Nepal

Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP)

Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP) is a national network of peace and human rights organisations in Nepal. It started as a loose, informal forum in June 2001. Currently, COCAP has 44 member organizations. It has a large number of volunteers who actively involve themselves in various aspects of its work. COCAP aims to provide a [...] Read more >>>

Jagaran Media Center (JMC)

Jagaran Media Center (JMC) was established in 2000 by dalit journalists who sought to challenge caste-based discrimination embedded in Nepali society with media awareness. In its relatively short lifespan, JMC has been extremely successful in raising dalit issues at the local, national and international levels. The centre has trained and promoted dalit empowerment by giving them [...] Read more >>>

Jagaran Nepal

For more than a decade Jagaran Nepal has sought to bring positive change to Nepali society in order to improve the status of marginalised groups, particularly women in Nepal. Jagaran Nepal works to raise awareness for women’s empowerment through programmes related to sustainable peace, good governance, human rights, and encourages women to play an active [...] Read more >>>

National Alliance for Human Rights and Social Justice- Nepal (Human Rights Alliance)

National Alliance for Human Rights and Social Justice-Nepal (Human Rights Alliance) is a national level umbrella body of over 1,500 Nepali human rights organisations. The organisation aims to consolidate and coordinate the Nepali human rights and social justice movement and is actively involved in lobbying for the protection of it. It advocates for a society [...] Read more >>>

Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC)

Informal Service Center (INSEC) works for the protection and promotion of human rights in Nepal. Founded by human rights defender, Prakash Kaphley, and prominent human rights activist Sushil Pyakurel in 1988, the  institution has contributed to protecting and promoting the fundamental rights  of people in virtually all sectors by initiating collective efforts at district and [...] Read more >>>

Institute of Human Rights Communication Nepal (IHRICON)

The Institute of Human Rights Communication Nepal (IHRICON) aims to be a mediator between media and society, in order to utilise the power of the media for the protection of human rights. IHRICON is  run by senior journalists and human rights activists, enabling the organisation to effectively mobilise the press to push for social change. Much [...] Read more >>>

SUPPORT Nepal

Established in 1996 by a group of minority rights activists, SUPPORT Nepal works to challenge inequalities faced by minority groups, especially Madheshi, Dalits, religious and linguistic minorities, in order to build a sustainable peace. Training, networking, developing effective models for development, research and influencing policy are the organisation’s focus. Programmes Inclusion of minority rights for sustainable peace [...] Read more >>>

Human Right Protection and Legal Service Center (HRPLSC)

Human Right Protection and Legal Service Center (HRPLSC) is a regional organisation, established since 2000 and affiliated with the Social Welfare Council (SWC). HRPLSC works in the area of human rights protection and promotion, and peacebuilding through awareness raising activities, advocacy campaigns, capacity building and community mobilisation. It envisions a just and equitable society wherein everyone [...] Read more >>>

Advocacy Forum (AF)

Since its establishment, Advocacy Forum (AF) has been actively confronting the decades-old culture of impunity in Nepal by systematically documenting human rights abuses, monitoring detention centres, and formally building court cases.  The information is published and presented to national and international audiences and provides necessary evidence for the reform of the justice system. The organisation regularly [...] Read more >>>

From the field Nepal: change is possible!

Situated some 300km east of Kathmandu, Sindhuli is a remote district of Nepal where many villages are without access or means of transportation. It was one of the first districts attacked by the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) when they initiated their ‘People’s war’ in February 1996. During the 11 years of internal armed conflict, 14 people disappeared and 221 lost their lives in Sindhali. I recently had the opportunity to visit the region, and to assess how far people there have been able to rebuild their lives and communities since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in November 2006. Read more >>>