Human Rights in Nepal


Human rights in Nepal are essentially understood as the fundamental human rights, as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1966. General

According to a report from the 2005 US Congress Archives, civil rights in Nepal were limited to the end of the 20th century, although the Nepal government could not be counted as one of the major human rights violators world. Nepal nevertheless received no law in 2005 against domestic violence or torture by the police. The police are known for the use of excessive violence and corruption in the early 21st century.

After and beyond the conflict, civil rights were tense and violations of human rights were frequent. These included discrimination based on the wardrobe system, sex, ethnicity and sexual orientation. In addition, there was a great deal of domestic violence, forced labor and forced prostitution. Freedom of expression, press freedom, right to attendance was greatly reduced in February 2005 when King Gyanendra (2001-2008 government) ruled out the constitution. Civil War (1996-2006)

Nevertheless, human rights violations have increased significantly at the end of the century, which escalated in 1996 to the civil war in Nepal, where security police in large numbers protruded against members of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist). In this civil war that lasted until November 2006, Nepal was one of the countries with the most abductions and arrests by security forces in the world, according to the United Nations. According to the Maoists, there were 36,849 abductions. The security forces were accused of forced disappearances, illegal assassinations, arbitrary detention, torture and opposition from both courts and human rights investigations without this leading to prosecution.

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