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ENHANCING LEGAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSION
Though legal education has great significance, it is not yet in government priority and therefore, no steps have been taken for making it accessible to disadvantages peoples of communities. However, CeLRRd has been providing scholarships to students from unprivileged communities of Far Western a...
ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY
CeLRRd is advancing the issue of consumer rights from a new vantage point, thereby linking it with human rights, democracy, and good governance. It upholds the logic that consumers are not only users of commodities, but also that of constitutionally guaranteed human rights that eventually contri...
PROMOTING JUVENILE JUSTICE
In fact, CeLRRd is the organization that some years back initially identified the gaps between the provisions made in Children Act and the practice done through Baseline surveys. After rigorous involvement with Juvenile Justice System, now it has created its own strong standpoints: 1) Diversion ...
ANTI-TRAFFICKING
The issue of trafficking has transcended both time and space. It has now become a global phenomenon with rapid changes in its forms, and purposes. Traditionally trafficking used to be linked with women and children for sexual exploitation; however it has not left men untouched in the recent year...
PRISONERS LEGAL AID (PLA)
Center for Legal Research and Resource Development (CeLRRd) has been a pioneer for over the last thirteen years to promote fair trial in criminal justice system and uphold the rights of the socially and economically underprivileged prisoners by providing free legal aid in the form of counseling ...
CREATING EASY ACCESS TO JUSTICE THROUGH COMMUNITY MEDIATION
Since 2002, CeLRRd has been consistently implementing community mediation program in increasing number of locations, and now it believes from its experiences that it is becoming the initial door to knock to seek justice in the rural communities of at least 119 program locations where CeLRRd has ...
Coalition for Constituent Assembly Support, Phase II
CoCAS is an alliance of CeLRRd, Pro Public, FWLD, IGD, and TAF primarily, which now also includes Backward Society Education (BASE that works in Tharu areas), Videh Foundation (focuses in Madeshi districts in the eastern Terai) and Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO that promotes Dalit women), forme...
Strengthen Rule of Law
The concept of rule of law is vital in ensuring a socially just society, and without a transparent, effective, and responsive judiciary, positive outcomes are impossible. In addition, for an effective judiciary, the people must have unimpeded access to justice. The concept of access to justice has...
Strengthening Victim and Witness Protection for Successful Prosecution of Traffickers
The fact that most of the traffickers escape prosecution is appalling. Moreover, despite having several anti-trafficking endeavors from multiple sectors of societies, human trafficking is not curbed. Therefore, it is increasingly felt that together with executing awareness raising programs, efforts ...
Prisoners' Legal Aid
Access to justice for all has been a goal of CeLRRd from its inception. An integral part of access to justice is legal aid for those who cannot normally afford it. The Prisoners’ Legal Aid project specifically and directly addresses this issue by providing competent lawyers and paralegals to thos...
Community Mediation Program
Rationale of the Program As the courts have grown more congested and litigation has become more expensive, there has been increasing interest in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) which is faster, less expensive and more private than going to court. A large segment of Nepalese populace ...