6.3 Nepal's Practice (the Pattern in the Statute Book)

Nepal's method has been described through the course's earlier subjects: ratify the treaty under the constitutional framework; then legislate. Examples of the pattern (each studied in its own course): the implementation of the New York Convention through arbitration legislation; anti- money-laundering legislation following the UN conventions; mutual legal assistance and organized- crime instruments; labour legislation following ILO ratifications; and the treaty-based trade framework after WTO accession. The drafter's rule from these examples: the treaty enters domestic law by statute, not by silence.