Summary:

• Nepal's implementation of recommendations from the third cycle of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has been poor, according to a consortium of NGOs representing 530 civil society organizations.
• In January 2022, Nepal agreed to implement 233 recommendations covering 42 thematic issues but has either partially implemented or completely ignored many of them.
• Key areas with poor implementation include child rights, sexual and gender-based violence, national human rights institutions, and equity/non-discrimination.
• For example, none of the recommendations on child rights were fully implemented; 60% were partially implemented, and 40% ignored.
• Recommendations regarding gender-based violence saw only 61% partial implementation; promises to fund shelters and crisis centers for victims remain unfulfilled.
• Only one out of four recommendations related to human rights institutions was fully adopted.
• On equity and non-discrimination, none of the accepted recommendations were fully implemented; 80% partial and 20% unimplemented.
• Experts criticize the government for lack of accountability and warn that failure to meet commitments could affect international funding for human rights and rule of law programs.
• NGOs urge the government to allocate sufficient budgets, strengthen legal frameworks, ratify additional international conventions (like the Convention on Enforced Disappearances, Migrant Workers Convention, Rome Statute, etc.), and improve coordination to fulfill its human rights obligations.
• The next UPR review is scheduled for January 2026.

The article highlights significant gaps between Nepal's commitments and actual progress on human rights issues.

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