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Violation of human rights

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...

Hospital sans doctors

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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