The legal framework for the Constituent Assembly elections consists of a number of legal instruments addressing different aspects of the elections:

1. 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights”(CCPR) (and the Optional Protocol);
2. 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW);
3. 1966 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD);
4. 1966 International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR);
5. 1989 International Labour Organization Convention No. 165 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries” (ILO Convention 169)

1. The Interim Constitution of Nepal, 15 January 2007 (as amended);

1. The Election of Members of the Constituent Assembly Act, 22 June 2007;
2. The Law on the Functions, Duties and Powers of the Election Commission, 26 March 2007;
3. The Act Relating to Electoral Rolls, 29 December 2006;
4. The Election Offences and Punishment Act, 26 March 2007;
5. The Constituent Assembly Court Act, 26 March 2007;

• Regulation on the Election to Members of the Constituent Assembly;
• Political Party Registration Rules (2006);
• Electoral Roll Rules (2006);
• Regulation on Settlement of Petitions and Proceeding relating to Elections;
• Electoral Code of Conduct (2007);
• Directive for the procedures for Nomination and Selection of Candidates in Proportional Election (2008);
• Constituent Assembly Counting Directives (2007);