नेपालको संविधानसभा

To make the constitution making process systematic and regular in thematic form, the Rule 66(2) of the Constituent Assembly Rules, 2065 (2008) has contained the provision to form a Committee for Protection of Fundamental Rights of Minority and Marginalized Communities. As per the provision of the Rules, a 43 member-committee for Protection of Fundamental Rights of Minority and Marginalized Communities was formed on 15 December 2008 and the committee was reformed by the CA on 10 January 2009 and on 19 January 2009. The Chairperson of the Committee is Hon. Lal Babu Pandit. The committee has the mandate to prepare a list of activities to be carried out on the concerned subject, to collect relevant materials on the subjects and to conduct discussions and studies and prepare a preliminary draft, including a concept paper with technical advice from specialists on the subject under the working areas of the Committee. In this way, on the basis of given mandate, the committee has submitted the draft report including a concept paper on 21 April 2009, and CA has already completed the discussion on the report. The Rule 66(2) of the Constituent Assembly Rules, 2065 (2008) has given the following mandates to the committee to submit the report by preparing the preliminary draft along with concept paper on the subjects assigned to individual Committee:

·              Definition of minority and marginalized communities

·              Identification of down trodden, isolated or excluded groups including tribal communities

·              Provisions for the protection of minority and marginalized communities

·              Measures for inclusion in the system of state affairs

·              Other necessary matters relating to the working areas of the Committee

Draft and Concept Papers(2)
CA Members belonging to the committee(43)