(28) The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be considered as its combined fourth, fifth and sixth report, by 25 June 2008, the due date of its sixth periodic report. 29. Nepal (1) The Committee considered the second periodic report of Nepal (CAT/C/33/Add.6) at its 669th and 672nd meetings (CAT/C/SR.669 and 672), held on 9 and 10 November 2005, and adopted, at its 687th meeting held on 22 November 2005, the following conclusions and recommendations. A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the submission of the report and the opportunity it afforded to resume the dialogue with the State party. While appreciating the constructive dialogue established with the delegation of the State party, the Committee notes that the report does not fully conform to the Committee’s guidelines for the preparation of periodic reports and lacks information on practical aspects of the implementation of the Convention. (3) The Committee welcomes the additional information provided to the list of issues (CAT/C/35/NPL) by the State party in writing, by the delegation in its introductory remarks and in the answers to the questions raised. B. Positive aspects (4) The Committee welcomes the adoption of the Compensation Relating to Torture Act, 1996 and the Human Rights Commission Act, 1997, aimed at enhancing the implementation of the Convention. (5) The Committee notes the establishment of a number of human rights coordination and monitoring mechanisms, such as the National Human Rights Commission, the National Commission on Women and the National Dalit Commission, the Human Rights Protection Committee and the National Coordination Committee, and the human rights cells in the Police, the Armed Police Force and the Royal Nepalese Army. (6) The Committee also welcomes the agreement entered into by the State party with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on 11 April 2005, which led to the establishment of an OHCHR Office in Nepal. The Committee welcomes the continued cooperation of the State party with the OHCHR Office in Nepal. (7) The Committee notes that the State party received visits from the following special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights: (a) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, in 1996; (b) Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, in 2000; (c) Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, in 2004; (d) in 2005; and (e) Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Special Rapporteur on the question of torture in 2005. (8) The Committee commends the generosity of the State party in hosting more than 100,000 Bhutanese and 20,000 Tibetan refugees. (9) The Committee further welcomes the signature by the State party, on 8 September 2000, of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. 31

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents