7 December, 2016 Kathmandu,
Nepal genuinely needs to have clear and consistent legislations and a strong mechanism for establishing 20 years as the marriage age. It is vital to safeguard girls as it endangers their lives and denies their rights to education and health. Mr. Raju Prasad Chapagain, the JuRI chairperson, delivering a presentation, offered concrete suggestions for the amendment of existing law in dealing with child marriage.
“The legal reform is obligatory, including but not limited to criminalizing all elements of child marriage, increasing the range of punishment corresponding to gravity of crimes, and guaranteeing adequate interim relief to the victims,” stated M...
30 December 2016, Rajbiraj
The child marriage in Nepal; is pervasive as age-old ‘cultural and social practice’ overrides the law. The girls are forced to marry at their tender age and their future filled with full of frustration and anger. It is a heinous crime. In order to support the government response to it, Justice and Rights Institute (JuRI Nepal) in partnership with UNICEF and the Women and Children Office, Saptari successfully concluded a three days training in December, 2016. It was designed to respond to Gender Based Violence with special attention to eliminate child marriage.
The training, under the Support for GBV Prevention and Child Protection Project was simultaneous...
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2 October, 2016, Kathmandu
The human rights champions expressed serious concerns over the Draft TRC Act Amendment Bill-2014. The Government of Nepal is likely to table the Bill at the Parliament. At an event jointly convened by JuRI-Nepal, Conflict Victims Common Platform, Accountability Watch Committee, Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights Institute, ICTJ and ICJ, human rights defenders called on the government and the Parliamentarians to ensuring not to grant blanket amnesty on the case of crime against humanity and repeal clauses that promote amnesty. It was organized to find flaws of the existing Bill and explore the areas to enact it in line with international human rights standards....
30 September, 2016, Kathmandu
“Eight Acts have been enacted over the last two years but non-implementation of these Acts hinders women and girls’ access to justice”, emphasized Ranju KumariJha, chairperson of the Parliamentarian Committee on Women, Children, Senior Citizen and Social Welfare. Expressing dissatisfaction over the Government's failure to prioritize the formulation of necessary regulations, she stressed the need for swift action and timely implementation of laws concerning rape cases and gender equality. She was speaking at the Judgment Watch Forum Series–II organized by the Justice and Rights Institute Nepal (JuRI-Nepal) in partnership with Women Lawyers Centre of t...
