KATHMANDU, July 17:  On International Criminal Justice Day, which marks the historic adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over two decades ago, Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AF) and Amnesty International Nepal (AI Nepal) have called on the Government of Nepal to urgently ratify the Statute.

Human Rights Watch and Advocacy Forum say that failure to prosecute those responsible for conflict-era crimes is enabling fresh abuses in Nepal