by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 9, 2023Kathmandu: It’s an old and rather depressing story. Despite their repeated commitments, successive governments have been indifferent to implementing the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission. Established in 2000, the constitutional human rights watchdog received 13,213 complaints until the last fiscal year. So far, it has recommended government action in 1,407 cases, criminal investigation and departmental action against officials involved, and monetary compensation for the…
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edit in The Morning, July 21, 2023 Despite having dealt with the war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government led armed forces almost 1.5 decades ago, beggar’s wound – the debates on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution has become, does not show promising signs of getting resolved anytime soon. Politicians from the North and the East want the 13th Amendment,which has remained a part of the country’s Constitution for…