LawNepal ~ The Law is above the King !

Welcome to LawNepal.

This Blawg is maintained by Santosh Giri, a Lawyer from Nepal.

Legal Research and Publications

Facilitator to Peace Brigades International www.peacebrigades.org, in interpretation, translation and interviews of human rights defenders .
Program Director in Lawyers National Campaign against Untouchability, LANCAU NEPAL
Human Rights Lawyer in Forum for Women, Law and Development FWLD Nepal.
Coordinator/President in Lawyers Association for Women, Youth, Environment, Rights and Society, LAWYERS Nepal
Discrimination towards Sikh Asylum Seekers post IIRIRA, Language Difficulty and Translation issues. Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA.
A case study on Discrimination in distribution of drinking water, nutritious food, discriminatory texts in textbooks and implementation status of domestic and international instruments. The British Embassy/LANCAU.
A Report on Intra-Dalit Discrimination. The British Embassy/LANCAU.
Untouchability Crime Definition Draft, DANIDA/LANCAU
Untouchability Elimination Directives Draft, DANIDA/LANCAU
Article, Social Dimensions of Globalization, Business Law Journal, Vol 3
Article, Feminism: A Matter of Perception, Public Interest Forum, Vol 2
A Baseline Study on Right to nationality of Women in Nepal, FWLD.FORD
A study on the Baadi Community, Dissertation, LL.M
Research, A study on the status of the Cobblers of the Kathmandu Valley, DANIDA/DNF
Research on the European Parliament System
International Trade law in Context of Nepal

Affiliation

Since 2006, Blawgger for – नालिश – Nepal America Legal Information Center, formerly ANLUS
2001-2005: Executive Committee Member of Information, Communication and Technology Committee of Nepal Bar Association, Central Committee
2001-2002: President, LLM Students Forum, Nepal Law Campus, Nepal.
1998: Amnesty International, Group 9 Member in Nepal Law Campus, Nepal.
Associate Member, American Bar Association.
Past President, Rotaract Club, Kathmandu Midtown Dist 3290
Past President, Rotaract Club, Kathmandu Dist 3290

Proficiency

Languages: English, Nepali, Hindi and Maithali
Certified Legal Researcher on Lexis-Nexis and West law.
Lawyer/Consultant on Nepali Laws, Professional in Interpretation, Nepali-English vice-versa Translation
Nepal-US Entrepreneurship

Major Case Profile

2002, Reshma Thapa v. HMG: Writ Petition filed against the state in order to curb witchcraft allegation. Role: Lead Lawyer from the petitioner’s side. Decision: Directive order issues against the state to make appropriate laws.
2004, Lancau v. HMG: Writ Petition filed against the state to make strict laws against untouchability. Role: Support Lawyer (International laws) from the petitioner’s side. Decision: Directive order issues against the state to make appropriate laws.
2004, Lancau v. HMG: Writ Petition filed against the state to restrict government use segregation policies in building water resources separately for so-called low castes. Role: Support Lawyer (International laws) from the petitioner’s side. Decision: Interim order issues against the state
2004, Lancau v. HMG: Writ Petition filed against the state to restrict government use segregation policies in government recognized textbooks involving discriminatory texts. Role: Support Lawyer (International laws) from the petitioner’s side. Decision: Interim order issues against the state
2004, Lancau v. HMG: Writ Petition filed against the state to nullify the existing weak provision in the civil code ‘Adal ko 10 ka’ as it was not punitive. Role: Support Lawyer (International laws) from the petitioner’s side. Decision: Interim order issues against the state.

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