authorities. Moreover, the practice of the state bearing the burden of compensation to the victims of human rights violation without making the individuals responsible for such act calls for separating individual liability against state/ institutional liability to discourage both the individual and the state from violating human rights. Thus, impunity has been a serious obstacle in ensuring rule of law and protection of human rights of the people in accordance with the Constitution of Nepal, along with various laws and international human rights treaties to which Nepal is a party. It is not satisfactory that the army and the police use internal disciplinary procedures to deal with serious human rights violations caused by their 22 personnel. The government’s practice of shouldering the responsibility of compensating the victims of human rights violation for the crime committed by its employee is also not helpful to change the situation, not to mention that it is a gross misuse of tax payer’s money. The prosecution system is weak and often ineffective to prevent reoccurence of similar crimes. Moreover, there is no provision to bring to justice the Maoists who have committed heinous crimes like rape, murder, abduction, extortion etc. As a result, the faith of the people in the rule of law has declined.