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INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL COMMITMENTS ANNEX I.
Under the Nepal Treaty Act 1990, international instruments
to which Nepal is party have the force of law in Nepal, and
the provisions of international instruments prevail over domestic
law where the two conflict. 162 The Supreme Court has ruled
that the provisions of international instruments to which Nepal
is a party supersede domestic law.
INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS
Nepal has undertaken the following international commitments,
whether binding in international law or non-binding:
· Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery,
Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices Similar
to Slavery, 1956 (ratified in 1963)
· UN Convention on the Rights of Child (CRC), 1989
(ratified in 1990)
· UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), 1979
(ratified in 1991)
· Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action, 1996
(party to the Declaration)
· ILO Minimum Age Convention (No. 138) on Minimum
Age for Admission to Employment, 1973 (ratified
in 1997)
· ILO Convention (No. 182) on the Prohibition and
Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst
Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (ratified in 2000)
· ILO Forced Labour Convention (No. 29) on Forced
or Compulsory Labour, 1930 (ratified in 2001)
· Yokohama Global Commitment on the Commercial
Sexual Exploitation of Children, 2001 (party to the
Commitment)
· UNGASS Declaration, A World Fit for Children, 2002
(party to the Declaration)
· Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights
of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution
and Child Pornography, 2000 (ratified in 2005)
· Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights
of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed
Conflict, 2000 (ratified in 2005)
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