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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

NHRC fiat on Dekendra murder case (ht 29/07/2008)

NHRC tells govt to respect its authority (ht 18/07/2008)

NHRC questions AIGs’ reinstatement (kp 27/05/2008)

NHRC role sought for new statute (ht 14/05/2008)

NHRC begins rights monitoring (ht 18/03/2008)

NHRC to have forensic experts soon (kp 10/01/2008)

Cases backlog leaves NHRC confused, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 20/11/2007)

NHRC chief meets PM (nn 04/11/2007), NHRC urges government to defend human rights (kp 05/11/2007)

NHRC interrogates APF chief and Home Secretary (nn 28/09/2007)

OHCHR hails NHRC appointments (nn 18/09/2007)

Upadhayaya appointed NHRC chairman (nn 17/09/2007), NHRC chairman Upadhyaya sworn in (nn 19/09/2007)

House panel confirms NHRC commissioners (kp 13/09/2007), ‘NHRC appointments flout Paris Principle’ (kp 15/09/2007)

Resuscitating NHRC, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 07/09/2007)

Rights activists question NHRC recommendations (kp 01/09/2007)

‘Appoint commissioners at NHRC soon’ (kp 28/08/2007)

PM assures early appointments at NHRC (nn 21/08/2007) [early??]

Staff protest law secy as NHRC head, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 20/07/2007)

PM requests another ex-CJ to head NHRC (kp 21/06/2007)

PM fails to persuade Upadhyaya to accept NHRC chief's position (nn 19/06/2007) [Why once again a male Bahun for the leading position?]

Media coverage on trafficking low: NHRC (samn 13/06/2007)

Recent SC orders crucial in ending impunity: NHRC (nn 11/06/2007)

NHRC's fate (kp 09/06/2007)

NHRC asks to appoint commissioners (nn 21/05/2007), Fill vacant posts: NHRC tells NC-D, UML leaders (kp 21/05/2007), CJ urged to help appoint NHRC members (samn 24/05/2007), House urged to fill NHRC vacant posts (kp 05/06/2007), NHRC leaderless as complaints pile up, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 08/06/2007)

NHRC, a vehicle without driver, by Shree Ram Adhikari (kp 17/05/2007)

‘Constitutional provisions flout Paris Principles’, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 24/02/2007), Constitution contradicts Paris Principle (samn 24/02/2007)

Writ filed for appointments in NHRC (nn 20/02/2007), SC issues show-cause notice on delay in appointing NHRC officials (nn 23/02/2007)

SC turns down case demanding appointment of officials in NHRC (nn 18/02/2007)

ICJ hails provision to make NHRC as constitutional body (nn 26/01/2007)

NHRC moves to tackle cases backlog, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 27/12/2006)

Ex-CJ Sharma likely to head NHRC (samn 10/12/2006) [As a male Bahun he has best chances in non-inclusive Nepal, of course!], NHRC will get officials soon (samn 11/12/2006), Lawyers against Sharma as NHRC chief (samn 14/12/2006), Rights back to square one: Just appointing new human rights commissioners won’t do much, by Marty Logan (nt 15/12/2006), Former CJ Upadhyaya to head NHRC (nn 18/12/2006) [He may be a respected person but it is another step to uphold male Baunvad!], Upadhyaya nominated NHRC chief (kp 19/12/2006), Koirala urges Upadhyaya to head the NHRC (nn 19/12/2006) [request from male Bahun to male Bahun], Upadhyaya considering taking up job (samn 20/12/2006), Let’s not politicize NHRC: Upadhyaya (kp 20/12/2006), Pradhan for accord (samn 21/12/2006)

Sundh calls for independent, effective and inclusive NHRC (nn 08/12/2006), Donors, UN talk vacant NHRC posts (samn 09/12/2006)

UN rights body seeks impartial NHRC (samn 16/11/2006)

NHRC staffers demand new commissioners (samn 19/10/2006)

No members, no recommendations at NHRC (kp 11/10/2006)

NHRC to remain open in Dashain (samn 29/09/2006)

Reconstitute NHRC: Kahane (kp 04/09/2006)

NHRC members ready to quit (samn 08/07/2006), NHRC chairman, members resign en masse (nn 09/07/2006), MPs concerned over NHRC team’s remarks (kp 11/07/2006)

NHRC exhumes body of suspect Maoist for tests, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 06/07/2006)

Maoist detainees take visiting NHRC members under control for 5 hrs (nn 01/06/2006)

NHRC concerned over state of impunity (rn 01/05/2006)

NHRC must monitor truce: Johnson (nn 31/05/2006)

NHRC sends draft ceasefire agreement and human rights accord to the govt. and rebels (nn 24/05/2006), Sign human rights accord: NHRC (kp 25/05/2006)

31 rights groups demand suspension of NHRC office-bearers (nn 23/05/2006)

NHRC Working to Rehabilitate Displaced People (ht 22/05/2006)

NHRC discusses about disappeared people; meets detained former ministers (nn 17/05/2006)

NHRC members mull quitting posts (samn 07/05/2006)

NHRC asks govt for action against SSP Thapa (nn 05/05/2006), NHRC for tough action against Thapa (kp 06/05/2006)

“Why would I?”, interview with CIAA Chief Commissioner Suryanath Upadhyay (nt 31/03/2006), originally in Nepal Samacharpatra, 24 March)

NHRC express dissatisfaction over clause of government surrender policy (nn 20/03/2006), ‘NHRC is not surrender center’ (kp 20/03/2006)

Rights bodies express concern over activities of NHRC (nn 17/01/2006)

Donors not satisfied with NHRC role (samn 29/09/2005)

NHRC of Nepal: The state of denial and threat to the victims (Asian Centre for Human Rights 24/08/2005), NHRC a govt spook agency: ACHR (kp 25/08/2005); see also response of the Acting Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nepal, Mr Kedar Prasad Poudyal submitted (19/08/2005) to ACHR Review titled, "The Ugly Case: NHRC of Nepal" (10/08/2005)

Groups flay NHRC (kp 02/08/2005)

NHRC team to visit mid- and far-western region (nn 20/07/2005)

NHRC to open regional office in Dhangadhi (nn 13/07/2005)

NHRC to probe into HSEB episode (nn 09/07/2005)

NHRC a Mission or Commotion? by Rabindra Bhattarai (tg 12/01/2005)

NHRC denied free access to Sundarijal detention center (kp 07/01/2005)

NHRC for govt, rebels to sign rights accord (ht 01/01/2005), Sign HR Accord: NHRC to government, Maoists (kp 01/01/2005)

NHRC to have child rights desk (kp 31/12/2004)

NHRC to probe Prashant's death (ht 21/12/2004)

Pyakurel suggests status quo at NHRC in absence of House (ht 20/12/2004)

Giant strides: But uncertain future looms over NHRC, by Vickram Chhetri (ht 10/12/2004)

Govt to sign MoU with UNHCHR (kp 04/12/2004)

SC directs NHRC to reinstate commissioner (ht 24/11/2004), SC order reinstates Shrestha in NHRC (kp 24/11/2004)

We want to develop a culture of human rights, interview with Nayan Bahadur Khatri, chairman of the NHRC (kp 18/10/2004), NHRC needs to be more vigilant, by Nayan Bahadur Khatri (tg 20/10/2004)

NHRC begins monitoring visit (kp 19/09/2004)

NHRC flays govt laxity (kp 10/09/2004)

NHRC concerned over rights abuse (ht 10/09/2004), NHRC raps Maoists, govt for human rights abuses (rn 10/09/2004), Cause For Concern (rn 11/09/2004)

NHRC to focus on illegal detentions (ht 04/08/2004)

NHRC team meets PM (ht 29/07/2004), PM promises humane treatment for detainees (kp 29/07/2004), Govt firm to fulfil rights commitments, says Deuba (rn 28/07/2004)

Funding Problem in National Human Rights Commission, by Bipin Adhikari (sp 23/07/2004)

NHRC admits to visiting barrack, by Dikshya Thakuri (ht 13/07/2004)

Administrative and Financial Issues in the National Human Rights Commission, by Bipin Adhikari (sp 09/07/2004), NHRC and Its Institutionalization Issues, by Bipin Adhikari (sp 16/07/2004)

Lip service to human rights, by Vickram Chhetri (kp 08/07/2004)

Expansion of Human Rights Outreach Services, by Bipin Adhikari (sp 02/07/2004)

NHRC demands access to army barracks (ht 27/06/2004)

Technical Assistance to National Human Rights Commission, by Bipin Adhikari (sp 18/06/2004)

NHRC conducts workshop on trafficking (kp 17/06/2004)

NHRC awaits PM word on barrack visit (ht 16/06/2004)

Defense Ministry ordered to cooperate with NHRC (kp 15/06/2004)

Noble Initiative: The National Human Rights Commission unveils its guidelines for the Maoists urging them to abide by rights norms, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 11/06/2004)

NHRC urges govt to act on commitments (kp 09/06/2004)

NHRC urges govt again to sign MoU on HR (kp 06/06/2004)

NHRC asked to probe missing lawyers’ case (ht 05/06/2004)

NHRC grills police officers (kp 29/05/2004)

NHRC guidelines to make Maoists respect rights (ht 28/05/2004), NHRC urges govt, Maoists to respect HR (kp 28/05/2004), HR commission sets norms, asks Maoists to stop abuse (rn 28/05/2004), NHRC Conditions (rn 29/05/2004)

NHRC ‘Code of Conduct’ for Maoists soon, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 25/05/2004)

An open letter to donor community: Corruption and lack of transparency and accountability in NHRC, by Indira Rana, Member, NHRC (pr 13/05/2004)

NHRC member on hunt for conflict info (rn 12/05/2004)

Human rights laws to be binding on rebels: NHRC (kp 10/05/2004))

RNA sees NHRC as adversary: Khatri (kp 03/05/2004), Govt not adhering to its commitment, interview with Nayan Bahadur Khatri, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) (kp 03/05/2004)

Govt not true to its commitments: NHRC (kp 15/04/2004)

Govt order is gagging of rights: NHRC (kp 10/04/2004)

NHRC vents ire at govt notice (ht 02/04/2004), Brick batting (kp 03/04/2004)

NHRC contests government’s commitment to human rights (kp 02/04/2004)

National Human Rights Commission Calls for Minimum Immediate Steps for Human Rights Protection, by Bipin Adhikari (sp 26/03/2004)

NHRC submits list of dos to protect human rights (kp 13/03/2004)

Govt’s attitude step-motherly towards NHRC: Pyakurel (kp 01/02/2004)

Victim of witch hunt to be compensated (01/01/2004)

NHRC to examine HR situation, school closure in Karnali (kp 30/12/2003)

NHRC against HR centre (kp 27/11/2003)

NHRC empowerment (kp 26/11/2003)

NHRC chagrined by unaddressed rights abuses, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 25/11/2003)

Invite UNHRC to Nepal: NHRC (kp 20/11/2003), AI lends weight behind NHRC demand (kp 21/11/2003), Govt ‘unaware’ of NHRC bid for UN rights team (kp 24/11/2003), International scanner on rights situation demanded (ht 25/11/2003), Rights bodies hail NHRC move to call UN team (ht 27/11/2003)

Bid to hobble NHRC taken to UN (ht 19/11/2003)

Govt clears decks for setting up HRPC, by Guna Raj Luitel (Kathmandu Post, 13/11/2003)

NHRC laments shoestring budget, skeletal staff (Kathmandu Post, 13/11/2003)

NHRC member urges civil society to protest human rights violations (Himalayan Times, 03/11/2003)

Deaths in Doti (Kathmandu Post, 31/10/2003)

MoD told to table report on Doti killings (Kathmandu Post, 30/10/2003)

NHRC moved against SI on torture charge (Himalayan Times, 18/10/2003)

NHRC to probe into students’ killings (Kathmandu Post, 16/10/2003)

NHRC tells parties to go beyond constitutionalism (Himalayan Times, 26/09/2003)

Make NHRC report public: EU (Kathmandu Post, 17/09/2003), Doramba killings were ‘cold blooded’ (Kathmandu Post, 19/09/2003), Sounds of silence, by Suman Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 22/09/2003), AI calls for public trial of Doramba accused (Kathmandu Post, 24/09/2003), Doramba abuses (Kathmandu Post, 24/09/2003), Storm over Doramba: Two months after the massacre, the Royal Nepali Army and the National Human Rights Commission are still arguing about the real story, by Manjushree Thapa (Nepali Times, 10/10/2003)

NHRC seeks law against witchcraft (Himalayan Times, 08/08/2003)

NHRC to set up rights monitoring body (Himalayan Times, 31/07/2003)

Reforming Complaints Management System at National Human Rights Commission, by Bipin Adhikari (Spotlight, 25/07/2003)

Govt mum on NHRC draft on rights (Himalayan Times, 25/06/2003)

National Human Rights Commission Decides on Witchcraft Cases, by Bipin Adhikari (Spotlight, 13/06/2003)

Govt reluctance to fulfil responsibilities flayed (Kathmandu Post, 07/06/2003)

It is not human rights but human wrongs commission, interview with Indira Rana (People's Review, 05/06/2003), 'Human Rights Commission is full of scams' (People's Review, 12/06/2003)

National Human Rights Commission Presses for a Human Rights Agreement, by Bipin Adhikari (Spotlight, 30/05/2003)

NHRC: Taking A Stand On Human Rights In Peace Process, by Bipin Adhikari (Spotlight, 23/05/2003)

Discrimination against women flayed (Kathmandu Post, 20/05/2003), Harassment slur on NHRC members (Himalayan Times, 20/05/2003)

Training on UN Convention against torture ends (Space Time Today, 29/03/2003)

Norwegian Council, NHRC agree to work for internally displaced (Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2003)

Inmates call human rights commission (Himalayan Times, 14/02/2003)

Rapporteur submits work plan to NHRC (Space Time Today, 14/02/2003)

NHRC seeks Indian co-operation to check women trafficking, by Bikash Sangraula (Kathmandu Post, 13/02/2003)

Victims of injustice tell their stories at NHRC ‘hearing’ (Space Time Today, 12/12/2002)

NHRC Calls For Press To Cooperate, by Bipin Adhikari and Hari Phuyal (Spotlight, 22/11/2002)

NHRC seeks information on war victims (Kathmandu Post, 01/11/2002)

Extrajudicial killings rampant, says NHRC (Space Times Today, 31/10/2002)

NHRC calls Maoists to stop killings (Kathmandu Post, 24/10/2002); see also editorial No eye for an eye (Kathmandu Post, 24/10/2002), Cause for concern (Himalayan Times, 24/10/2002), Stop rights violations (Space Time Today, 24/10/2002), NHRC urges Maoists to stop atrocities (Rising Nepal, 24/10/2002)

NHRC brings atrocities to Chand’s notice (Himalayan Times, 23/10/2002)

Building The Capacity Of Nepal Human Rights Commission, by Bipin Adhikari (Spotlight, 02/08/2002)

Shrestha suspended from NHRC (Kathmandu Post, 25/07/2002)

HR violations in Maoist-hit districts to be assessed (Kathmandu Post, 12/07/2002)

NHRC concerned about lying corpses in Nepalgunj, by Rudra Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 19/06/2002)

Govt ignoring its obligation: NHRC (10/06/2002)

Govt indifferent to human rights: NHRC (Kathmandu Post, 02/04/2002)

NHRC chief flays security forces (Kathmandu ÜPost, 26/03/2002)

NHRC Committee begins probe (Kathmandu Post, 09/03/2002)

Lack of staff, fund crippling NHRC, by Kiran Chapagain (Kathmandu Post, 31/12/2001)

For Human Rights Development: Role NHRC Has To Play, by Surya Bahadur Thapa (Rising Nepal, 13/12/2001)

NCHR to study emergency events (Kathmandu Post, 10/12/2001)

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NHRC awards compensation (Kathmandu Post, 25/05/2001)

Some suggestions for National HRC, by Shreedhar Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 05/02/2001)

NHRC team to visit Maoist-hit districts in western Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 10/12/2000); see also NHRC team to visit Maoist hot beds (Kathmandu Post, 18/01/2001) and Rights team touring Maoists hit places (Rising Nepal, 18/01/2001)

Maoist attacks gross violence of rights: NHRC (Rising Nepal, 30/09/2000)

Make NHRC work (Kathmandu Post, 28/09/2000)

NHRC discouraged by govt's attitude (Kathmandu Post, 25/09/2000)

Rights body can advise govt: UN team (Rising Nepal, 20/09/2000)

Team to visit Maoist-hit dists (Kathmandu Post, 14/09/2000)

300 cases of rights violation at HRC, by Tilak Prasad Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 31/08/2000)

HRC should be independent, impartial, by Dhana Thapa (Independent, 16/08/2000)

Human Rights Commission: Danger of Losing Status?, by Bipin Adhikari (Spotlight, 11/08/2000)

H.R. Commission Problems & Challenges, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 25/07/2000)

HRC: The question of independence, by Govinda Pyakurel (Kathmandu Post, 22/06/2000)

HR Commission calls on govt, Maoists to hold talks (Rising Nepal, 15/06/2000)

Row over HRC chief refuses to calm (People's Review, 08/06/2000)

Human Rights Commission (HRC): Controversial Beginning, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 02/06/2000)

Human Rights Commission: Share is fair, press disgraced, by P. R. Pradhan (People's Review, 01/06/2000)

HR Commission Formed (Sunday Despatch, 28/05/2000)

HR commission formation soon: Bastola (Rising Nepal, 06/04/2000)

Activists want HRC Act altered (Kathmandu Post, 28/02/2000)

HRC could now be a reality (Independent, 16/02/2000)

HRC, Maoist war discussed on Human Rights Day (The Kathmandu Post, 11 December 1999)

Background

National Human Rights Commssion, Nepal (NHRC)