The objective of the mission was to evaluate the impact of the power plant on the livelihoods of the people and ecology of the region, examine the legal framework governing its and assess if the propo...
On 28 Sep 2015 The challenge of independence for South Asia was to weld diverse communities into composite nation states that recognised pluralism, respected human rights and guaranteed freedom and equality for all....
On 15 Jun 2015 This overview brings together major findings and crosscutting issues
in the “country situation reports” from Bangladesh, India, Nepal,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka respectively, which were commissioned
b...
On 15 Jun 2015 This paper examines the functioning of Parliaments in Bangladesh, India,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka1 in order to gauge the extent of openness and access
from the point of view of both Members of Parliam...
On 31 Jan 2012 The system of justice in Bangladesh is derived from the common law system. The judiciary tends to be conservative in its application of international law. While in many cases the judiciary has cited i...
On 07 Oct 2008 This report on the state of displaced persons in the North and East of Sri Lanka analyses the security conditon and concerns of those who live in makeshifts and camps in conflict affected areas. It pr...
On 25 Sep 2008 One sixth of the population of Bhutan is displaced in Nepal and India. The prolonged exile of Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal and India is a major human
rights deficit in the South Asian region, a...
On 12 Aug 2008 Ratification imposes specific obligations on a state to incorporate human rights into
national laws, to amend legislation, to promote, protect and fulfill human rights and
prevent violations of huma...
On 31 Jul 2008 For a better part of the year 2007 the state of Pakistan was only half alive. That naturally reduced its capacity, never rated high, to guarantee the people's human rights. Thus, from
the point of vi...
On 18 Jul 2008 King Gyanendra of Nepal took over as a king after the royal massacre incidence in 2007. But soon after taking the power people of Nepal were fed up of his authoritarian tendencies and the continuous u...
On 24 Jun 2008 This report on the state of displaced persons in the North and East of Sri Lanka analyses the security condition and concerns of those who live in makeshifts and camps in conflict affected areas. It p...
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