“Given the large-scale impunity, the government of Nepal must expeditiously amend the Disappearance Ordinance passed on February 10 by executive decree – bypassing the Constituent Assembly, which failed in ensuring an adequate investigation of crimes of disappearance in accordance with the ruling by the Nepali Supreme Court in June 2007,” ICJ said in a statement issued ahead of a meeting of the 10th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
Similarly, ICJ has also urged Nepal and other countries to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
“It is essential that the government of Nepal as well as other governments cooperate with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in order to clarify the fate and whereabouts of the disappeared persons, including by unconditionally accepting the requests for visits by the Working Group,” ICJ said in the statement.
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