Beyond Border

Contents: 1. Rights and wrongs. 2. Regional human rights machineries. 3. Dynamics of forced migration. 4. Transitional justice and peace. 5. Children in conflict: a lost generation. 6. Democratic transition. 8. Electoral freedom. 8. Human rights and MDGs. Annexure. Bibliography and references.

Peace can neither be attained by erecting a peace pole on Swoyambhunath hill nor simply by hoisting a white flag on the top of Mt. Everest. Peace cannot sustain by merely illuminating candles on the Ashok Pillar in Lumbini or just by liberating few pigeons who already deserve to fly free at Tundikhel. Peace is a distant reality if one inspires to embrace it merely by praying with holy bids inside the Boudhhanath monastery. Peace is also impossible to surface by professing the divinely power of Allah before the dawn over a loud speaker at Jamey Mosque in Ghantaghar. Peace is not waiting to merge as a miracle from the white marbled church\'s basement in Jawalakhel. Peace does not germinate from the sacrifice of innocent animals in the blood bathed Dakshinkali temple. Enduring peace is possible only through just means of conflict transformation further than the holy shrines in the open battlefield in Rolpa, Rukum ad beyond. Peace can not be preserved in isolation from human rights.