Understanding transitional justice: Challenges, solutions and Lessons for Nepal Transitional justice in Nepal has faced significant challenges, resulting in limited progress. Opinion 31 Dec, 2024
Another year passes without justice to conflict victims Another year has been added to the calendar of conflict victims awaiting justice, and it remains one of the most pressing issues for the government to address. Nepal 31 Dec, 2024
Negotiation impasse among leaders prompts delay in TJ process Political leadership has once again demonstrated apathy and failure to complete the transitional justice agenda, which serves as the foundation of the peace process. Nepal 18 Dec, 2024
Conflict victims' appeal says what's wrong with govt approach to transitional justice ​​​​​​​National Network of Victims and Survivors of Serious Human Rights Abuses (NNVS) submitted an appeal to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres seeking the global body’s support in securing Nepal government’s commitment and action on transitional justice, memorialisation, reparations and non-recurrence of conflict. Nepal 14 Oct, 2023
EDITORIAL: Elusive peace process Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is pushing for the amendment to the Truth and Reconciliation Bill-2014 through the federal Parliament before his trip to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) scheduled for September 16. Opinion 11 Sep, 2023
EDITORIAL: Elusive justice It's been a very long wait for the victims of the decade-long Maoist insurgency, but justice for them remains elusive even after 17 years of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) in 2006. Opinion 31 Aug, 2023
EDITORIAL: Reach consensus Speaker Devraj Ghimire held a meeting with the top leaders of the major political partie to discuss the major bills tabled by the government in the House of Representatives. Opinion 10 Apr, 2023
EDITORIAL: Dahal in legal trouble The ruling coalition, especially the CPN-Maoist Centre, has become anxious after the division bench of Justices Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada and Hari Prasad Phuyal of the Supreme Court (SC) ordered on Friday to register a writ petition against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal for his public statement in January 2020 that he could be blamed for only 5,000 deaths during the decade-long Maoist insurgency. Opinion 07 Mar, 2023
'Endlessly extending deadline for TRC and CIEDP not a way out' The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs is trying to amend the Truth and Reconciliation Act that remains unimplemented for almost eight years. Nepal 01 Jul, 2022
Bandi against endlessly extending TRC deadline The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs is trying to amend the Truth and Reconciliation Act that remains unimplemented for almost eight years. Kathmandu 01 Jul, 2022
Media Action Nepal calls on government to end impunity for crimes against journalists Media Action Nepal, a media rights advocacy organization, has called on the government to abolish impunity for crimes against journalists, claiming that it is a continual impediment to free press in Nepal. Kathmandu 02 Nov, 2021
EDITORIAL: UN help for justice Even 15 years after the decade-long Maoist insurgency came to an end, justice for the thousands of conflict victims remains just as elusive, with little signs of whether justice will ever be done to them. Opinion 04 Oct, 2021
