Prof Subedi prods Nepal to knock the door of international judicial body against India

Kathmandu / December 2: Professor of international law at Leeds University UK, and Chairman of Global Policy Forum Nepal, Surya Prasad Subedi, has suggested Nepal government to go to the international judicial body against India for its recent treatment towards Nepal.

At a daylong Kathmandu conference in the capital city on Wednesday, Professor Subedi said the economic embargo India has imposed on Nepal has violated Nepal’s rights to trade and transit as a landlocked country. So, Nepal could seek help of international law on it, he underscored. “Section 125 to 132 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea-1982 mention well about the rights of a landlocked country like Nepal. It is better to take help from it now,” said Professor Subedi.

Moreover, he said Nepal should not delay on making a position paper on whether the exiting crisis is a ‘blockade’ or not and inform the international community accordingly.

Other arguments he made are- both Nepal and India are the members of the WTO, and violation of section 7 of the 1950 Treaty of Peace and Treaty by India with this blockade. “The blockade is morally, diplomatically and legally unacceptable,” stressed the expert. RSS