Charan Prasai

The passing of the third amendment bill to ‘The Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2014’on August 29, 2024, by the parliament, irrespective of prevailing gaps and ambiguities, is a milestone in moving the process ahead.

The foundation of the peace accord was built on the 12-point understanding reached between the then seven political parties, which were cornered during the royal takeover, and the then Maoist insurgent, in New Delhi, India on Nov 22, 2005.

The reduced sentencing claim contradicts the principles that criminal sanctions must be proportionate to the gravity of the crimes.

“Visiting Canada Senate speaker not scheduled to meet Agni Sapkota,” went the newspaper headline a few days back. This front-page news regarding Canadian Senate Speaker George J Fury who was in Kathmandu recently carried a significant message.

As justice has been endlessly deferred, the conflict victims will be left with no option but to seek justice outside of the country

Transitional justice process has not come to a meaningful end because conflict victims were not placed at the center

The proposed high-level political mechanism is believed to be yet another strategy to award immunity to perpetrators of serious crimes committed during conflict-era

Transitional justice bodies became non-functional because they were more interested to appease political players than deliver justice to the victims

Gangamaya’s health condition is deteriorating. The unwillingness of the new government to address her demand could prove deadly