Nepal

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Overview

Nepal is covered by OHCHR Headquarters.

News & Statements

Latest news

11 May 2026

Special Procedures

UN experts urge Nepal to halt mass forced evictions in Kathmandu

18 Mar 2026

Treaty bodies

Human Rights Committee Adopts Report on Follow-Up to Views Concerning Australia, Finland, Maldives, Nepal, Spain and Sweden

19 Jan 2026

Multiple Mechanisms

Nepal’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

12 Dec 2025

Special Procedures

Nepal: UN expert says minorities and Dalits must be empowered to fulfill their rights

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Latest statements & messages

08 Dec 2021

Multiple Mechanisms

Statement by Professor Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, on his visit to Nepal

27 Jun 2019

Multiple Mechanisms

41st session of the Human Rights Council, Statement by Ms. Dubravka Šimonović, Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences

29 Nov 2018

Multiple Mechanisms

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Šimonović
Official visit to Nepal 19 - 29 November 2018

05 Feb 2018

Multiple Mechanisms

End-of-mission statement of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on his visit to Nepal

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Featured Stories

Devi is an intimate documentary film of Devi Khadka reclaiming her erased history, transforming survival into strength by filmmaker Subina Shrestha
06 March 2026 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Women survivors of Nepal’s conflict speak out because their lives depend on it

After surviving torture and conflict-related sexual violence as a teenager, Devi Khadka became one of Nepal’s most prominent voices for justice. She now leads a nationwide survivor movement calling for truth, dignity, and reparations, and she hopes international attention will help Nepal adopt a truly survivor-centric transitional justice process.
IndigPeoples_hp
07 August 2015

Empowering indigenous peoples in Nepal

UN Human Rights Office Senior Indigenous Fellow Subha Ghale from Nepal is working on empowering women from indigenous communities in her home country.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

OHCHR position on UN support to the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

The Nepal Conflict Report

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/61/41/Add.1: Visit to Nepal - Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Nicolas Levrat - Advance edited version

A/HRC/50/38/Add.2: Visit to Nepal - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter

A/HRC/41/42/Add.2: Visit to Nepal - Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

A/HRC/38/41/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on his mission to Nepal from 29 January to 5 February 2018

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CEDAW/C/NPL/CO/7: Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Nepal - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Nepal

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Concluding observations on the combined seventeenth to twenty-third periodic reports of Nepal

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Concluding observations on the initial report of Nepal

CRC/C/NPL/CO/3-5: Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Nepal

Concluding observations

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Human Rights Council Resolutions, Decisions and Chairperson's Statements Commission on Human Rights Resolutions, Decisions Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Asia Pacific Section
Tel. +41 22 928 9650

Field

Office of the Resident Coordinator
UN House, Pulchowk, Lalitpur,
PO Box 107, Kathmandu,
Nepal
Tel. +977 1 552 3200
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