UN rights expert informed of violation of rights of Nepal's indigenous Newar people due to road expansion drive in Kathmandu valley, with the case in point of Ugrachandi temple in Lalitpur

This communication was submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Prof. James Anaya, on 6 August 2012 to provide information regarding violations of human rights of indigenous Newar people of Nepal, and/or continued threat thereof, by the road expansion drive in Kathmandu valley – mainly in Kathmandu metropolis and Lalitpur sub-metropolis, with the case in point of Ugrachandi temple of Lalitpur.

Below is the detailed account regarding current immediate risk of demolition of Ugrachandi (Tamka:dya:) temple, a historical holy shrine of Newars in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, without any consultation with and consent of local Newar communities for expansion of road in the area.[1] This violates their right “to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage” as provided by UNDRIP article 31 along with their right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent.

Submission on Nepal's Universal Periodic Review mid-term implementation assessment concerning rights of indigenous peoples and minorities

National Coalition Against Racial Discrimination (NCARD) and Indigenous Peoples' Rights Activists Network (IPRAN) in October 2013 made a submission to Geneva-based UPR Info on mid-term implementation assessment of recommendations relating to indigenous peoples and minorities made during Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Nepal in 2011. The assessment involves evaluation of the human rights situation in the country two years after the examination at the UPR for reference during Nepal's review in second cycle scheduled for 2015.

Nepal's indigenous peoples demand to participate in the revision of the constitution

4 January, 2010

In January 2010, the Indigenous Peoples Mega Front, the Lawyers' Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP) and the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) submitted a request to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples, following Nepal's failure to comply with UN recommendations regarding the exclusion of indigenous peoples from the revision of Nepal's Constitution.
Link to the Request to UN Special Rapporteur

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FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE ENEWSLETTER

• FPP ENewsletter March 2010

http://www.forestpeoples.org/topics/un-human-rights-system/news/2010/11/nepal-s-indigenous-peoples-demand-participate-revision-co