Nepal: ICJ and partners call for action on gender and disability-based discrimination

On 16 July 2025, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with local partners – Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD), KOSHISH and the Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA)– made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ahead of its review of Nepal’s human rights record in January 2026.

In this submission, the organizations jointly raised concerns regarding:

discrimination against women and girls with disabilities;

barriers to access to justice for women and girls with disabilities;

denial of the right to legal capacity of person with disabilities; and

violations of the right of persons with disabilities to live independently and be included in the community.

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