Transitional justice regulations set for endorsement
Summary
Nepal's Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs finalizes regulations to implement transitional justice laws, enabling commissions to investigate insurgency-era human rights violations.
Key Points
- The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has finalized regulations to implement the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act.
- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission on Enforced Disappearances await regulation endorsement to begin detailed investigations.
- Victims and activists demand fresh appointments in transitional justice commissions, protesting the government's move to proceed without addressing their concerns.
- The commissions face a backlog of nearly 79,000 cases and have limited time to complete investigations under the revised Act.
