
Kathmandu, September 29 SSP Santosh Khadka of the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office has arrived at the office of the National Human Rights Commission in Pulchowk. The commission had sum...

SSP Santosh Khadka has been asked to explain why a National Human Rights Commission team was denied access to former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana while he was in custody. The National Hum...

By A Staff Reporter, Kathmandu, Sept. 24: The National Human Rights Commission, Nepal (NHRC) and Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) have reinforced their bilateral relations through the ...

Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia and Nepal's National Human Rights Commissions have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the protection of the rights of migrant workers and general public residing...

Nepalis are currently experiencing an unprecedented natural calamity, caused by the global heating effect and worsening climate change—serious human rights and climate justice issues. The devastati...

Kathmandu, Sept 16: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Nepal have renewed and expanded their partnership through a new five-year Memorandum o...

Kathmandu, August 25 The House of Representatives’ Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee is set to discuss the implementation of court verdicts and orders at its upcoming meeting. The committee...

Pact targets forced labour, recruitment fees and rights violations as Malaysia reports 46 complaints involving Nepali workers. The National Human Rights Commission of Nepal (NHRC) and Malaysia’s H...

Cervical cancer kills more Nepali women than almost any other cancer. It does not have to. Unlike most cancers, cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable. We have known its cause for decades. ...

Kathmandu. Nepali Communist Party MP Balawati Sharma has stated that the government must be serious about the management and relief of citizens displaced due to disasters. In a meeting of the Law,...

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: A group of human rights activists and civil society figures has urged Home Minister Sudan Gurung to withdraw his recent remarks against journalists and issue a public apology.

Kathmandu, Aug 19: Leaders of the ‘Nagarik Bachau Mahabhiyan’ (Save Citizens Campaign) have rejected the government’s request to relocate citizens staging a sit-in outside the National Human Rights...

Foundation plans medical aid and supplies for flood-hit communities in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Gorkha and Dhading. South Korean mountaineer Um Hong Gil is set to arrive in Nepal on Wednesday to lead a re...

The ongoing human-wildlife conflict is spiking at an alarming rate in the eastern part of Nepal. The conflict is posing a threat to both humans and wildlife species; it is a serious problem that th...

Kathmandu. The Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee under the House of Representatives has directed the government to relocate flood-affected and high-risk settlements in Rasuwa to safe location...

Lalitpur, Aug 19: Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission, Top Bahadur Magar has expressed the belief that collaboration between Nepal and China should continue for protection and promotion...

Crop failures and landslides are driving families to India and elsewhere, and in the process migration is eroding the traditions, skills and community ties that sustained their villages. Pyaru Sar...

Humans feel joy when birds chirp. But the sounds of some birds are particularly pleasing to the human ear. And scientists are beginning to understand why. A new study by researchers at the Universi...

Kathmandu, Aug. 17: The Members of Parliament (MPs) in today’s House of Representatives (HoR) meeting suggested the government to remove the term ‘prostitution’ from the Bill to Amend the Human Tra...

There is seemingly an almost curated web of favourable conditions laid out especially for traffickers. In 2022, I was part of a police raid where I met a 26-year-old girl who was rescued from an i...

Kathmandu. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal have signed a new five-year agreement to work together in the areas of human rights, gender e...

Kathmandu. Armed Police Force, Nepal (APF) has announced new recruitment for various vacant posts in the general group through open competition. Armed Police Force Headquarters, Human Resources Dep...

Lalitpur. The National Human Rights Commission has urged the government and all stakeholders to take immediate effective measures to prevent suicide, considering it a serious human rights issue and...

Kathmandu. Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) MP Madhu Kumar Chaulagain has proposed the formation of a 'Judicial Police' for the enforcement of court verdicts. Speaking at a meeting of the Law, Justi...

Sudurpaschim. Despite repeated reminders to implement the Sixth National Human Rights Action Plan implemented by the Government of Nepal, most local levels in Sudurpaschim have shown little interes...

Kathmandu. Nepal Communist Party (NCP) MP Balawati Sharma has demanded that the government implement the reports of the National Human Rights Commission and the Gouribahadur Karki Commission regard...

Kathmandu. The main opposition party Nepali Congress has demanded that the government immediately implement the recommendations made by the National Human Rights Commission regarding the events dur...

Kathmandu. The National Human Rights Commission has decided to monitor the human rights situation after the disaster. On August 26, a flood from the Bhote Koshi in Rasuwa caused significant loss of...

Human trafficking has emerged as the final consequence of the war against capitalism and imperialism. This crisis was born out of the terror, destruction, social decay, and killings that began in R...

Kathmandu. Ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmakers have demanded that the government bring an integrated action plan to manage human-wildlife conflict in a sustainable and effective manner....

Kathmandu. Rastriya Swatantra Party MP Sagar Dhakal has demanded that the report prepared by an expert team for the mitigation of human-wildlife conflict be implemented immediately. Speaking at a m...

Kathmandu. Om Chhetri, coordinator of the 'Human-Wildlife Conflict Management Technical Taskforce' under the National Trust for Nature Conservation, has stated that the situation where farmers alon...

Kathmandu. The government has called for nominations of eligible individuals and organizations for this year's 'Human Rights Award'. The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs issued a ...

Lalitpur. Former President Bidya Devi Bhandari met with victims of usury, cooperatives, microfinance, landless squatters, and disorganized settlements who were protesting outside the National Human...

Kathmandu. Cooperative and microfinance victims have been staging a sit-in protest at the Human Rights Commission's premises in Pulchowk for five days. The protesters, led by the Citizens Save Camp...