Every governance event classified by the Civica Pulse Beta pipeline. Updated daily.
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(Geneva) – Nepal’s recently elected Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, which came to power on a wave of popular demands for change, should use this opportunity to bring lasting protections for human rights and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists said in a letter to Shah published today.
The organizations made recommendations on 13 areas of human rights, including the transitional justice process, women and girl’s rights, the rights of Dalits and other minorities, the rights of migrant workers, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) rights, the right to housing, and freedom of expression and association. Some of the new government’s early actions—including the forced eviction of landless people from informal settlements and a proposed ordinance that would dilute the independence of the constitutional council in appointing judges and commissioners to constitutional bodies—appear to violate housing rights and due process protections and show an alarming disregard for procedure and the rule of law, the organization
The most concrete governance concern flagged is a proposed ordinance that would dilute the independence of the constitutional council in appointing judges and commissioners, constituting a judicial independence rollback, though it remains a proposal rather than enacted law.
Run 2 · temp 0.4
Judicial independence rollback (curtailment)
Rule of LawModerate − · -3
The most concrete governance concern flagged is a proposed ordinance that would dilute the independence of the constitutional council in appointing judges and commissioners, constituting a judicial independence rollback, though the event is primarily an NGO advocacy letter rather than a confirmed policy enactment.
Run 3 · temp 0.8
Judicial independence rollback (curtailment)
Rule of LawModerate − · -3
The most concrete governance-specific concern flagged is a proposed ordinance that would dilute the independence of the constitutional council in appointing judges and commissioners, constituting a judicial independence rollback, though it remains a proposal at this stage.
(Nepali authorities have stopped processing applications for transgender people to change their legal gender on identity documents.The authorities’ actions are regressing on years of progress and undermining the fundamental right of recognition before the law.The Nepal government should immediately process pending applications and create a clear policy for legal gender recognition aligned with international human rights law.
(Berlin) – Nepali authorities have stopped processing applications for transgender people to change their legal gender on identity documents, regressing on years of progress and undermining the fundamental right of recognition before the law, Human Rights Watch said today. Policymakers in Nepal should reject attempts to undermine the fundamental rights of sexual and gender minorities.
The Nepali authorities’ recognition of trans people’s rights based on self-identification following a court ruling in 2007 garnered widespread praise and made the country an important global touchpoint for rights related to gender identity and expression. Despite this jurisprudence, a
Nepali authorities have halted processing of legal gender recognition applications for transgender people, representing a de facto rollback of previously recognized LGBT rights and undermining the right to legal recognition.
Run 2 · temp 0.4
LGBT rights change
Rights & FreedomsModerate − · -3
Nepali authorities have halted processing of legal gender recognition applications for transgender people, representing a de facto rollback of established LGBT rights and undermining self-identification protections built since 2007.
Run 3 · temp 0.8
LGBT rights change
Rights & FreedomsModerate − · -3
Nepali authorities halting processing of legal gender recognition applications for transgender people constitutes a de facto rollback of LGBT rights, reversing years of progress on gender identity recognition.