Amnesty International Nepal submitted Amnesty International’s analysis of Nepal’s law on the right to housing to the Urban Development Minister Mohammad Istiyak Rai on July 19. A delegation consisting of Amnesty International Nepal’s Board Chair Bikram Dhukuchhu, Director Nirajan Thapaliya and representatives from Community Self Reliance Center (CSRC), Juri Nepal and Mahila Ekta Samaj submitted the analysis paper to Minister Rai at the latter’s office in Singha Durbar.
Amnesty International underscored that Nepal must strengthen its new legislation on the right to housing, keep its promise to prevent homelessness and ensure safe and adequate housing for all.
Amnesty International’s briefing, “Nepal: Adequate Housing for all: Analysis of the Right to Housing Act 2018” calls on the Nepal government to bring the right to housing law in line with the country’s international human rights obligations concerning right to adequate housing and rectify the present law through amendments. The briefing was made public on 13June amidst a programme with representatives from Nepal’s civil society, National Human Rights Commission, judiciary and media.
