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
International rights watchdogs write to PM Oli on TJ commissions Following the failure of top leaders to select the office bearers of the Transitional Justice Panels—Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappearances (CIEDP)—Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists have written to Prime Minister Oli, requesting credible appointments to the Transitional Justice (TJ) Commissions. Nepal 19 Dec, 2024
Malicious attempts to prevent competitive TRC commissions appointments Rights groups have expressed deep concern about malicious attempts to prevent the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappearances from becoming competitive and high-quality, trapping them in a cycle of party politics for the third time. Nepal 05 Dec, 2024
TRC law is a flawed step forward: International human rights defender organizations Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists said today that Nepal's long-awaited transitional justice law, adopted by the lower house of parliament on August 14, 2024, incorporates several positive provisions that could help advance justice, accountability, and redress for the widespread human rights violations and abuses committed during the 1996-2006 conflict, but there are still elements that could undermine a successful outcome. Nepal 21 Aug, 2024
AWC says TRC bill still contains significant flaws that severely undermine the victims' right to justice The Accountability Watch Committee (AWC), a key human rights organization, has issued a press statement expressing dissatisfaction over the provisons of Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act (Third Amendment) Bill also known as the TRC bill that was passed by the House of Representatives yesterday. Kathmandu 16 Aug, 2024
Major political parties finalize agreement on transitional justice issues Transitional justice has been a long-pending issue in Nepal’s peace process, garnering keen interest from both national and international communities. Nepal 01 Aug, 2024
NHRC urges govt to conclude transitional justice process soon The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to bring the transitional justice process to a conclusion soon. Kathmandu 21 Nov, 2023
Conflict victims seek urgent meeting with UN Secretary General Guterres ​​​​​​​Five conflict victim organisations have sought an immediate meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, stating that they are the rightful stakeholders of Nepal’s longstanding Transitional Justice process. So far, he has met only two former warring sides. Kathmandu 31 Oct, 2023
Guterres lauds Nepal's homegrown practices for establishing peace Guterres arrived in Nepal on Sunday at the invitation of Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Kathmandu 30 Oct, 2023
Speaker Ghimire discusses peace process with Guterres In the wake of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ four-day visit to Nepal, Speaker Devraj Ghimire held a meeting today with him and discussed the Transitional Justice process. World 30 Oct, 2023
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
Government committed to bringing those responsible for grave human rights violations to justice: PM Dahal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed the government's commitment to establishing a credible transitional justice process to uncover the truth, providing reparations to the survivors. Kathmandu 04 Sep, 2023
