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The Workings of Human Rights, Law and Justice: A Journey from Nepal to Nobel Nominee by Subedi Surya P., QC. Routledge Research in Human Rights Law Series. Abingdon: Routledge, 2022. viii + 179pp 212 pp. Hardcover: AUD$252.00 ; VitalSource eBook: AUD$70.99. doi: 10.4324/9781003271543
Realizing that “Nepal never left me, even though I left Nepal” (p. 152), is the voice of a soul which cries for its motherland. This memoir encompasses the author’s birthplace and upbringing, then study at Tribhuvan University, and the University of Hull London, culminating with a PhD then a highly regarded Doctor of Civil Law, both from Oxford University, then his work for the cause of human rights, including as an academic, administrator, policymaker, diplomat, lawyer – being the first Nepali to be appointed a Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel), and the UN Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia.
The book has nine chapters aligned with the...