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Resume implementation of the gentleman’s agreement, provide access and safe passage through its territory for Tibetan new arrivals and implement any legal agreements with China consistent with the principle of non- refoulement

Register and verify all Tibetan, Bhutanese and other refugees followed by issuance of identity documents with the formal right to work and access services

Ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol

Adopt national legislation in accordance with international standards relating to the protection of refugees and put mechanisms in place to ensure respect for the principle of non-refoulement

Ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, developing a formal recognition system and complying with the principle of non-refoulement

Undertake further measures to prevent the exploitation and abuse of Nepalese migrant workers, including by implementing the 2018 recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

Continue the implementation of various measures aimed at empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring their participation in the policymaking and development process

Increase measures to ensure that persons with disabilities have access to community-based rehabilitation services and adequate social protection programmes

Continue measures to guarantee the access of persons with disabilities to rehabilitation services and social protection programmes

Take further steps to protect the rights of persons with disabilities, in particular to provide them with equal job opportunities, as well as access to educational and health facilities

Continue to work to improve the living standards for persons with disabilities

Ensure the meaningful and empowered inclusion of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations in implementing disability- inclusive development projects and in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Increase its efforts to achieve inclusive education by ensuring access for all persons with disabilities at all levels of education

Take the necessary measures to protect ethnic and caste minorities, namely from excessive use of force by the police and alleged torture in custody, and punish perpetrators

Ensure that the rights of indigenous communities regarding the use of their land are upheld through the revision of the legislation on this matter

Step up efforts in the fight against segregation and discrimination of indigenous peoples and ethnic and caste minorities, including Dalits and Tibetans

Adopt complementary measures to strengthen the national action plan for eradicating the worst forms of child labour before 2028, prioritizing the eradication of the most dangerous conditions of labour for children

Strengthen the implementation and enforcement of existing legislation and regulations on child labour, including the expansion of the number of labour-inspector positions and the filling of all vacant positions with experts who are in possession of strong qualifications in the area of child labour

Continue paying special attention to the implementation of measures to eradicate all forms of child labour, including the prevention of child labour in the informal sector

Ensure that existing legislation prohibiting child labour is fully implemented and its enforcement monitored

Take effective steps to combat all forms of child labour and extend the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act to all areas of work

Expand legislation and regulations on child labour to include the informal sector

Strengthen the enforcement of existing legislation and policies to eradicate the practice of child labour, in particular regarding hazardous work

Develop safe and inclusive mechanisms for all children to express their views and find solutions for the worst forms of child labour

Ensure that child labour in the informal sector is incorporated into the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act

Strengthen its efforts to put an end to torture and ill-treatment of children in all settings, including by ensuring that children are detained as a measure of last resort only

Move forward in fully implementing a national action plan to end child marriage, with the goal of ending all child marriage by 2030 in line with the Sustainable Development Goals

End definitively the practice of child marriage

Establish a special mechanism responsible for independent child rights monitoring

Operationalize its strategy to end child marriage by 2030