Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 22, 2023After the failure of the Constitutional Council in nominating a candidate for chief justice, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday had a meeting with CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli to discuss nominations and endorsement of the bills in parliament. Dahal’s attempt was to woo Oli, who is the leader of the main opposition, to ensure that the next meeting of the council would be fruitful while also…
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By Tika R Pradhan in Kathmandu Post, April 18, 2023Top leaders of the three major political parties have agreed to nominate a new chief justice through a meeting of the Constitutional Council. However, they are yet to settle the ongoing dispute over the composition of the Parliamentary Hearing Committee, whose approval is essential for the appointment of a new chief justice. The parliamentary committee is yet to be formed due to the dispute. Based on…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 07, 2023 at 8:14 PMFollowing the ban of the interim government on the Afghan female staff of UNAMA, the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on the Taliban’s action and pushed its calls for the ban to be overturned. Speaking to reporters in New York, the US deputy ambassador to the UN, Robert Wood, said Washington considers the ban “basically as another effort by the Taliban to…
report in Daily Mirror, Mar 6, 2023 Sri Lanka has once again rejected the resolution 51/1 against Sri Lanka adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in October last year, but said Sri Lanka will remain open to discussion with the Council. “A series of unhelpful resolutions have been adopted by the HRC, the latest being resolution 51/1, without our consent as the country concerned. I reiterate Sri Lanka´s position, which was stated…
report in Khaama Press, January 16, 2023Human Rights Watch has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to suspend Taliban-run Afghanistan from ICC membership for the gender-based discrimination policies the ruling regime pursues in the country. Minky Worden, the director of Human Right Watch said that the suspension of Afghanistan cricket from participating in international competitions should remain in place until Afghan women and girls are allowed to participate in education and sports in the…