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Nepal, India sign accord against cross border trafficking
Kathmandu, Feb 19: The human rights institutions of Nepal and India will sign an accord to cooperate with each other to end human trafficking, officials said here today.
Kathmandu, Feb 19: The human rights institutions of Nepal and India will sign an accord to cooperate with each other to end human trafficking, officials said here today.
The National Human Rights Commission of Nepal (NHRC) and the National Human Rights Commission of India will sign the agreement to try to end cross border trafficking, Nepal's NHRC chairman Nayan Bahadur Khatri said at a press conference at the end of the three-day 8th annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum of national human rights institutions held in Kathmandu.
He, however, did not give the details of the agreement.
Around 7,000 Nepalese girls are trafficked to India for flesh trade every year, according to an estimate.
The meeting attended by over 125 representatives from 12 member countries including India and two associate members including Afghanistan and the Palestinian Authority ''was gravely concerned about the violations of human rights in Nepal and appreciated the efforts of the NHRC to promote the signing of the human rights accord between the conflicting parties with a view to promoting peace”.
Human rights organizations have criticised both the government and the Maoists for human rights violations in the Himalayan kingdom.
''The human rights institutions of Asia Pacific region, including the UN Human Rights Commission, have urged the government of Nepal and the Maoists to respect human rights,'' Nepal's NHRC member Sushil Pyakurel said.
''The implementation is on the part of the government as Nepal has the obligation with the international conventions of the human rights,'' he said.
Nepal has signed over 16 international conventions related to human rights.
The meeting felt that it is the responsibility of the government to end terrorism, but in accordance with the rule of law, he said.
The Indian delegation was led by India's NHRC chairman Justice A S Anand. Bureau Report
He, however, did not give the details of the agreement.
Around 7,000 Nepalese girls are trafficked to India for flesh trade every year, according to an estimate.
The meeting attended by over 125 representatives from 12 member countries including India and two associate members including Afghanistan and the Palestinian Authority ''was gravely concerned about the violations of human rights in Nepal and appreciated the efforts of the NHRC to promote the signing of the human rights accord between the conflicting parties with a view to promoting peace”.
Human rights organizations have criticised both the government and the Maoists for human rights violations in the Himalayan kingdom.
''The human rights institutions of Asia Pacific region, including the UN Human Rights Commission, have urged the government of Nepal and the Maoists to respect human rights,'' Nepal's NHRC member Sushil Pyakurel said.
''The implementation is on the part of the government as Nepal has the obligation with the international conventions of the human rights,'' he said.
Nepal has signed over 16 international conventions related to human rights.
The meeting felt that it is the responsibility of the government to end terrorism, but in accordance with the rule of law, he said.
The Indian delegation was led by India's NHRC chairman Justice A S Anand. Bureau Report