Author Archives: ASD

Interaction on Transitional Justice Mechanism

ASD Human rights program supported a half day interaction program organized by Accountability Watch Committee(AWC) on 17 March 2014 in Kathmandu. The program was organized to disseminate the decision of the Supreme Court made on 02 January 2014 on Transitional Justice in Nepal. 80 participants including Mr. Narahari Acharya, Minister of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs, Journalists, Human Rights activists and Conflict Victims were present at the program. In the program, Mr. Acharya assured that the replacement bill drafted will not compromise with the fundamental principles of transitional justice.

Reflection Workshop on Human Rights Movement in Nepal

ASD Human Rights program organized a ‘Reflection Workshop’ from 22-24 February 2014 at Bharatpur, Chitwan to share experiences of the transition and engagement of human rights defenders in the field of human rights. The purpose of the workshop was to reflect about the human rights movement in Nepal and form strategies in line with the emerging challenges of human rights violation / abuses and lack of rule of law. 15 human rights defenders from all five development regions of Nepal participated in the workshop and raised the contemporary human rights challenges in personal and working spheres.