UN and discrimination against Dalits in Nepal
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
Nepal will be reviewed by the UPR working group at the 10th UPR session in 2011. The deadline for the submission of NGO contributions to the review of Nepal has not yet been announced by the OHCHR, but will most likely be 6-12 months ahead of the review.
- Read IDSN's contributions to the Universal Periodic Review of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
- Read more about the UPR mechanism
UN TREATY BODIES
The issue of caste discrimination in Nepal has been addressed by several UN treaty bodies, including the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Committee against Torture, and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
> See a list of reports and observations by UN treaty body committees in relation to caste discrimination in NepalUN SPECIAL PROCEDURES
Requests for visits to Nepal by UN Special RapporteursThe following Special Rapporteurs have requested a country visit to Nepal, but so far with no reply from the Government of Nepal:
- (R in 2004) SR on summary executions
- (R) SRSG on the situation of human rights defenders
- (R in 2006) (Reminder in 2008) SR on racism
- (R in 2006 and 2008 for follow-up visit) WG on enforced and involuntary disappearances
- (R in 2003) by SR on the right to freedom of opinion and expression
- (R in Nov. 2006) joint mission by IE on minority issues and SR on Indigenous Peoples
- (R in 2008) SR on the right to food
- (R in 2008) SR on human rights defenders
> Read more about the UN Special Procedures and caste discrimination
> More information about country visits by UN Special Procedures
UN documents and reports: NEPAL
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