भिएफ़एस ग्लोबल यथाशक्य छिट्टै छायाँ सेन्टरबाट सर्ने

भिसा फेसिलितेसन सर्विसेस (भिएफ़एस) ग्लोबल विरुद्ध स्विट्जरल्याण्ड सरकारसंग गरिएको उजुरीको जवाफमा भिएफ़एसले ९ डिसेम्बरमा स्विस सरकारलाई काठमाडौंको पर्यटकीय क्षेत्र ठमेलमा रहेको छाया सेन्टरमा रहेको आफ्नो कार्यालयको भाडा करार सम्झौता नवीकरण नगर्ने र यथाशक्य छिट्टै छाया सेन्टरको परिसरबाट आफ्नो कार्यलय स्थानान्तरण गर्ने निर्णय गरेको लिखित रूपमा जानकारी गराएको छ। 

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VFS Global decides “to relocate from the premises at the Chhaya Center [in Kathmandu] as soon as feasible”

In response to a specific instance (complaint) filed with the National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct (NCP) of Switzerland under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct against the Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) Global, the VFS on 9 December has reportedly informed the Swiss NCP in written that it has decided not to extend the lease and to relocate as soon as possible from the premises at the Chhaya Center business complex in Kathmandu’s tourist district of Thamel.

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Displaced and Landless: Endangered Indigenous Bankariya living in the buffer zone of Parsa National Park in Nepal

This summary report aims to analyze the human rights challenges of Nepal’s endangered Indigenous Bankariya people, particularly to their lands and forest resources, due to Parsa National Park in the south of the country. Traditionally a nomadic group living in forests, Bankariyas were provided six hectares of leasehold forests, where they currently live in informal settlements. The leasehold forests were later incorporated in the buffer zone of the Parsa National Park. Almost two decades later, Bankariyas now face the same challenge as around 6 million people of 34 districts living in buffer zones of various protected areas of Nepal. They do not have titles to the lands that they have been living on, using or occupying for generations. As a result, they face threats of forced evictions and displacement from their current settlement upon expiry of their lease and in lack of land titles.

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