Editorial | Conflict victims need justice, not another test of their patience
Summary
Conflict victims are still waiting for justice as Nepal’s transitional justice bodies remain vacant and political interference continues to stall the process. The government is being urged to form an independent search committee and consult victims without further delay.
Key Points
- The government has yet to fill leadership positions in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons after removing their office-bearers in May.
- Victims and human rights defenders say they have been excluded from consultations and ignored even after requesting a meeting with Minister for Law and Justice Sobita Gautam.
- The editorial says successive governments have delayed transitional justice for nearly two decades after the Comprehensive Peace Accord.
- It urges the government to create an independent, transparent search committee and provide the commissions with adequate resources to handle more than 83,000 complaints.
