22 June, 2022
Kathmandu,
Justice and Rights Institute Nepal (JuRI-Nepal) organized an interaction program with the Federal Parliament on the amendment Bill proposed at the parliament. The program was organized on 22 June 2022 in Kathmandu. The Bill was tabled by the government to amend the offense, punishment and statute of limitations on few criminal offenses. That includes the statute of limitation on rape cases and offense and punishment on the Acid attack related offenses. A total of 45 (32 Female, 13 Male) participants attended the program including the members of the House of Representatives and National Assembly. A small number of experts and victims of born vi...
8 July, 2022
Kathmandu,
JuRI Nepal in collaboration with International Commission of Jurist (ICJ), Advocacy Forum (AF) and Human Rights and Justice Centre (HRJC) organized a National Dialogue on Public Interest Litigation (PIL): Achievement, Challenges and Way forward as well as Strategic Litigation Hand Book Launching program in Kathmandu on 8 July 2022. Hon. Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada, Supreme Court Justice attended as the special guest. As a special guest, he delivered his remarks highlighting the importance of PIL on the legal development of Nepal. Senior advocate Gopalkrishna Ghimire, Chairperson, Nepal Bar Association and Dr. Sashi Adhikari Raut, Professor,...
5th April, 2022
Kathmandu,
JuRI-Nepal as secretariat of ESCR National Network, hosted and facilitated a dialogue with Member of National Planning Commission on 5th April 2022 to pay NPC's attention to allocate budget focusing on ESC Rights agendas/areas. As chief guest of the program Hon'ble Dr. Ram Kumar Phuyal, Member of National Planning Commission has committed to prioritize budget during planning stage on ESCR and GESI. Advocate Mohan Lal Acharya, Executive Director of JuRI-Nepal, presented a paper on formulating human rights friendly budget. He also shared that, JuRI-Nepal has been coordinating with the members of ESCR National Network creating demand to ensure th...
April, 2022
Kathmandu,
JuRI-Nepal in collaboration with all eight partners (JMC, FTG, SSDC, DSDC, IRDC, SWAN, FKDF and SEED) published 7,000 leaflets on "Human Rights Based Approach (Manab Adhikarmukhi Awodharana)" in April 2022. These leaflets were distributed to all partners and local governments in May 2022. The aim of the publication was to promote human rights based approach in the development sector. See the details of leaflet on HRBA.
April , 2022
Kathmandu,
JuRI-Nepal in collaboration with its strategic and collaborative partners (JMC and FTG in Kathamdnu, SSDC, DSDC and IRDC of kapilvastu, SWAN, FKDF and SEED of Dang) and nine Local Governments (five from Dang: Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitian City, Rapti, Gadhawa, Shantinagar and Dangisaran RM and four from Kapilvastu: Kapilvastu Municipality, Bijayanagar Suddhodhan and Mayadevi RM ) led to publish 12,000 leaflets on "Legal and Policy Provisions related to the End-child Marriage and Roles of Stakeholders (Baal Bibaha Antyasambandhi Kanuani thata Nitigat Byawastha ra Sarokarwalako Bhumika)" in April 2022. The aim of the publication was to promote th...
