'Amend laws in accordance with Palermo protocol' Rights activists have urged the government to expedite efforts to amend almost a dozen laws to make them compatible with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Person especially Women and Children (also known Palermo Protocol), a major international instrument to combat human trafficking. Nepal 29 Jun, 2023
Lawmaker Pokharel hails Palermo Protocol ratification Chair of Law, Justice, and Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives Krishna Bhakta Pokharel said ratification of Palermo Protocol has been a milestone in efforts to control human trafficking in Nepal. Nepal 22 Jul, 2022
Australia to support Nepal's effort to end trafficking and modern slavery Announcing new Australian funding to support Nepal's endevours to end trafficking and human slavery, she said human trafficking and slavery is barbaric. Kathmandu 21 Jul, 2022
'Pro bono lawyers need resources' Supreme Court Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla has said that Nepal’s pro bono lawyers need to ensure sustainable representation of indigent groups of people. Nepal 27 Mar, 2022
Trafficking laws incompatible with Palermo Protocol Nepal has taken a step forward against human trafficking in recent years by ratifying the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Person especially Women and Children (Palermo Protocol), a major international instrument to combat human trafficking. Nepal 27 Jul, 2021
EDITORIAL: Stronger laws needed As a party to the Palermo Protocol that the Nepal government ratified last year, Nepal is obligated to make its laws compatible with the provisions of the UN protocol. Opinion 22 Feb, 2021
'Trafficking is crime of moral turpitude' As Nepal prepares to make its laws compatible with the Palermo Protocol that supplements the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, the country must stipulate in the new anti-Human Trafficking law that human trafficking crimes will be crimes of moral turpitude. Nepal 21 Feb, 2021
EDITORIAL: Amend the laws In the Nepali context, human trafficking is largely seen as taking a woman to neighbouring India to sell her and eventually force her into the flesh trade. Opinion 08 Feb, 2021
Human trafficking laws need to be amended The government needs to amend human trafficking laws to make them compatible with the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime also known as Palermo protocol. Kathmandu 07 Feb, 2021
�Gurkhas a vital link for boosting Nepal-UK relations� Kathmandu, June 13 Nepal and the United Kingdom have acknowledged the long and distinguished service of Gurkhas in the British Army, and recognised Gurkhas as a vital link in strengthening bilateral relations. “Going forward, both sides agreed... Travel 14 Jun, 2019
US honours Danuwar as �TIP Hero� Kathmandu, June 29 US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo joined the Adviser to the President Ivanka Trump to release the US Department of State’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report 2018 in Washington, DC today. The report assesses... Horoscopes 30 Jun, 2018
LETTERS: Ratify Palermo Protocol Apropos of the news story “Countering human trafficking” (THT, July 28, Page 8), all Nepalese except those who benefit immensely - directly or indirectly - from human trafficking would be only too happy to join the American ambassador in calling... 02 Aug, 2017
