Dialogue for peace and justice: The coordinator of Kapilvastu Incident Victims Struggle Committee & Katia Chirizzi, head of OHCHR-Nepalgunj Field Office, unveiling a billboard with human rights messages in Kapilvastu. This event was organized in Kapilvastu to commemorate second anniversary of the inter-communal violence.

Interacting with Indigenous People:
OHCHR-Nepal interacted with some 200 indigenous people of Arun-III hydroelectric project area in Sankhuwasabha district during its assessment mission in eastern region of the country that took place from 5-11 September 2009

Talking about non-discrimination:
OHCHR-Nepal concluded basic training on principle of non-discrimination for Muslim women and women rights defenders in Biratnagar, eastern Nepal on 19 August, 2009

OHCHR-Nepal's UDHR Poster Travels Across Nepal, April 2009


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  BANDOS, THE MALDIVES – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday urged South Asian judges to continue developing “cutting-edge mechanisms for opening up justice to all.”
At the opening of a key encounter of regional judges and experts from the Office of the High Commissioner and the Human Rights Council, Pillay stressed in a video message that “inequality and discrimination remain an enormous challenge across the world,” and singled out what she described as “the burden of multiple discrimination” that affects women, the poor, caste groups and indigenous peoples, among many others. ...Full Press Release 		 
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