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Human Rights e-Newsletter National Human Rights Commission of Nepal • Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal • Volume 7 • Issue 5 • November, 2011 Five Years of CPA Govt. releases Rs 1.5 million NHRC urges effective package for Godar Victims implementation of provisions enshrined in the CPA anakpur: With the Non-implementation of NHRC unwavering effort made recommendations, four years J through the NHRC long correspondence, awfully recommendations, the tiring visits of the victim's alitpur: The Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) has government has eventually family members and NHRC completed its fifth year. The Accord was signed between released Rs 1.5 million staff to various government L the Government of Nepal and the then CPN (Maoist) compensation package to be actors including the Ministry to end the decade long armed conflict in the country. Though handed over to the family of Finance, Ministry of Home the implementing of the provisions furnished in the Accord members of five victims of Godar Affairs, Ministry of Peace and was challenging at the beginning, indications of the Accord, as incident. The compensation Rs Reconstruction have altogether observed lately, seems to be positive which has fostered optimism 300 thousand each is handed indicated the obliviousness of from human rights perspective. Ways are now paved for the over to the immediate kin of government bureaucracy with early conclusion of peace process and the conducive environment victims Sanjeev Karn, Durgesh for making human rights friendly constitution in particular via Lav, Pramod Narayan Mandal, the instrumental 7 Point Consensus singed between three major Shailendra Kumar Yadav and political parties on November 1, 2011. Jitendra Jha, it is learnt. Though the financial relief as the compensation is disbursed to As per the information acquired the conflict victims of human rights violations, the perpetrators by the NHRC, five local youths of the violations of human rights of serious nature haven't been were said to have been detained brought to justice due to the considerable delay in instituting at Biswakarman Chok by the the mechanisms (Truth and Reconciliation Commission and then security forces deployed in Commission on Enquiry of Enforced Disappearances). This the area on October 8, 2003. All has resulted in the deprivation of justice delivery to the victims five victims were blindfolded and languishing for a long time. Even though, the consensus is shot dead later before they were reached time and again between the chief political parties to buried at the bank of Kamala compensate the property damaged during the conflict period, River situated at Godar VDC of Letter received from Home Ministry to return the confiscated property to the rightful owners and to Dhanusha district. The NHRC with regard to the compensation rehabilitate the displaced persons, it hasn't been translated into collected the human remains package for Godar Victims action yet. of the victims upon conducting the series of exhumation at the regard to the magnitude of the There has been a little progress in removing the landmines planted burial site in August, 2010. The incidents and state of impunity. during the conflict period, however, it is deemed necessary that specimen of exhumed remains of Indisputably, there appears a the attention of the stakeholders ought to be drawn to the fatal the victims is under the process dismal state of affairs concerning incidents perpetuated from time to time due to unexploded of DNA analysis. the self motivated effort of the ordnance (UXO). state towards the protection of In this concern, the relief as the human rights in the country. The Similarly, the de-facto situation is such that the recommendations compensation was allocated by family members and the relatives and decisions made by the Commission and the court have not the government as per the NHRC of the victims do not have access been implemented. Contrarily, the continuity of political protection decision forwarded on January and ability to knock the door of gripped by the persons involved in crimes has given shelter to the 29, 2008 while on prosecution Singha Drubar time and again for state of impunity. side, as of today, no legal action long awaited justice. Following has been commissioned against this, the NHRC has appealed to the In the context of the completion of five years of the CPA, the accused SSP Chuda Bahadur government to implement all types therefore, the Commission has appealed to all the concerned Shrestha, SP Kuber Singh Rana, of recommendations without any parties to realize the past weaknesses and implement the Major Anup Adhikari and CDO dilly dallying and in an absolute provisions mentioned in the Accord in an absolute practical term. Rewati Raman Kafle. practical term, the report says. www.nhrcnepal.org 1 Monitoring conducted on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the status of women's Racial Discrimination monitored in Nuwakot rights in Sindhupalchok offices, security indhupalchok: The status of agencies, National women's rights is in a dismal state Federation of Persons S in Sindhuplachok district situated with Disability, Nepal a few hundred kilometers east from city National Dalit Social capital Kathmandu, as per the monitoring Welfare Association, conducted by the NHRC in the district. Nepalese Federation Apart from Chautara, the district headquarter, for Journalists, human the team visited Ghumathang, Ramche, rights organizations and Melamchi, Helembu, Kunchok and Eechok agencies, including the VDCs including the governmental and non- victims concerned and governmental stakeholder organizations to collected the information carry out on-the-spot monitoring from 5th to from them. 11th November, 2011. The team carried out Meanwhile, the monitoring team participated NHRC officer and the participants of NFPD and NDSWA during an monitoring on the special in the programme on women's rights in intraction on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and classes operated for the the district on 7th November organized by Racial Discrimination held in Nuwakot children with disability Shakti Samuha, an organization working in under special education the field of women's rights. Similarly, on policy. Similarly, the team 10th November, the NHRC team organized uwakot: The NHRC conducted carried out on-the-spot monitoring of the an interaction in collaboration with the Self monitoring on the incidents of human places including Bageswari, Devighat, Khani Reliance Center- Melamchi. N rights violations in Nuwakot district Gaon, Dhikure and Khadga Bhanjyang. that took place on various dates. The team Though women populace comprised of 1, took to the district of Nuwakot on November Meanwhile, the team held an interaction in 76,249 of the total 35,7,143 population, the 7, 2011 to accomplish one of the series of coordination with the National Federation overall status of women's rights in the district activities on the protection of human rights for Persons with Disability and National wasn't found that satisfactory. Despite the set forth in the NHRC annual plan. Dalit Social Welfare Association which was fact that the right to life has been realized in followed by comprehensive discussions on the post conflict scenario of the district, the The team conducted monitoring on the human the human rights situation of the persons' right to life has been violated at times due to rights situation of persons with disabilities, rights against racial discrimination and various other reasons. rights against racial discrimination and persons with disability. detention center. Similarly, the team carried As per the information received through out investigation on 5 complaints registered The participants of the programme various stakeholder concerned in the district, with regard to the incidents of human rights comprised of the Chief District Officer, a number of incidents of human rights violations. representatives of the concerned stakeholder violations were perpetuated against women in government offices, chiefs of the security the district. During the monitoring, the team met with the agencies, teachers, and woman human rights stakeholder representatives of the government defenders including media. 44 participants took part in the programme. Incidents of HR violations reported amidst normalcy in West: Justice delivery side taps impetus aski: Despite the fact that and Implementation Guidelines the incidents of human on school as a zone of peace K rights violations and 2011. The corporal punishment excesses are found to be declining, and inessential political activities the human rights culture didn't in the academic institutions have seem to tap development due discarded the children's rights to to the lack of rule of law and education in free environment, as pervasive culture of impunity. per the NHHRC office-Pokhara. The sporadic incidents of criminal offenses were reported this month On justice delivery side, the as well due to the lack of peace district court of Manang has and security in the districts of dispensed the verdict over the west, the report says. infamous incident of two year old massacre in which 7 people from A business person in Myagdi Gorkha district were murdered. threw a boy named Nikesh, 6, of These ill-fated victims had arrived Kuhu - 4 into Myagdi river for Participants and the panellists discussing on the human rights at a place called Naar to collect want of a gold coin worth around situation in western region Yarchagumba (traditional Viagra). 25 hundred rupees. 6 persons convicted for the torture inflicted on the school the center of discussion among cold blooded murder have been Similarly, the perpetuation of the children was reported rampant in the participants in an interaction incidents of physical and mental the region. The issue as such was held on "National Framework Continued on page 10 2 www.nhrcnepal.org Faulty air services leave impact on commuters of remote districts in Mid West: Right to Freedom of Movement monitored umla: Life in the remote Himalayan the name of quota without maintaining any districts was hit hard as the irregular air transparency.