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18/08/2026

Understanding the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission

What is the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC)? What laws guide it, who makes up the Commission, and what kinds of cases can and cannot be brought before it?

In this reel, we break down the Tibetan judiciary from the ground up:

→ What the TSJC is
→ The three legal codes that guide its work
→ Its composition and hierarchy
→ Its powers and functions
→ Eligibility and non-eligibility of cases
→ How the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission fits within the wider Tibetan judicial system

Established in 1992 under Article 62 of the Charter of the Tibetans-in-Exile, the TSJC serves as the highest judicial authority of the Central Tibetan Administration and the final appellate body within the Tibetan judicial system. (Tibet.net, trimzin.net)

But what exactly does that mean in practice?

Watch the reel to learn more about how justice and the rule of law operate within the Tibetan community in exile.

A reel on how to file a case at the TSJC will be covered later.

08/07/2026

འཛིན་སྐྱོང་བཀའ་ཤག་གི་སྒྲོམ་གཞི་དང་ངོ་བོ། How is the Central Tibetan Administration governed, and who is responsible for carrying out its day-to-day administration?

In this edition of our Democracy & Debate civic awareness series, we explore the Kashag (Cabinet)—the executive branch of the Central Tibetan Administration. Learn about its composition, responsibilities, and the vital role it plays in implementing policies, administering public services, and serving the Tibetan people in exile.

A well-informed community is the foundation of a strong democracy. By understanding our democratic institutions, we strengthen civic participation, accountability, and our shared responsibility in preserving and advancing the Tibetan democratic system.

🎥 Watch the inforgraphic video, expand your understanding, and share it to help promote civic awareness within our community.

སྤྱི་ནོར་༧གོང་ས་༧སྐྱབས་མགོན་ཆེན་པོ་མཆོག་གི་༧སྐུའི་འཁྲུངས་སྐར་ཉིན་མོར་མང་གཙོ་དང་བགྲོ་གླེང་ནས་འཚམས་འདྲིའི་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེེ་ལེག...
05/07/2026

སྤྱི་ནོར་༧གོང་ས་༧སྐྱབས་མགོན་ཆེན་པོ་མཆོག་གི་༧སྐུའི་འཁྲུངས་སྐར་ཉིན་མོར་མང་གཙོ་དང་བགྲོ་གླེང་ནས་འཚམས་འདྲིའི་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེེ་ལེགས་གྲངས་མེད་ཞུ། Wishing His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama a very happy 91st birthday from the Democracy and Debate team.

28/06/2026

The 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile is here and there’s a lot to know.
From the newly elected Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang, the first woman to hold the role to Deputy Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, and the Standing Committee guiding legislative work behind the scenes, this reel breaks it all down.
Democracy in exile, still standing strong.
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The swearing-in ceremony to be held at the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on 31st May 2026 will mark the formal conclusion ...
29/05/2026

The swearing-in ceremony to be held at the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on 31st May 2026 will mark the formal conclusion of the 17th TPiE and the beginning of the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile's five-year parliamentary term.

Through the taking of the oath of office, the 45 newly elected Members of Parliament will formally undertake their responsibilities to represent the voices and aspirations of Tibetans across the world, uphold the principles of the Charter of Tibetans in Exile, and serve within the democratic framework of the Central Tibetan Administration.

The ceremony stands as a reaffirmation of democratic accountability, collective responsibility, and the continued resilience of Tibetan democracy envisioned under the guidance of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

The swearing-in ceremony formally marks the beginning of the Sikyong’s term after the election process. By taking the oa...
25/05/2026

The swearing-in ceremony formally marks the beginning of the Sikyong’s term after the election process. By taking the oath of office, the elected leader publicly commits to uphold the responsibilities of the position, serve the Tibetan people, and work within the democratic framework of the Central Tibetan Administration. Its significance lies in reaffirming democratic accountability, peaceful transfer of leadership, and the continued functioning of the Central Tibetan Administration.

18/05/2026

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s Address to the Members of the 12th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in 1998

video credit: TibetTV

The Central Election Commission has declared the results of the final election for the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile....
13/05/2026

The Central Election Commission has declared the results of the final election for the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. Here are the 45 elected members.

It is to be noted that the elected members have yet to be sworn in and will officially assume their roles as Members of Parliament or Chithues following their oath of office, which is scheduled on 31st May 2026.

The post-election timeline for May 2026 marks a significant phase in the democratic process of the 18th Tibetan Parliame...
30/04/2026

The post-election timeline for May 2026 marks a significant phase in the democratic process of the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile.

Beginning with the Central Election Commission’s ballot counting on May 6 and concluding on May 12, the process ensures transparency and accountability. The official declaration of results on May 13 represents a key milestone, reflecting the collective voice of the electorate.

The month culminates with the arrival of newly elected representatives in Dharamsala on May 30 for the formal swearing-in ceremony on May 31—signifying the commencement of their legislative responsibilities.

This structured timeline highlights the importance of due process, civic participation, and institutional continuity in democratic governance.

26/04/2026

' མང་གཙོ་དང་བགྲོ་གླེང་ ' ལས་གཞིའི་མགྲིན་ཚབ་པ་ཀརྨ་ཕུན་ཚོགས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་ལགས་ནས་ནོར་ཝེ་རླུང་འཕྲིན་ཁང་དུ་འདས་པའི་ལོ་ངོ་དྲུག་རིང་གི་ལས་གཞི་དང་དམིགས་བསལ་འདི་ལོའི་འོས་བསྡུ་དང་འབྲེལ་བའི་ལས་འཆར་སྐོར་བཀའ་མོལ་གནང་བ་ཞིག་གཟིགས་རོགས།
Mr. Karma Phuntsok Namgyal, a member of Democracy and Debate, spoke to Voice of Tibet about our work in strengthening Tibetan democracy over the past six years, with a particular focus on our initiatives related to the 2026 Tibetan general election. Karma Phuntsok Voice of Tibet

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