Kathmandu, April 12 (RSS): The International conference on ‘Identifying Challenges, Assessing Progress, moving Forward: Addressing Impunity and Realizing Human Rights in South Asia’ hosted by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) concluded here on Wednesday.
The conference has stressed on the implementation of the UN Charters, Universal Declaration on Human Rights, international laws on economic, social and cultural rights and all international treaties and agreements in letter and spirit.
The conference discussed at length the issue of migration and stressed the importance of the right of freedom of movement, including in search of employment.
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sher Bahadur Tamang said that Act on Transitional Law is in the process of being amended and added that the victims are kept in the centre.
He said that there would be no amnesty to the perpetrators of serious human rights violations and added that the Act has incorporated the issue of reconciliation and compensation.
Representatives of National Human Rights Institutions in the SAARC regions were present at the three-day event.
Likewise, the human rights institutions of Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar and Jordan attended the programme.
The NHRC said that discussions were held on the issues of national security and human rights, migration and livelihood, rights of women and indigenous and marginalized communities.
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