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30. The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report detailed,
updated information including disaggregated data on a comparative basis, on the effective
measures undertaken to implement its treaty obligations. The Committee urges the State party to
ensure that, in the Constitutional process currently underway, all sectors of society, including
disadvantaged and marginalized groups, in particular the Dalit, the Madhesi and indigenous
communities, and especially women within these groups, are represented in decision-making
bodies at all levels. It recommends that concrete and active efforts be made to promote the
participation of these groups in the Constituent Assembly, which, following the election of its
members in 2007, will embark on the drafting of a new Constitution.
31. The Committee recommends that the State party establish a transparent appointment process
of Commissioners in the National Human Rights Commission to enable the Commission to have
full institutional capacities in accordance with the Paris Principles (General Assembly resolution
48/134 of 20 December 1993, annex). In this regard, the Committee draws the attention of the
State party to its general comment No. 10 (1998) on the role of national human rights institutions
in the protection of economic, social and cultural rights.
32. The Committee recommends that a thorough review of national laws be undertaken with a
view to identifying and rectifying all provisions that directly or indirectly permit discrimination
on the basis of caste and multiple discrimination of women from certain groups. It urges the
State party to strengthen its efforts to make widely known the prohibition of such discrimination
and to improve effectively access to judicial and administrative remedies in cases of alleged
violations. The Committee further recommends that special units be established to monitor the
implementation of programmes to protect and promote the full enjoyment without
discrimination of their economic, social and cultural rights by disadvantaged and marginalized
groups, in particular the Dalit, the Madhesi and indigenous communities, and especially women
within these groups.
33. The Committee urges the State party to implement effectively, the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement underlining the safe and sustainable return of all internally displaced persons (IDPs),
particularly in mountain and hill districts where the environment has not been conducive to
reintegration. The Committee recommends further that the State party establish an effective
strategic plan including a monitoring mechanism, for the safe and dignified return, registration,
rehabilitation and reintegration of IDPs.
34. The Committee urges the State party to strictly enforce the law prohibiting harmful practices
that violate the rights of women and girls such as deuki, badi, chaupadi, marrying child brides
and witchcraft. The Committee requests that the State party provide detailed information on the
extent of these practices and the measures being taken to strictly enforce its laws for the
protection of women and girls from such harmful practices.
35. The Committee urges the State party to adopt without delay specific legislation on domestic
violence without delay defining these acts as a specific offence, and to undertake a major
information campaign to raise awareness about such legislation. It further urges the State party to
take measures to develop procedures and educate law enforcement officials, judges, lawyers,
social workers and medical professionals to enable them to protect effectively victims of
domestic violence.