Right to Self-determination
The quality of discussion as to the right to self-determination has always suffered in Nepal because of the awfully motivated efforts by activists either to contain it, or to misinterpret it in a…
Opinions
Articles, interviews and notes in English and Nepali.
359 entries
The scapegoat generation
A number of civil society organizations in Nepal are busy working on the rights of youths to be guaranteed in the new constitution. The Committee on Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles (C…
omething's not right: A list of rights without inbuilt judicial sanctions is not worth its name
"A Supreme Court which lacks independence, which has to be accountable to a legislative committee, and which is always under the threat and duress of a legislative majority cannot protect any fun…
My law, your law
"Nepal could study the Turkish model amind demands to communalise personal laws. The importance of secular laws and institutions cannot be over-emphasized in a progressive society. They are impor…
Management of National Heritage: Loose Ends
In the context of devolution of power from the centre to the provinces, one of the key issues that the Constituent Assembly (CA) has to respond to is how the obligations that Nepal has made under…
Just a minute
"Everybody knows that the Maoists after spoiling many important months of parliament need a facelift to reach a compromise that does not create any political value except for their cadres sweatin…
Judge for yourself
"In fact, the CA Committee on Judicial System has not spent its energy on how justice can be made accessible to all the deprived and downtrodden people of this country, which is the major issue o…
Same old thing
Bipin Adhikari The Kathmandu Post August 27, 2009 From: constituentassembly.blogspot.com "British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, for example, has recently put forward changes on a range of subjects…
Gouvernement népalais
While a debate on the best form of government for Nepal is going on, senior political scientist Prof. Lok Raj Baral has proposed that the French system of government could be discussed as a suita…
Commissioning commissions
Without an all-embracing theory, the process of drafting the constitution continues to be piecemeal, and both the need and calls for further reform will continue to rumble on for this very reason…
Missing links
"The Committee on Preservation of National Interest falls woefully short of expectations" When Nepalis talk about national interests, they talk about very basic things about their survival. These…
Minority report
The report of the Constituent Assembly (CA) Committee on the Protection of Rights and Freedoms of Minority and Marginalized Communities, which is now under discussion at the plenary session of th…