Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission has put fresh pressure on the government to legalize same-sex marriage. They said it was ‘unfortunate’ that Nepal doesn’t provide equal marriage.
It is now five years after an expert committee recommended it should. Moreover, it is almost 13 years after Nepal’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of equal rights for all sexual and gender identity minorities.
The Himalayan country, which has a population of over 28million, would become only the second country in Asia to offer same-sex marriage if it went ahead.
Taiwan became the first last year. However even its law stops short of marriage equality as it doesn’t include the right for same sex couples to adopt. ‘Unfortunate’ Nepal hasn’t acted The National