Nepal Yet to Take Steps to Ensure Justice for Women Who Suffered Sexual Violence during Conflict

Jun 20, 2019 | Binod Ghimire, Kathmandu Post
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Even as Nepal has failed to ensure justice for victims of the decade-long conflict, the country has yet to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in relation to two cases of sexual violence committed during the time of war. Coinciding with the Interantioanl Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, which is marked on June 19, two human rights organisations have filed petitions at the UN Human Rights committee to build pressure on the Nepali authorities to ensure justice for two women who were sexually exploited during the “people’s war” that ended in 2006.