Nepal government prepares legislation to incorporate Geneva Conventions in domestic law

Nepal’s law ministry has prepared a draft bill to “domesticate the Geneva Conventions with the objective of removing the gap in the domestic legal system,” a ministry official was reported to have said on Monday. “The new bill proposes imprisonment till death for serious violations of the provisions of Geneva Convention.

As carried in JURIST

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