Country Nepal
Year 2015
Type of Measure Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence Violence against women and girls

Brief Description


Article 39 of the Constitution adopted in 2015 includes the following provisions:

(4) No child shall be employed in factories, mines, or in any other hazardous works.
(5) No child shall be subjected to child marriage, illegal trafficking, kidnapping, or being held hostage.
(6) No child shall be subjected to recruitment or any kind of use in the army, police or armed groups, neglected, or used immorally, or abused physically, mentally, or sexually, or exploited through any other means, in the name of religious or cultural practices.
(7) No child shall be subjected to physical, mental, or any other forms of torture at home, in school, or in any other places or situations.

Source of Information

Dag Hammarskjöld FoundationConstitution of Nepal 2015, UN Women Constitutional Database
Constitution of Nepal 2015, UN Women Constitutional DatabaseConstitution of Nepal 2015, UN Women Constitutional Database 

Constitution of Nepal 2015, UN Women Constitutional Database

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