My Republica

Waris Husain

The contributor for Republica.
news@myrepublica.com

Legal response to age of hate

Published On: March 25, 2019 01:05 AM NPT By: Waris Husain

Social media has become both a mitigating and magnifying force for divisions between people around the world. In recent days, we have seen the connection between growing online hate speech and hate crimes in the real world. The apparent inability of legal regimes to creatively deal with this growing trend demonstrates how fast technology has outpaced the law.

Moot court in Nepal

Published On: May 7, 2018 01:00 AM NPT By: Waris Husain

My expectations for the performance from Nepali teams was high, the students exceeded my expectations with their advocacy skills

Implementation of the constitution is an intergenerational process

Published On: September 27, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Waris Husain

Constitutional expert and adjunct professor at Howard University School of Law Waris Husain has closely studied Nepal’s constitutional process and interacted extensively with Nepali lawmakers, civil society leaders, judges, students of law and common people. His goal is to find out the challenges to the implementation of the new Nepali constitution. Thira L Bhusal caught up with Husain during his most recent Nepal visit.