Speaking on the issue of ‘Human Rights crisis in Nepal ‘ Supreme Court Advocate of Nepal Dinesh Tripathi spoke that—There is worsening human rights crisis in Nepal. Nepal’s human rights problem is now reached in crisis stage. There is ongoing political repression, turtore and illegal detention in Nepal. Massive and systematic violation of human rights and humanitarian law is taking place in Nepal. There is total breakdown of rule of law in Nepal and all the basic rights including freedom of speech and rights to information has also denied. Political parties are not allowing to carryout their peaceful activities. There is ongoing repression and harassment on media and civil society. Common Article 3 of Geneva convention which is applicable in internal armed conflict (non-international armed conflict) is completely neglected by state institutions. War crime and crime against humanity is continuously taking place in a massive scale. Rebel Maoist is also fail to abide by norms of International humanitarian law. They are also targeting innocent civilian and killing people. Nepal is rapidly heading toward fail state. King’s pro-military and anti people repressive road map is the root cause of problem. King want to consolidate his personal power base at the cost of people and Nation. International community is also fail to address growing human rights and humanitarian crisis of Nepal. Nepal is going to be a worst humanitarian crisis and disaster in contemporary world if world community is fail to address it properly and effectively. Lack of strong will and apathy is a basic cause of it. Democratic world should adopt a strategy to isolate royal military regime from world community. World body must adopt hard and effective measure to exert deep pressure on royal military regime of Nepal. International aid must be channeled through NGO rather than government because unelected government has no legitimacy to receive international aid and since regime is not accountable towards people so money will be totally misused. Although Nepal has not ratify the Rome statute of International criminal court but impunity should not allow at any cost. So UN Security Council should take special initiative and adopt measures under Rome statute to conduct trial against perpetrator of human rights violator of Nepal. Any Person or authority that had committed crime against humanity and war crime must not be go free or immune from criminal responsibility. International civil society and international legal community must exert a deep pressure for it.
General secretary of International Association for Democratic lawyer Jenny Mire also spoke that—Human rights crisis in Nepal is really serious and complex. International community should come up with appropriate and effective strategy to address it. Human rights issue is matter of international concern and no country is allowing denying basic rights of its people. We will find a ways and means to address a human rights crisis in Nepal. Nepal deserves international support.
Co-ordinater of international committee of National lawyers Guild Steve Goldberg also spoke that—We should not hesitate to extend our support and solidarity to human rights struggle of Nepal. Nepal’s human rights crisis is matter of international concern and international community must play an active role to establish human rights and democracy in Nepal.
International symposium was organized by International Law society and Center for International legal education in Petsburgh, USA to discuss various Global human rights issue and probelom. Human rights of Haiti, Vietnam and role of UN including Nepal were discussed in the Symposium. Full session were devoted to “human rights crisis in Nepal’ Symposium were well attended by lawyers, Civil rights activist, Law professors and media people from various part of USA.
Likewise national conference of International committee of National lawyers guild were also held in perttesburgh. There was also a special session on Nepal. Advocate Dinesh Tripathi spoke in conference and appeal that—International legal community must come forward to establish rule of law and extend its expertise and experience to take legal action at international level to Perpetrator of human rights violator of Nepal. International legal networking can play an important role. US lawyers show their legal fraternity toward Nepali legal community. Justice is the collective responsibility.
Special resolution were adopted by conference which demanded full respect of human rights of Nepali people and respect rule of law Nepali authority must be abide by International human rights and humanitarian law. Likewise it also demanded to release of all political detainees and stop intimidation and harassment media, civil society. And political parties.
Meeting also theoretically agrees to establish Special task force of lawyer to work on Nepal issue at international label to address growing human rights crisis in Nepal. Procedure and modality of the task force will agree to work out and adopted by next meeting.

Pittsburgh, USA, Feb. 27,
by -Dinesh Tripathi