"राजनीतिक दलहरूमा प्रजातान्त्रिक मान्यताहरूको अभाव तथा आमरुपमा कानूनी शासनप्रतिको वितृष्णा भएको मुलुकमा संघीयताका मूल्य र मान्यताहरू संस्थागत हुन गाह्रो पर्ने दृष्टान्त पाकिस्तानले पेश गरेको छ। अतिवादी नेतृत्व तथा परम्पराले अरुलाई त दुःख दिन्छ नै; आफूलाई पनि…
संविधानसभाको नाउँमा करिब १० वर्षसम्मको अन्योल, अस्थिरता तथा हत्या-हिंसा र आतङ्कपछि पनि नेताहरूको महत्वाकाङ्क्षाका कारण केन्याले प्रजातान्त्रिक संविधान पाउन सकेको छैन। उता, नयाँ संविधानको नाममा हत्या-हिंसा र आतङ्क मच्चाउनेहरू सत्तामा स्थापित भने भइसकेका छन्।…
"The hundred-day deadline has just passed for the promulgation of Nepal’s long-awaited new constitution. But there is little optimism that this date will be met." Shortly after Madhav Kumar Nepal was elected chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the…
INFORMAL, INSEC's Quarterly Publication on Human Rights & Social Justice, (Vol 29, No. 1, January-March, 2010 at 10-13) (The concept paper and preliminary draft submitted by the Constituent Assembly (CA) Committee on Fundamental Rights and Directive…
अल्पसंख्यक तथा सीमान्तकृत समुदायको हक-अधिकार संरक्षण समितिले हालै आफ्नो अवधारणापत्र र प्रारम्भिक मस्यौदा पेस गरेको छ, जुन अल्पसंख्यक तथा सीमान्तकृत समुदायको हक-अधिकार संरक्षणका सम्बन्धमा गरेका विभिन्न प्रस्तावहरूमध्ये एउटा प्रस्ताव समानताको हकसँग सम्बन्धित छ…
संवैधानिक कानूनमा विद्यावारिधि गरेका विपिन अधिकारीले नेपाललाई एक बहुजातीय, बहुभाषिक बहु-सांस्कृतिक तथा समावेशी राज्यका रुपमा परिवर्तन गर्ने संवैधानिक प्रणालीको रुपरेखा सिफारिस गरेका छन्। उनले छलफलका लागि भनी सार्वजनिक गरेको नेपालको नमुना संविधान, २०६६ का…
One of the hallmarks of the Liberian Civil War war which broke out on December 28, 1989 has been the proliferation of armed factions, all of which targeted civilians and were responsible for massacres and systematic human rights abuses, and none of which was…
There cannot be any legal concept as the 'supremacy' or 'sovereignty' of the House of Representatives in Nepal, argues BIPIN ADHIKARI, if anything is supreme in a system of the rule of law that this country has, it is the Constitution, the main governing law…
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 1990, has now completed its 15th year. The last three years of its life have been very dreadful. It is being victimised by its own associates and well-wishers. The worst – it continues to face the visible retreat of…
[1] These cases caught the attention of many human rights activists and organizations for a variety of reasons. Firstly, these cases concerned people who had a proclaimed political mission and challenged the legitimate or established political authority of…