UN pushes for action in Dalit discrimination cases
Last Updated : 2010-07-22 2:40 PM
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KATHMANDU: The United Nations human rights office in Nepal on
Wednesday urged that two landmark verdicts on cases involving
caste-based discrimination be implemented at the earliest.
Last January, the District Court in Baitadi decided on a two year
imprisonment and fine of Rs. 25,000 to the main perpetrator behind
attacks against 12 Dalits at a temple.
In March, the same court found a man guilty of physically assaulting
the father of the groom during a wedding ceremony in July 2009 for
practicing rituals "reserved for high-caste communities." The
perpetrator was sentenced to one year in prison and fined Rs. 5,000.
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal
(OHCHR-Nepal) and the National Dalit Commission (NDC) said that the
local authorities including the Senior Superintendent of Police in
Mahakali zone and the Deputy Superintendent of Police in Baitadi had
assured that the two verdicts would be implemented at the earliest.
However, in spite of repeated calls by OHCHR, the NDC, Nepal's
National Human Rights Commission and others, the court decisions are
yet to be implemented.
OHCHR and the NDC both welcomed the assurances they received from
local authorities during a four-day joint mission to assess the
overall human rights situation of Dalit communities in Nepal's eastern
region.
According to Jyoti Sanghera, OHCHR-Nepal's Deputy Representative the
mission uncovered many obstacles preventing Dalit communities from
enjoying their fundamental human rights, said Jyoti Sanghera,
OHCHR-Nepal's Deputy Representative.
"I call on the Government to undertake all necessary steps to address
these challenges, and to execute the court orders as soon as
possible," she said.
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