Nepal: Extend time for public consultation on new constitution: Repeal regressive aspects of draft

Nepal’s new draft constitution, adopted by the country’s Constituent Assembly on July 7, 2015 and put forward for a two-week public consultation period, has a number of major human rights shortcomings which need to be urgently addressed, Amnesty International said today. In particular, the rights of women and marginalized communities, such as dalits, are not clearly and sufficiently protected in the draft.

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