Critical analysis of civil society organisations’ perspectives on the contemporary human rights situation of indigenous peoples in Nepal

Chaney, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2110-0436 2026. Critical analysis of civil society organisations’ perspectives on the contemporary human rights situation of indigenous peoples in Nepal. Journal of Asian and African Studies 61 (4) , pp. 2794-2813. 10.1177/00219096251357302

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Abstract

This study examines civil society organisations’ perspectives on the contemporary human rights situation of Indigenous Peoples (IP) in Nepal. It confirms they continue to be subject to violations of all three generations of human rights laws – including discrimination, denial of land rights, inadequate social welfare provision, exclusion from decision-making, violence and suppression of indigenous languages. The violations are systemic. This points to the urgent need for strengthened civil society activism to secure IP rights. Time is not on the side of the smaller IP communities. Their survival is in question if remedial action is not forthcoming soon.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Start Date: 2025-08-07
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	0021-9096
Funders:	Economic and Social Research Council
Projects:	UKRI264
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	26 August 2025
Date of Acceptance:	16 June 2025
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2026 15:55
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180668

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