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Nepal Delegation Visits Arizona Courts

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Arizona Office of the Courts Director David Byers (back) with the delegates from Nepal. Nepal Supreme Court’s Senior Justice Kalyan Shrestha is standing front and right of Mr. Byers.

Sedona AZ (March 18, 2015) – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the government of Nepal sponsored a recent visit to Arizona by eight members of Nepal’s judiciary. Senior Justice Kalyan Shrestha worked with the UNDP’s Rule of Law and Human Rights Program to plan a series of discussions with Arizona’s court professionals on these topics;

· Structure of Arizona’s Court System

· Working with Governors, Legislators and other government leaders

· Advancing Justice Together: Courts & Communities, the five-year strategy for the courts

· Commission on Access to Justice

· Commission on Minorities

· Our Courts Arizona and Community Outreach

· Time Standards and Case Management

· Committee on Victims in the Courts.

Nepal has a three-tiered court system similar to American courts in which there are trial courts, appellate courts and a Supreme Court. Subject matter experts and Arizona’s five justices met with the delegates to answer their questions and provide information about Arizona’s progress in key areas. The delegates were particularly interested in how the courts address the needs of the poor and disadvantaged, as well as victims of crime.

“Senior Supreme Court Justice Shrestha and the UN representative selected Arizona because Nepal faces some of the same issues we are working to address successfully,” said Arizona Chief Justice Scott Bales. “We noted the importance of seeking input and support from the community broadly, including leaders from outside the judicial branch. Some of our best innovations have come by including non-judicial members from the public, private, and non-profit sectors in various court initiatives.”

Justice Shrestha and seven colleagues from the Nepal judiciary spent a day and a half last week meeting with state court subject matter specialists before also visiting the Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Courthouse and the Superior Court in Maricopa County. Later in the week, the delegates met with Nepalese students from Arizona State University and representatives from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

The representatives from Nepal included:

· Senior Justice Kalyan Shrestha, Supreme Court

· Honorable Judge Mr. Til Prasad Shrestha, Appellate Court, Hetauda

· Honorable Judge Mr. Hemraj Pant, Appellate Court, Patan

· Honorable Judge Mr. Radha Krishna Upreti, District Court, Rautahat

· Mr. Lal Bahadur Kunwar, Joint Registrar, Supreme Court

· Mr. Bhadrakali Pokharel, Bench Officer, Supreme Court

· Mr. Ratna Kaji Shrestha, Justice Sector Coordinator for the on Rule of Law and Human Rights Program, United Nations Development Program

· Mr. D. Christopher Decker, Chief Technical Advisor on Rule of Law and Human Rights Program, United Nations Development Program.

The delegation departed on March 5 for stops in Washington DC and New York City before returning to Kathmandu, Nepal.

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6 Comments

  1. America court system’s unsurpassed because it tries to protect the poor and underclass. No perfect system exists.

  2. Warren says:

    @ Panke & Shellie – my guess is that neither of you have actually been in the US court system.

  3. Doug says:

    get your head out of your anti american ass

  4. Warren says:

    My guess is that Doug has not been in the US court system either.

  5. We can speak out because the courts protect us. Please have a Holy Mother of God Blessed Day.

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