UDHR Article 21
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ICCPR Article 25
Every citizen shall have the right to vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors.
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General Comment No. 25: The right to participate in public affairs, voting rights and the right of equal access to public service (Art. 25)
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Nepal Constituent Assembly Election Monitoring & Observation 2008


  Links and Downloads
Constituent Assembly Election-2008 NEOC OBSERVATION TODAY:14 March 2008
Election Commision of Nepal
Electoral update: 4 February 2008 : UNMIN
Press statement by Ian Martin, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal
International Observers Accreditation Package Constituent Assembly Election 2007 (2064)
Agreement on Monitoring of Management of Arms and Armies (8 December 2006)
Unofficial Translation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement concluded between the Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (November 21, 2006)
Security Council establishes United Nations political mission in nepal, Unanimously adopting resolution 1740 (2007)
INTERIM CONSTITUTION OF NEPAL
ICG: Nepal: Making the Peace Agreement Work
Intenational Crisis Group: Nepal page
NEPAL’S TROUBLED TARAI REGION
Caste, Ethnicity and Inequality in Nepal
People’s War in Nepal: Genesis and Development
Instability In Continuity
New Nepal: Prospects and doubts
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Nepal
(Unofficial translation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 2006)
Agreement on Monitoring o f the Management of Arms and Armies 28 November 2006
Nepal Interim Constitution
  Political Background
Acts, Rules & Regulations
Constituent Assembly Members' Election Schedule
Violence 'escalating' in southern Nepal
Nepal's Maoists: Running Out of Issues
Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2007
Election Commission of Nepal
Government to form common security mechanism for CA polls
  ANFREL's Mission Statements
ANFREL post-election report, 26th April 2008
PRESS RELEASE : Culture of impunity for election-related violence must end 1st April 2008
ANFREL Second Pre-Election Report 31 March 2008
PRESS RELEASE :ANFREL expresses concern at escalating political violence Urges all concerned to stem the culture of impunity 1 st April 2008
Press statement : ANFREL to start observation mission, Expresses hope for a peaceful election
ANFREL Press statement: ANFREL expresses disappointment over postponement of election in Nepal
Statement: Asian observers support peaceful and credible election in Nepal
  Chronology
Chronology of decade-long conflict
  Articles
Candidates barred from organising publicity programme
Weak management of peace process responsible for Nepal crisis: Martin
Constituent Assembly Elections and Security in Nepal
Nepal: Press statement by Ian Martin, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General
Transitional Justice Commissions in Nepal
  News
100 ANFREL observers for Nepal polls
80 Asian observers arrive in Kathmandu; more EU observers to leave for districts
Gulf Times (IANS), Doha – Carters arriving to monitor elections
Election watchdog concerns about violence ahead of polls in Nepal
ANFREL censures parties for poll violence
YCL, Terai rebels prime code violators: ANFREL
CA Election: compromised beginning, flawed process and ominous outcomes
Photo : Two labborers with a sample bollot in his hand discuss constitiuent assembly
810 foreign observers to fan out across nation
High expectation from the polls
CA electon will see a sea of observers
ANFREL poll observers start work
Country Fact Sheet
EC to scrap IDs of unqualified election observers
Election monitoring group concerned about violence ahead of polls
Preview UN welcomes the agreement b/w Nepal and ethnic Madhesi groups
Cracks in the Madhesi alliance
Nepal tackles gruelling trek to democracy
Prachanda to contest election from Kathmandu constituency No. 1
Nepal to decide, announce election date Friday, government minister says
EC unveils election programme
Thirteen more parties apply for registration
Seven parties vow to conduct CA polls on time
House amends interim constitution; Nepal is now a federal democratic republic
New madhes front may help resolve political deadlock
Prachanda warns of stir if consensus fails
CEC demands three months for polls preparation

"It Was A Political Mistake To Replace The Constitution Of 1990 By Present Interim Constitution"
Top leaders of major parties resume discussions to forge agreement
Maoists won't participate in polls unless monarchy abolished: Gajurel
Nepal's largest newspaper office attacked by ex-communist rebels' union
Maoists deterring CA poll campaigns
Nepal Closer to Abolishing Monarchy
Maoists announce protest programmes to thwart CA polls
Maoists quit government in blow to Nepal peace pact
USIP Report on Nepal's Transitional Justice Process
Risks of Postponing the CA Election
ANFREL hopes security will improve before polls
EC allows 43 groups for CA election monitoring
Issues and Challenges of Electoral Reforms in Nepal
CONSTITUTIONAL TEST FAST APPROACHING
Security situation serious threat to electoral process: UN monitors
Democratic worries
Democratic worries
NEPAL: Interim Parliament Empowers itself to Abolish Monarchy: Update No.128
House approves CA bill
Still undecided
Nepal in the Context of Asia-Pacific Security
USIPeace Briefing - Nepal in Transition: Developing Security and Rule of Law Strategies
NEOC to Monitor Constituent Assembly Elections
Deferred CA Polls & 8-Party Unity
Question Of Identity
NEPAL: Maoists Poised to Enter the Government- Update
Law of emergency and the caretaker government
Prachanda wants to pre-empt regression by declaring republic (Nepalnews analysis)
Madhesi Empowerment Is Possible Through Peaceful Route
Constructing a Democratic Peace: Lessons from the Peace Process in Nepal
Maoist obstructing ministry's work
Royal properties to be nationalised; King to face 'action' for his statement
Prachanda says republic must be declared ahead of CA
Interim Crisis or Interim Learning?
Full text of the decisions of the SPA-Maoist summit meeting
Unofficial translation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 2006
Agreement on Monitoring o f the Management of Arms and Armies 28 November 2006
Chronology of Decade Long Conflict
Nepal List of New Cabinet
Confused Leadership, Derailed Polity and Bewildered People
PM calls for talks to resolve all problems; Nepal will have federal system after CA polls
Nepal List of New Cabinet
Nepal leaps into the unknown
Restorative justice in Nepal : Restoring moral dignity
Full text of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement held between Government of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Understanding Between Seven Political Parties Alliance and Maoist
Nepal in the Context of Asia-Pacific Security
   



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