Watch the documentary
People's Constitution
Photos from making the documentary "People's Constitution" in Nepal 2007.
Photo: Leena Rikkilä © International IDEA
With a new constitution underway, a documentary about people’s expectations and views on the constitution-building process in Nepal has been produced by Interface for International IDEA.
Since the Jana Andholan II protests that led to the political changes in Nepal, there has been continuous debate about the old Nepali constitution and the new one soon to be drafted.
People’s Constitution is a record in film of these various debates. It aims to stimulate citizen action and, by recording various statements and commitments, is a means of ensuring that public figures are held accountable for their promises that the forthcoming constitution-making process will be inclusive and participatory.
It also aims to increase the awareness of the people of Nepal in both rural and urban communities and from all classes, castes, gender and regions about the imminent constitutional and political processes.
Directed by Dil Bhusan Pathak, People’s Constitution features interviews with people from around the country.
Public screenings of the documentary will take place in five regions in Nepal. People’s Constitution was premiered in Kathmandu 11 October 2007 and has been broadcasted on national television.
The documentary is part of International IDEA’s project “Supporting Constitution Building in Nepal” which aims to promote a peaceful, inclusive and participatory constitution-building process that can lay the foundations for sustainable democracy in Nepal.
For more information, contact International IDEA’s Nepal office (Kathmandu):
Address:
International IDEA Nepal
(opposite Terre des Hommes Office)
Jhamshikhel -3
Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal
Leena Rikkilä, Programme Manager: l.rikkila@idea.int
Tel/Fax: +977 1 55 35 252
