Dev Kumar Sunuwar is a journalist and law practitioner in Nepal, has written and covered extensively on International Human Rights and Issues concerning Asian Indigenous Peoples in national, regional and international forums and equally in media. He comes from Koits-Sunuwar, one of the 59 indigenous communities in Nepal. He has worked in radio, television, newspaper, magazine and online, assuming different posts including as investigative journalist. He holds Masters Degrees in Journalism and Mass Communication, Political Science, and Law, specializing in International Law and Human Rights from Tribhuvan University in Nepal. He co-founded Indigenous Media Foundation, Indigenous Television (Nepal's, in fact south Asia's first and only indigenous community television) and a couple of community radios in Nepal. He is an editor of www.indigenousvoice.com online both Nepali and English. He serves as Community Media Grants Project Associate at Cultural Survival, Boston, USA and chairperson at Indigenous Television, Nepal. Apart from involving in media sector, he has been teaching ‘public international law’ at Kathmandu School of Law.
Views and Analysis
14 Oct 2017, SaturdayDev Kumar SunuwarIndigenous rights movement: winning or losing?
Environment and Development
11 Mar 2017, SaturdayDev Kumar SunuwarPOWER TO THE PEOPLE... AT WHAT COST?
Environment and Development
22 Sep 2016, ThursdayDev Kumar SunuwarInternational conservation laws and indigenous peoples' rights
Environment and Development
17 Sep 2016, SaturdayDev Kumar SunuwarEndangering Indigenous Peoples in the name of nature conservation
Law and Human Rights
12 Aug 2016, FridayDev Kumar SunuwarIdentifying and amending flaws in the Constitution
Environment and Development
19 Apr 2015, SundayDev Kumar SunuwarDevelopment for whom?
Environment and Development
10 Mar 2015, TuesdayDev Kumar SunuwarIndigenous Peoples' concerns over REDD plus
Environment and Development
28 Feb 2015, SaturdayDev Kumar SunuwarIndigenous Peoples and Climate Change
Socio-cultural Identity
04 Jan 2015, SundayDev Kumar SunuwarIndigenous youth need Support