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＜事件　No. NPL006/1105/OBS120＞
掲載日：2005.12.01

No.3792ネパール
平和的なデモに参加していた人権活動家が逮捕され、
同日釈放されました。

（ジュネーブ・パリ発　11月30日）

　「国際人権連盟」(FIDH)と「SOSトーチャー」の共同プロジェクトである「人権擁護家保護のための監視機構」は、ネパールにおける下記の状況に関して皆様の緊急の働きかけをお願いします。

＜事件の概要＞

　人権擁護家のための監視機構はインフォーマル・セクター・サービス・センター(INSEC)より、数人の人権擁護家が恣意的に逮捕され、その後釈放されたという情報を入手しました。

　入手した情報によると、2005年11月11日、政府の社会福祉委員会が制定したNGO行動規則に抗議する平和的デモをしていた人権擁護家10人が逮捕されました。この10人は、ネパールNGO連合執行委員会(NFN)のメンバーである「開発のための農村の福祉と農業改革(FORWARD-Nepal)」会長のバガワティ・チョードリーさんと「人権環境開発センター(HURENDEC)」会長のドゥルガ・クマール・タパさん、MFN事務局長のビノド・デヴさん、「セツ地域開発フォーラム」メンバーのバハドゥール・シンさん、NGOである「サプタリ救済」メンバーのドルヴ・デヴさんとサミール・ジャーさん、地元のジャーナリストのヘム・シャンカール・シンさん、INSECのネットワーク団体である「人権・社会サービスセンター(HUSEC)」メンバーのディネシュ・ヤダヴさんとプラカシュ・カティワダさん、サプタリ郡に拠点を置くNGO「ネパール救済」メンバーのガンシュヤム・ジャーさんです。

　全員がサプタリ郡ラジビラジの郡警察署で拘禁され、5時間後に起訴なく釈放されました。

＜背景情報＞

　2005年11月10日、ネパール王国政府は国内および海外の「社会団体」の行動規則を新しく導入しました。これは、同国の人権擁護家に押し付けられた一連の「法規制」にあらたに加わったものと見なされています。この行動規制は同日施行されました。

　この行動規制は、国内外のNGOの意見と表現の自由、活動場所の許可、海外の助成へのアクセス、自主性を違法に規制することを認めるものです。この規制はまた、国や地方の官庁との協力をNGOに強要するものです。

　人権擁護家に関する国連事務総長特別代表は2005年11月10日に記者発表を出し、この新しい行動規制は、「人権擁護家保護のための宣言」およびその他の国際的人権基準の侵害につながるおそれがあると強調し、懸念を表明しました。同代表はさらに、「海外助成団体による資金提供へのNGOのアクセスに対する政府の規制、NGO職員の政治団体への所属の規制、社会福祉委員会によるNGOに対する命令の発令の許可やNGOの監視、NGOの活動場所に対する規制、NGOの活動に対して理事と職員に集団的責任を負わせること、またNGOは社会的調和を乱してはならないという定めなどの規定は、とくに懸念される項目である」と述べました。

＜行動要請＞

　ネパール関係当局に下記の内容の要請をお願いします。

  1. バガワティ・チョードリーさん、ドゥルガ・クマール・タパさん、ビノド・デヴさん、「バハドゥール・シンさん、ドルヴ・デヴさんとサミール・ジャーさん、ヘム・シャンカール・シンさん、ディネシュ・ヤダヴさん、プラカシュ・カティワダさん、ガンシュヤム・ジャーさん、そして国内の人権擁護家すべての心身の安全を保障するために必要な措置をすべてとること。
  2. ネパールの“社会組織”のための新行動規制を撤回し、国際文書に従って結社の自由を保障すること。
  3. ネパールの人権擁護家へのあらゆる形態の嫌がらせと虐待を終らせ、いかなる情況にあろうとも、人権擁護家と人権組織が妨害されることなく活動を遂行できるよう保障すること。
  4. 1998年12月9日、国連総会が採択した人権擁護家のための宣言の条文、とりわけ、「すべての人は、人権と基本的自由を国内および国際レベルで促進および保護する権利を、個別におよび集団的に所有する」とした第１条、「すべての者は、個々にまた他の者と共同して、すべての人権と基本的自由に関する意見、情報、知識を出版、発表もしくは他の者に伝える権利を有している」「すべての人権と基本的自由の法律上および実践上での遵守に関して、調査、議論、意見の形成あるいは保持を行い、これらおよびその他適切な手段を通して、こうした問題に一般の注意を惹く権利を有している」とした第6条、「国家は、個別であれ他者との合同であれ、すべての人が、本宣言に記述されている権利の合法的行使の結果により受ける、暴力、脅迫、報復、事実上あるいは法律上の差別、圧力あるいはその他の恣意的行為から資格ある当局の保護を受けるよう保障するために、あらゆる必要な措置をとるものとする」とした第12条2項を遵守すること。
  5. 世界人権宣言およびネパールが批准した国際人権文書に基づき、人権の尊重と基本的自由を保障すること。

＜要請先＞

ギャネンドラ国王：His Majesty King Gyanendra, Narayanhity Royal Palace, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu, Nepal, c/o Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Nepal to the United Nations, 81 rue de la Servette, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax: +4122 733 27 22, E-mail: mission.nepal@ties.itu.int

国家人権委員会委員長：Mr. Nain Bahadur Khatri, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Pulchowck, Lalitpur, Nepal, Email: nhrc@ntc.net.np

軍警察部隊監査官：Mr. Shaha Bir Thapa, Inspector General of the Armed Police Force, Armed Police Headquarters, Swayam, Nepal, Fax: + 977 1 4 275 685, Email: armedpolice@wlink.com.np

王室ネパール軍中佐：Lieutenant Colonel Pankaj Karki, Royal Nepal Army, Human Rights Cell, Royal Nepalese Army Headquarters, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal, Fax: + 977 1 4 226 292, Email: humanrights@rna.mil.np

ネパール王国大使館：Royal Nepalese Embassy in Japan, 〒158-0082　世田谷区等々力7丁目14-9, 特命全権大使：ラメシュ・アナンダ・ヴァイデヤ　閣下　H. E. Dr. Ramesh Ananda VAIDYA,


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His Majesty King Gyanendra
Narayanhity Royal Palace, Durbar Marg
Kathmandu, Nepal

Your Majesty King Gyanendra,

I would like to express my concern at the arrest and release of the persons named below. All of them were arrested on November 11 during their participation in the peaceful demonstration. I, therefore, urge you the followings.

  1. To take all necessary measures to guarantee the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Bhagawati Chowdhary, Mr. Durga Kumar Thapa, Mr. Binod Dev, Mr. Jung Bahadur Singh, Mr. Dhruv Dev, Mr. Sameer Jha, Mr. Hem Shankar Singh, Mr. Dinesh Yadav, Mr. Prakash Khatiwada, and Mr. Ghanshyam Jha, and all human rights defenders in the country;
  2. To repeal the new Code of Conduct for "Social Organisations" in Nepal and guarantee freedom of association in accordance with international instruments;
  3. To end all forms of harassment and ill-treatment of human rights defenders in Nepal, and guarantee in all circumstances that human rights defenders and organisations are able to carry out their work without any hindrance;
  4. To comply with the provisions of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 9, 1998, in particular article 1, which states that "everyone has the right, individually or collectively, to promote the protection and fulfilment of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels", article 6 on the right "to know, seek, obtain, receive and hold information about all human rights and fundamental freedoms", "to freely publish, impart or disseminate to others views, information and knowledge on all human rights and fundamental freedoms" and "to study, discuss, form and hold opinions on the observance, both in law and in practice, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and, through these and other appropriate means, to draw public attention to those matters", as well as article 12.2, which provides that "the State shall take all necessary measures to ensure the protection by the competent authorities of everyone, individually or in association with others, against any violence, threats, retaliation, de facto or de jure adverse discrimination, pressure or any other arbitrary action as a consequence of his or her legitimate exercise of the rights referred to in the present Declaration";
  5. To guarantee the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and other international human rights instruments ratified by Nepal.

I thank you for your kind attention to my request.

Yours very truly,

＜以下、原文＞
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY
NPL 006 / 1105 / OBS 120
Arbitrary arrests / Releases
Nepal
November 30, 2005

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Nepal.

Brief description of the situation:

The Observatory has been informed by the Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) about the arbitrary arrest and subsequent release of several human rights defenders.

According to the information received, on November 11, 2005, ten human rights defenders were arrested during a peaceful demonstration, protesting against the code of conduct of NGOs that was adopted on November 10, 2005, by the Social Welfare Council of the government. These defenders were: Mr. Bhagawati Chowdhary, President of the Forum for Rural Welfare and Agricultural Reform for Development (FORWARD-Nepal), Mr. Durga Kumar Thapa, President of the Human Rights and Environment Development Centre (HURENDEC), both being as well members of the Executive Committee of the NGO Federation of Nepal (NFN), Mr. Binod Dev, NFN Secretary, Mr. Jung Bahadur Singh, member of the Setu Community Development Forum, Saptari, Mr. Dhruv Dev and Mr. Sameer Jha, members of the NGO Save the Saptari, Mr. Hem Shankar Singh, a local journalist, Messrs. Dinesh Yadav and Prakash Khatiwada, both members of the Human Rights and Social Service Centre (HUSEC), a network organisation of INSEC, and Mr. Ghanshyam Jha, member of the NGO Save the Nepal, based in Saptari district.

Being detained at the District Police Office, Rajbiraj, Saptari district, all of them were released after five hours, without being charged.

Background information:

On November 10, 2005, His Majesty's Government of Nepal introduced a new Code of Conduct for National and International 'Social Organisations', which was perceived as the latest in a series of "legal restrictions" that have been placed on human rights defenders in the country1. The Code of Conduct was stated to be effective from the same day.

This Code of Conduct allows illegitimate restrictions on national and international NGOs, as regards their freedom of opinion and expression, locations where their activities are permitted, their access to funding from international donors and their autonomy. The restrictions also compel NGOs to work with local and national governmental agencies.

In a press release dated November 10, 2005, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Human Rights Defenders expressed her concern over the new Code of Conduct, underlying that it would lead to violations of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, as well as other international human rights standards. She went further, stating that "provisions exerting governmental control over NGO access to funding from international donors, restricting the political affiliations of NGO staff, authorising the issuance of directives to NGOs or the exercise of supervision over NGOs by the Social Welfare Council, asserting controls over the locations in which NGOs can work, imposing collective responsibility of officials and staff for activities conducted by an NGO, or stipulating that NGOs should not endanger social harmony, are among some of the those that are of particular concern".

Actions requested:

Please write to the authorities in Nepal urging them to:

  1. take all necessary measures to guarantee the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Bhagawati Chowdhary, Mr. Durga Kumar Thapa, Mr. Binod Dev, Mr. Jung Bahadur Singh, Mr. Dhruv Dev, Mr. Sameer Jha, Mr. Hem Shankar Singh, Mr. Dinesh Yadav, Mr. Prakash Khatiwada, and Mr. Ghanshyam Jha, and all human rights defenders in the country;
  2. repeal the new Code of Conduct for "Social Organisations" in Nepal and guarantee freedom of association in accordance with international instruments;
  3. end all forms of harassment and ill-treatment of human rights defenders in Nepal, and guarantee in all circumstances that human rights defenders and organisations are able to carry out their work without any hindrance;
  4. comply with the provisions of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 9, 1998, in particular article 1, which states that "everyone has the right, individually or collectively, to promote the protection and fulfilment of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels", article 6 on the right "to know, seek, obtain, receive and hold information about all human rights and fundamental freedoms", "to freely publish, impart or disseminate to others views, information and knowledge on all human rights and fundamental freedoms" and "to study, discuss, form and hold opinions on the observance, both in law and in practice, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and, through these and other appropriate means, to draw public attention to those matters", as well as article 12.2, which provides that "the State shall take all necessary measures to ensure the protection by the competent authorities of everyone, individually or in association with others, against any violence, threats, retaliation, de facto or de jure adverse discrimination, pressure or any other arbitrary action as a consequence of his or her legitimate exercise of the rights referred to in the present Declaration";
  5. guarantee the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and other international human rights instruments ratified by Nepal.

Addresses:

  • His Majesty King Gyanendra, Narayanhity Royal Palace, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu, Nepal, c/o Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Nepal to the United Nations, 81 rue de la Servette, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax: +4122 733 27 22; E-mail: mission.nepal@ties.itu.int
  • Mr. Nain Bahadur Khatri, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Pulchowck, Lalitpur, Nepal; Email: nhrc@ntc.net.np
  • Mr. Shaha Bir Thapa, Inspector General of the Armed Police Force, Armed Police Headquarters, Swayam, Nepal, Fax: + 977 1 4 275 685, Email: armedpolice@wlink.com.np
  • Lieutenant Colonel Raju Nepali, Royal Nepal Army, Human Rights Cell, Royal Nepalese Army Headquarters, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal, Fax: + 977 1 4 226 292, Email: humanrights@rna.mil.np

Please also write to the diplomatic representations of Nepal in your respective countries.

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Geneva - Paris, November 30, 2005