing girls to forced initiation into ...
