Kathmandu, Nov. 29 -- The pre-session for Nepal's Fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR), held under the United Nations Human Rights Council, has been successfully concluded in Geneva. With the active participation of representatives from Nepal's civil society, the session provided the international community with an in-depth overview of the country's human rights situation, the challenges faced, and priority areas requiring reform.

The pre-session primarily focused on critical and long-standing issues such as transitional justice, gender-based violence, women's and children's rights, the rights of persons with disabilities, Dalit and Indigenous Peoples' rights, intersectional discrimination, access to justice, and citizenship through th...