Kathmandu, April 2:

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today made public data of alleged human rights violations recorded after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Treaty between the government and Maoists.

A report released by the national rights body said it is concerned about the government’s failure to constitute a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the National Peace and Rehabilitation Commission.

The NHRC also reiterated its demand that the government ratify the Rome Statute concerning the International Criminal Court to ensure that no perpetrators or human rights violators are spared. “The inability of the government to bring rights violators to book proves that it is not serious on ending impunity,” the report said.

It further suggested the government to use minimum force possible to ensure people’s freedom to organise protest programmes.

The report also talks about some 640 incidents of killings, abduction, disappearances, threats, consfiscation of property and bomb explosions, among others, which were registered at the NHRC between October 2006-February 2007.

In a “glaring” example of human rights violation by the security forces during the period, it said the forces killed some 86 people, while 30 people were killed by the Maoists.

The report also said that while the Maoists abducted 65 people, 56 were reported to have been disappeared by the security forces.

The NHRC is “concerned” since neither the government nor the Maoists have abided by the peace accord and respected human rights.

The report also criticised Maoist cadres for hampering work of officials collecting voters’ names in some villages of Kathmandu, Dhading, Lalitpur and Sankhuwasabha districts.

It also said that some 350 people of 49 families of Kapilavastu district have been forced to take refuge in India due to Maoist atrocities.