As Nepal prepares to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections on 19th November 2013, there already seems to be one positive lesson: those “convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude” have been barred from contesting the elections. Law has finally caught up though accountability for the violations committed during the conflict remains elusive. The […]
On 23 May 2013, the Union Cabinet presided by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh approved a Special Recruitment Drive to fill the backlog in reserved vacancies including that for the Scheduled Tribes (STs) by 2013. Earlier on 4 January 2013, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions issued instructions to appoint Liaison Officers in […]
Al Jazeera 14 September 2013 Will the New Delhi gang rape verdict help change social attitudes and stem violence against women? The four men found guilty of raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi in December 2012 have been given the strongest punishment possible in the Indian legal system – death. The fact […]
Considering that Nepal failed to adopt its constitution even after thirteen amendments of the 2007 Interim Constitution during 2008 to 2012 and continuation of Dr Baburam Bhattarai as Prime Minister had already become untenable, the formation of the Interim Election Council (IEC) headed by Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi on 14 April 2013 raised a […]
This report is the first comprehensive report on the recruitment and involvement of children in India’s burgeoning internal armed conflicts which currently afflicts 197 out of 640 districts. It has been prepared for submission as a shadow report to the Periodic Report of the Government of India on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on […]
Irfan Quraishi Press TV Published on Apr 27, 2013 In a stark revelation on the grim human rights scenario in Kashmir, a fact finding report by New Delhi based Asian Centre for Human Rights has termed the situation of juveniles in Kashmir as the worst in India. The report, which happens to be the first […]
