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The Himalayan Times 29 August 2019 Violation of human rights It seems that Nepal in these days is gradually losing its goodwill image in the international arena in many aspects. It is sliding further down every year in Corruption Perception Index, now ranking 124th among 175 countries as per Transparency International report. There seems to be continuous increase in human rights and gender violence against women and children as reported in media. Rape cases against girls and women continue to rise, and culprits are reported to be freely wandering around.   The government seems to be incapable of arresting the high-profile corrupt people, gold smugglers and other state law violators. The comprehensive peace agreement signed on November 21, 2006 between the government and the then Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) called for political, economic and social change in the country and adherence to humanitarian law and human rights principles. The agreement also called fo...

The Himalayan Times 22 August 2019 Hospital sans doctors Federalism is now not new for us considering its implementation in Nepal for the last almost 18 months. All the three tiers of government are now fully functioning, however, with some exceptions. They still lack of human resources, proper infrastructures and adequate budget. They are also badly suffering from inadequate laws to fully function due to unwillingness of central government to devolve power to them.   We have seen the provincial governments time and again expressing their grievances to the Centre for not showing seriousness towards the implementation of federal structure as envisaged by the constitution. We have seen that the Centre is either finding difficulty in deputing its civil servants to the local and provincial governments or hindering the process of recruiting their staff as per their requirements. The recent action of the Public Service Commission (PSC) to recruit staff from the ...

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The Himalayan Times 16 August 2019 Is it the real picture? We talk a lot about violent against women (VAW) in Nepal, be it in the urban or rural areas, among the well-to-do family, or in the other family. We talk a lot about human rights violations (HRV) against his/her or their rights to live speak, freely walk around, read and write by the perpetrators. The concerned agencies that are responsible for punishing the perpetrators do not seem to be successful in carrying out their responsibilities. But, is it possible for these agencies to be hundred percent successful in punishing both the VAW and HRV perpetrators in the current situation when the culprits are found freely walking around? It was such an encouraging news report “Zero VAW cases in Manang” (THT, August 13, Page 3) to read. Thanks to Himalayan News Service for bringing up this fantastic news. Now, let me put forward some of my queries and concerns on this news report. Is this the real picture of that d...

The Himalayan Times 1 August 2019 Unwilling and reluctant Following the promulgation of the new constitution in 2015, Nepal has entered the federal structure, with elected governments in all the three levels in place. Federalism was greatly talked about, using very fancy words by all the political parties, especially the three major political parties, namely, the then UML, the NC and the then NCP-Maoists. On the other hand, political critics used to heavily criticize them for pushing forward this undoable concept and cast doubts about whether the federal structure could be implemented in the real sense.  It’s been almost two years since all the three levels of governments have been working in line with the federal structure. However, the provincial and local level governments seem to be struggling in performing their functions as envisaged by the constitution and in meeting the high expectations of the people. They have not been able to function ful...