Agreement between the GoN and the Rastriya Badi Adkhikar Sangharsha Samiti

• Country/entity

  Nepal
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement between the GoN and the Rastriya Badi Adkhikar Sangharsha Samiti
• Date

  15 Oct 2007
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Nepalese Insurgency (1996 - 2006) )
• Stage

  Implementation/renegotiation
• Conflict nature

  Government
• Peace process

  Nepal related-local processes
• Parties

  Sd.
  Uma Devi Badi
  Coordinator
  Rastriya Badi Adhikar Sangharsha
  Samiti Talks Team
  
  Sd.
  Ram Chandra Poudel
  Coordinator
  GoN Talks Team
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  A short agreement between the Government of Nepal and the Rastriya Badi Adkhikar Sangharsha Samiti agreed after several rounds of talks.

• Agreement document

  NP_071015_GoN and Rastriya BadiAdhikar Sangharsha Samiti.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Formal structured process
  
• Rationale

  A Dialogue team was set up by the government comprising of seven political parties, and led by the Minister for Peace and Reconstruction, Mr Ram Chandra Poudel, to pursue dialogue and find solution to various movements after the CPA. The team also pursued multiple rounds of talks with the National Badi Rights Struggle Committee in different rounds.
• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  Yes
• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  This was an agreement with Badis- a social group. Given the recognition of the CPA for wide-ranging commitment on social and economic transformation, this can be seen to be anchored to the CPA commitment.
• Name of Locale

  Western Nepal
• Nature Of Locale

  Region
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  0.000000, 0.000000
• Participant type

  Central state actor
  Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisations
  
• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

Agreement between the GoN and Rastriya Badi Adhikar Sangharsha Samiti

Keeping in mind the discussions and conclusions reached at the different rounds of meeting between the Government Talks Team and the Rastriya Badi Adhikar Sangharsha Samiti [National Badi Rights Struggle Committee], at a meeting held today, October 15, 2007, at the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction, an agreement was reached between the two sides as follows:

1. The report presented by the secretary-level task force formed as per the agreement of the two sides on October 2, 2007 shall be agreed to in principle.

The use of words such as bhaand [those who bring social vices], badeni [female Badi], patar [characterless] [tr.

all three words are discriminatory to Badis], etc shall immediately be stopped and provision shall immediately be made to provide citizenship to the Badi communities all over the country.

2. In order to sequentially implement all the points stated in the report, including the provision of scholarship to children of the Badi community, a Study Task Force shall be constituted under the coordination of gazetted first-class officers as determined by the Government of Nepal.

The said Task Force shall include officer-level representatives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Local Development, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labour and Transport Management, Ministry of Land Reforms and Management, Ministry of Education and Sports, Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, and Ministry of Health and Population and two representatives from the Badi community, including one female representative.

Sd.

Uma Devi Badi

Coordinator

Rastriya Badi Adhikar Sangharsha

Samiti Talks Team

Sd.

Ram Chandra Poudel

Coordinator

GoN Talks Team

Date:

October 15, 2007