Nepal : Human Rights Yearbook 2007

Contents: Acknowledgement. I. New roadmap and challenges of transition. II. State and human rights: 1. Judiciary and human rights. 2. Executive and human rights. 3. Legislature and human rights. Annex: 1. Facts on human rights violation in 2006. 2. Statistics of human rights violation in 2006. 3. Views of political parties and institutions on human rights situation in 2006. 4. Documents related to peace process. 5. Name of contributors in course of preparation of yearbook 2007. 6. Number of state caused victims in the map of Nepal.

"Year 2006 began with the nationwide wave of protest against the king\'s direct rule. On the fourth month of the year, the king bowed down before the people and Loktantra awoke. With Loktantra in place and subsequent lifting of restrictions on civil and political rights, human rights situation of the country began to improve. In fact, the success of Jana Andolan-II was the success of endeavour for peaceful political change. Jana Andolan-II also mirrored the people\'s longing for peaceful resolution of the Maoist problem. Formation of Seven Party Alliance (SPA) created new vigour in Nepali political sphere. The 12-point understanding inked between the SPA and the Maoists took the anti- authoritarianism movement to a new height. In the meanwhile the king announced municipal election in a bid to institutionalise his autocratic audacity but his poor play was exposed in the international arena. Within five months of the SPA-Maoists understanding, king\'s autocratic rule came crashing. The year bid farewell before it could see the implementation of their agreements and understandings, held before and after the establishment of Loktantra. Some acts carried out by the CPN (Maoist) cadres even after the establishment of Loktantra gave some apprehension that they were not in favour of the peaceful transformation."