The British Embassy announced this week that it will provide assistance worth more than Rs 6 million for human rights work in Nepal. The money will help the Advocacy Forum, a Kathmandu-based NGO, carry out its legal assistance and human rights monitoring work. The UK funding for the Forum will support documentation of human rights violations and legal assistance to victims of human rights violations "in accordance with Nepali law and Nepal's international commitments." Ben Schonveld, First Secretary (Human Rights) at the British Embassy, said, "It is imperative that their work be carried out without hindrance."

The International Meeting on Nepal in London on 19-20 June had stressed that the conflict represented a threat to the human rights of the citizens of Nepal, and recalled the obligations on both parties to the conflict to ensure respect for human rights, international humanitarian law and the safety of civilian non-combatants.