Nepal: Address Transitional Justice

Expand The mother of 13-year-old Nirmala Panta, who was raped and murdered in Kanchanpur district, speaks at a mass rally calling for justice, Kathmandu, Nepal, September 15, 2018. © 2018 Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto (New York) – Nepal moved to a federal structure of governance during 2018, and held national and provincial elections, but failed to deliver justice for the country’s decade-long conflict that ended in 2006, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2019. Nepal also failed to take steps to properly protect the rights of women and girls, particularly those from minority Dalit…

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