KATHMANDU, March 15:  There has been opposition on the grounds that the government re-registered the Third Amendment Bill of the ‘Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2071(2014)’ without the necessary amendments in the Parliament Secretariat. In the controversial amendment bill submitted in the previous parliament session, only the reference to the limitation period (extended from 6 months to 1 year) and appeal (appeal to the Supreme Court on the decision of the special court) has been changed. 

The Accountability Watch Committee objected that the bill was re-registered by keeping the erroneous provisions in cases of human rights violations. In the past, the victims and other interested parties have shown serious interest in the bill, and the committee is of the opinion that the flawed bill was suddenly registered in the parliament, ignoring the demands made by the victims and other interested parties for comprehensive amendments on the definition, jurisdiction of the court, prosecution, pardon, and the process of appointment of officials in the commission.

The committee has demanded that the process of amending the law should be prepared and a reasonable roadmap should be prepared to complete the transitional justice process through dialogue between the victim community, civil society, political parties and the government.  

The committee has called on political parties, parliamentarians, civil society and the international community to be sensitive and responsible towards the transitional justice process that has been stalled for 16 years and to play a constructive role for a legitimate solution to the problem.

 
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