(To many, arguments based on interpretations of the constitution alone are not the solution. Advocate Bipin Adhikari says the only alternative the parties have at their disposal to avert the impending crisis is to go for a ‘framework constitution’, which…
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 way that no country can ever afford…
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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 (CFRDP) at the Constituent Assembly (CA) seems to be…
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”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 fundamental rights whatsoever.” The recently released exhaustive list of…
Book Review Ajit Bhattacharjea, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah: Tragic Hero of Kashmir (New Delhi: Lotus Collection, 2008) Asoj 30 2066 When the British were leaving South Asia, there were approximately 600 ‘princely states’ in the subcontinent. All of these states were…
”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 important because they are essential for the protection and promotion of human…
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 the United Nations Educational,…
”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 sweating on the campaign for civilian supremacy.” While Nepal’s Constituent…
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