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  • Policy Brief: Vulnerability of Migrant Workers and their Right to Return to the Country of Origin

    • May 28, 2020
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    This policy brief (brief) has been prepared in relation to migrant workers’ right to return. The brief is centered to Nepali migrants’ right to return to Nepal during the existing COVID-19 crisis. The brief finds that there is an absence of legal framework in Nepal to help address and facilitate the return of Nepali migrant

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  • Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants on his Mission to Nepal (A/HRC/38/41/Add.1) incorporates joint submissions made by LAPSOJ and Pourakhi-Nepal

    • June 11, 2018
    • Posted by: Lapsoj Nepal
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    The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of Migrants, Mr. Felipe González Morales, visited Nepal on his mission from 29th January to 5th February, 2018. The main focus of the visit was on labor migration from Nepal, recruitment practices, assistance provided to Nepalese migrants in destination countries, and the return and reintegration of labor migrants.

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  • Supreme Court issued a show cause order in case concerning the Regulation of Foreign Employment Agents:

    • February 22, 2018
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    नेपालीमा पढ्नुहोस्।  The Supreme Court of Nepal on Thursday issued a show-cause order in the name of the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM) and other concerned ministries including Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) and Foreign Employment Promotion Board regarding the regulation of Agents deployed by the licensee organizations (Manpower Companies) and

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  • ऋणको पासो : गरिबीबाट आफूलाई मुक्त गर्ने नेपाली आप्रवासीहरूको प्रयासलाई अवमुल्यन गर्दै व्यवसायी र सरकार

    • February 11, 2018
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    “हाम्रो जिल्लामा एजेन्टहरूले मानिसहरूलाई ठगी गरेको दैनिक देखिन्छ । यो व्यवसायमा संलग्न व्यक्तिहरू श्रमिकहरूलाई ऋण लिएर भएपनि धेरै शुल्क तिरेपछि विदेशमा बढी तलब आउने रोजगारी पाइन्छ भन्ने कुरामा आश्वस्त गराउँदै प्रगति गरेको देखिन्छ । तर जब कुरा गलत सावित हुन्छन् र श्रमिकहरू एजेन्टले वाचा गरे अनुसारको तलब नपाइ फर्कन्छन्, परिवारमाथि  ठूलो ऋणको बोझ आइपर्छ । यसरी गरिबीको दुष्चक्रले

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  • Submission handed to UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

    • February 5, 2018
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    Law and Policy Forum for Social Justice (LAPSOJ) and Pourakhi-Nepal has handed a joint submission to UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Mr. Felipe Gonzales Morales on 4th February 2018. The submission entitled “Access to Justice of Nepalese Migrant Workers: Present-Day Problems and Challenges” aims at highlighting the concerns relating to access

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  • Press note on Show Cause Order given in free visa free ticket related public interest litigation

    • August 31, 2017
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    प्रेस नोट: सामाजिक न्यायको लागि कानुन तथा नीति नियम मञ्चले वैदेशिक रोजगारमा रहेका कामदारको हक आधारका सम्बन्धि मुद्दाहरु अदालतमा उठान गर्ने गरेको छ l यसै क्रममा सामाजिक न्यायको लागि कानुन तथा नीति नियम मञ्च र एशिया मानव अधिकार तथा सांस्कृतिक विकास मञ्च (एशियन फोरम) ले ‘फ्री भिसा, फ्री टिकट’ ब्यवस्थाको प्रभावकारी कार्यन्वयनको माग गर्दै सर्वोच्च

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  • Ensuring the Rights of Women Migrant Workers of Nepal; Need of Integrated Approach Beyond the Protectionist Ban.

    • August 16, 2017
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    • Category: Opinion
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    Author : Barun Ghimire Abstract The participation of women in foreign employment has increased considerably in recent years. The trend analysis of labour migration for foreign employment clearly indicates the sharp rise in the number of Women Migrant Workers (WMW) in last decade. Despite the significant rise of WMW in recent years, data of WMW on a yearly basis is fluctuating. The

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  • Periodic Updates on Ongoing PIL

    • August 11, 2017
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    Strategic litigation is one of our specialized areas and currently we are involved litigating cases to ensure rights of migrant workers. We have three ongoing cases as public interest litigation in the Supreme Court of Nepal. Further, our research and litigation team is working on other prospective areas of reform in migration area through judicial intervention. Updates

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  • Appreciation Note regarding the Third Amendment of Foreign Employment Regulation 2074

    • August 9, 2017
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    Law and Policy Forum for Social Justice would like to take an opportunity to acknowledge the step taken by the government of Nepal in introducing the third amendment to Foreign Employment Regulation in a timely manner. The team of LAPSOJ appreciates the vigorous effort taken by the government towards protection of rights and interest of

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  • What is Human Right ?

    • January 1, 2017
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    Human rights are moral principles or norms,[1] which describe certain standards of human behaviour, and are regularly protected aslegal rights in municipal and international law.[2] They are commonly understood as inalienable[3] fundamental rights “to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being,”[4] and which are “inherent in all

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