25 Years of Human Rights Situation in Data Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), registered at the District Administration Office after the restoration of democracy in 1990 started its work with an objective to prosper human rights campaign of Nepal. During that period there were no effective mechansims from to record human rights situation of Nepal, INSEC started documeting and publishing Nepal Human Rights Year Book from 1992. The Human Rights Year Book which covered all the incidents of human rights violations and atrocities was considered as one of the important document. The publication do not only documents facts and figures on incident of human rights violation and atrocities but also analyzes state s role on protecting and promoting human rights along with the analysis of human rights situation of the country. Similarly, the book also raises the issues of civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights with priority. In this chapter we will be presenting the data of human rights violation and atrocities since the publication of the Nepal Human Rights Year book 1992. Nepal Human Rights Year Book has completed its 25 th year of journey started its first publication in 1992. The contribution can be considered as one of the important effort by non-government sector. In this chapter, 25 years of human rights situation of Nepal has been analyzed in a data representation. Similarly, the political progression of Nepal The Incident of Human Rights Violations an Atrocities and Number of Victims from 1992-2016 Type of Events Incidents LGBTI Killing 14389 16445 4201 1 2063 22710 Injured 4489 10310 1253 2061 13624 Death in detention 187 178 14 192 Arrest & Torture 10932 24229 2469 8718 35416 Disappearance 1163 1463 156 20 1639 Beating 13518 19748 2708 1363 23819 Threat 4041 6610 682 6317 13609 Women Rights 20751 21881 21881 Child Rights 6156 1851 6049 39411 47311 Abduction 8872 15948 2387 69541 87876 84498 96782 41800 1 129494 268077 Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2017 35
By State By Non-State and issues raised by Human Rights Year Book are taken as a base-line while analyzing data. From 1992-1996 INSEC had documented the incidents of human rights violation and atrocities of 16,38 people within five years period from 1992 to 1996. Among which, 11 incidents of killing, 77 incidents of death on firing, 14 incidents of death by torture and 57 incidents of death in custody inflicted by state actor were documented. Similarly, total The Incident of Human Rights Violations an Atrocities and Number of Victims from 1992-1996 Incidents By Non-state Victims Type of Event By State Personal Political Child N/A 36 Killing 11 1275 23 865 388 143 1396 Injured by firing 61 47 9 279 24 10 244 557 Killed by firing 77 63 4 173 14 13 200 Killed by Torture 14 13 1 14 Arrest 504 2293 63 16 6435 8807 Torture 438 991 79 4 135 1209 Lathi-charge 49 183 14 2 591 790 Threat/Beating 61 1316 191 1871 262 19 238 2390 Death in Detention 57 54 4 58 Women Trafficking 215 266 51 317 Rape 24 609 388 272 660 1296 3525 227 6722 1503 530 7643 16398 25 Years of Human Rights Situation in Data
By State By Non-State of 1,365 incidents including 1298 incidents of killing and 67 incidents of death on firing were documented which was inflicted by non-state actor. Out of 438 incidents of torture, 1209 were the victims. In women trafficking, 317 and in rape 660 women were victimized. During the year majority of incidents related to human rights violation based on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESC) were documented. From 1997 to 2006 Along with the declaration of armed conflict by the Maoist in 1996 February 13, the issues raised by hu- Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2017 37
The Incident of Human Rights Violations an Atrocities and Number of Victims from 1997-2006 (In Context of Decade Long Armed Conflict) By Non-State By State Type of Events Incidents Incidents Killing 5925 7149 1317 230 8696 3341 5708 834 1829 8371 Injured by Firing 1902 4002 429 590 5021 854 2328 246 944 3518 Death in detention 26 22 4 26 87 85 6 91 Arrest & Torture 283 881 68 949 9061 18598 2188 2005 22791 Disappearance 227 329 22 351 931 1128 134 20 1282 Beating 6493 8463 1198 221 9882 1642 3132 310 629 4071 Threat 2199 4011 404 4448 8863 380 662 53 910 1625 Women Rights 4139 8 4690 1 4699 89 7 131 138 Child Rights 1146 1061 870 33967 35898 46 38 21 475 534 Abduction 7010 13648 2166 69504 85318 2 2 2 29350 39574 11168 108961 159703 16433 31688 3923 6812 42423 38 25 Years of Human Rights Situation in Data
man rights year book was more focsued on to an armed conflict and its adverse effect. During this period, issues like effect of conflict, disruption in democratic practice and attempt made on conflict mitigation were given due importance in the book. INSEC had documented 13,248 deaths during the decade long armed conflict that began from 1996. Out of which 7,905 incidents were by state-actor and 5,343 by non-state actor. Similarly, the whereabouts of 824 people disappeared by state and 108 by nonstate actor are still unknown. During this period, incidents of rape, torture, intimidation and arbitrary arrest inflicted by the state actor were documented. Among these, the violations of right to life were the major one of the incidents. From 2007 to 2016 In 2006, the decade long armed conflict was officially ended after the signing of Comprehensive Peace Accord by the state and the Maoist party. Subsequently, (from 2007-2001) there were decrease in incidents of killing however, killing incidents inflicted by other armed group were documented. Over the period, 45,319 were victimized by non-state and 5,024 by the state actor. Out of 31,866 incidents over the period of decade long conflict, 3,795 killings by non-state and 238 by state actor were documented. Similarly, 17 people died in custody, 1660 were tortured and six were disappeared by the state actor. In child rights violation 10,655 incidents of violation by non-state and 224 incidents by state actor were documented. Similarly in incidents of women rights violation, 16,067 women were victims. The Incident of Human Rights Violations an Atrocities and Number of Victims from 2007-2016 (Post People s Movement 2006) By Non State By State Type of Events Events LGBTI Events Killing 3483 2234 1556 1 4 3795 173 225 13 238 Injured 1382 2705 454 117 3276 234 986 100 166 1252 Death in detention 17 17 17 Arrest & Torture 646 1446 71 143 1660 Disappearance 5 6 6 Beating 3172 5046 777 211 6034 643 1217 161 64 1442 Threat 1372 1817 204 945 2966 90 120 21 14 155 Women Rights 15646 16037 16037 29 30 30 Child rights 4951 745 5146 4764 10655 13 7 12 205 224 Abduction 1860 2298 221 37 2556 31866 14845 24395 1 6078 45319 1850 4024 408 592 5024 Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2017 39
According to INSEC documentation, in 25 years out of 84,498 incidents 2,68,077 were victimized among which 22,710 were the incidents of killing. Over the period, 192 people died in custody, 35,416 of torture inflicted incidents. In Conclusion INSEC had initiated the publication of Human Rights Year Book with an objective to monitor and document the human rights violation records throughout the country. On this the year book is published based on the information dissiminated by INSEC district representatives present in all 75 districts. The documentation by IN- SEC through its Victim Profile was a part of Nepal Conflict Report 2012 published by United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). l 40 25 Years of Human Rights Situation in Data