HUDEP Nepal (Human Development
and Peace Campaign)
HUDEP is committed to its work in the fields of peace, democracy and human rights. It has been working and campaigning for missing people in connection with the conflict in Nepal since its establishment. The aims and objectives of the organisation are to promote:
- Social justice with freedom;
- Democracy;
- Peace; and
- Human rights.
Since its establishment, HUDEP has been working to document and disseminate information regarding missing person cases, mostly connected to the armed conflict. It has established networks with the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR) based in Kathmandu which was established last year under the UN item 19. The key person of the organisation has been threatened due to the publication of the Disappearance Report which included cases of disappearances arranged by the Royal Nepal Army. The reports have been in high demand at national and international levels. The organisation believes that exposing people for their gross human rights violations during conflict mitigates the impacts of conflict and also forces the conflicting parties to respect universal human rights and humanitarian laws. Publishing the violations caused by the conflicting parties further pressurises them to reach a ceasefire and peace agreement. It also strongly believes that the Maoist conflict has no military solution. It should be solved by peaceful means.
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