KATHMANDU, March 27: CPN-UML MPs have questioned whether the transitional justice (TJ) bill will provide a lasting solution.

KATHMANDU, March 14: Accountability Watch Committee (AWC) has urged the government to make the transitional justice law amendment process credible.

The recent order by the Supreme Court (SC) to register two petitions that seek to hold Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in his capacity as head of the former rebel party, CPN (Maoist), responsible for the loss of life, damage, and destruction during the Maoist insurgency has sent ripples across Nepali politics.

KATHMANDU, March 6: Nine political parties represented in the House of Representatives (HoR) have pledged to complete the rest of the transitional justice work without delay.

KATHMANDU, March 6: Nine political parties represented in the House of Representatives have pledged to complete the rest of the transitional justice work without delay. A meeting of the nine parties held at the Prime Minister's Residence in Baluwatar on Sunday evening decided to present the bills necessary to give justice to the victims of the conflict and their families to become a law according to the court's decision in this session of Parliament.

KATHMANDU, August 26: Legal professionals have alleged that attempts have been made to bring the bill related to transitional justice to deny justice.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the ICJ say international partners should strongly back victims’ needs, credible legal process.

The aphorism “justice delayed is justice denied” could not be more hurtful and real for the victims of the armed conflict.

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

KATHMANDU, Aug 30 : The Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) on Sunday called on the government to facilitate its activities by amending the existing transitional justice (TJ) law in line with the Supreme Court order to make it victim-friendly.

KATHMANDU, May 1: The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has suggested to the Nepal government to amend the transitional justice legal framework in support of the Supreme Court ruling.

KATHMANDU, May 1: The decision by the Supreme Court to reject a petition by the government asking that it review its 2015 ruling against amnesty to people accused of grave conflict-era crimes is an important step in securing truth, justice and reparations for the thousands of victims of the country's decade-long conflict, four international human rights bodies said in a joint press release on Friday.

KATHMANDU, April 27: The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday trashed the government’s request to review its verdict on a case of transitional justice.

ROLPA, March 15: A huge number of families in Rolpa who had sought the whereabouts of their family members disappeared during the decade-long Maoist conflict have come to know that the complaints they had filed at the commission concerned have themselves disappeared. While a total of 132 complaints were filed at the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons’ (CIEDP) from Rolpa three  years ago, the commission does not have more than 98 complaints with it now. The rest have disappeared! With this, the affected people’s hopes for justice have turned bleak.

KATHMANDU, Mar 1: Chief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Michelle Bachelet has expressed concern over Nepal’s long-delayed transitional justice (TJ) process.

KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has said that the government is firmly committed to address the issues of transitional justice in accordance to the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA). He said that the government will also take into account the directives issued by the Supreme Court, relevant international commitments, concerns of the victims, and the ground realities to address the issue.

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has said that the Nepal government is firmly committed to address remaining issues of transitional justice in accordance the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA), directive of the Supreme Court relevant international commitments, concerns of the victims, and the ground realities.

ROLPA, Jan 28: Bhuwan Budha of Jelwang village of Sunchhahari Rural Municipality in Rolpa district was killed by the security forces 17 years ago. He was 22. His father Mangale Budha died at the age of 90 last year.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Unconvinced by the government’s approach to the transitional justice (TJ) process, Nepal’s conflict victims have threatened to invite the international community including the United Nations to intervene in the ‘botched’ justice process.  They believe recent government efforts taken toward resolving the conflict-era cases have dampened the hopes of the conflict victims.

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: As the government faces widespread criticism for some of its decisions such as the appointment of the chiefs and members of the two transitional justice (TJ) bodies and naming murder accused Agni Prasad Sapkota as speaker, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) have agreed to move ahead defying all protests.

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Four prominent international human rights organizations have expressed concern over the Nepal government’s recent decision to appoint commissioners to two key transitional justice (TJ) bodies for restarting the TJ process without first undertaking adequate legal consultations and amending the legal frameworks to make the process consistent with international standards and  Supreme Court rulings.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Four international human rights organizations International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International on Saturday expressed their serious concerns over the recent steps taken by the government claiming them to be a serious setback on Nepal’s transitional justice process.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: A high-level committee formed to suggest the commissioners for two transitional justice (TJ) bodies has recommended the chiefs and members for the bodies established to settle war-era cases. Conflict victims have been waiting for justice since the Maoist insurgency ended in 2007.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: The ruling Nepal Communist Party and the main opposition Nepali Congress have inched closer to an understanding to amend the transitional justice (TJ) law by incorporating inputs collected from all seven provinces.

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Human Rights Watch, a New York-based international human rights watchdog, has rapped the government led by KP Oli for failing to deliver transitional justice to conflict victims and introducing a slew of measures to curtail freedom of expression.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Conflict victims have urged the government to suspend the process initiated to appoint commissioners for key Transitional Justice (TJ) bodies at least until the new law is promulgated.

At a time when the ruling party has been criticized by the victims and rights bodies for doing little to speed up resolution of transitional justice (TJ) process and the international community has been repeatedly expressing concerns regarding the perennial delay in ensuring justice to the victims of conflict-era crimes, the government has renewed the process to restart long-stalled TJ process.

KATHMANDU, Jan 8: Almost 10 months after its formation, the recommendation committee formed to suggest members for the transitional justice (TJ) bodies is now preparing to make those recommendations.

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: In a bid to restart the long-stalled transitional justice (TJ) process, the government is holding consultations with conflict victims and other stakeholders in all seven provinces from January 13.

KATHMANDU, Dec 6: The process initiated to recommend commissioners for the two key transitional justice (TJ) bodies has become delayed further after the head of the recommendations committee left for the USA.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Four international human rights organizations on Tuesday expressed concern over Nepal's long-delayed transitional justice process.

KATHMANDU, Nov 25: As the committee formed to recommend office bearers for the two transitional justice (TJ) bodies prepares to publish a final list of candidates, conflict victims have warned of serious consequences if the ongoing recommendation process is not halted.

KATHMANDU, Nov 24: Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission Anup Raj Sharma on Sunday accused the government of not being serious towards resolving the much-delayed transitional justice process.

KATHMANDU, Nov 24: A recommendation committee is preparing a final list of candidates for leading the  Transitional Justice (TJ) bodies. A five-day deadline allotted for the general public to register any complaints against candidates expired on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 22: While the country marks the 13th anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), thousands of conflict victims at the hands of both sides – the state and the Maoists – are still struggling for justice. They have accused the government of ignoring their years-long quest for justice.

Thirteen years after signing of CPA, justice eludes the conflict victims

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The government is preparing to hold consultations on the draft of the Transitional Justice (TJ) bill in all seven provinces in a bid to seek wider support for the controversial bill.

KATHMANDU, Nov 19: Conflict victims waiting for justice for decades now feel cheated once again by the government with the committee formed to recommend new TJ officials preparing to entrust "incompetent" persons with the responsibility of providing justice to them.

KATHMANDU, Nov 18:  A committee formed to recommend chiefs and members in the two transitional justice (TJ) bodies has named Ganesh Datta Bhatta for head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Lokendra Mallick for head of the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP).

KATHMANDU, Nov 17: The meeting of the committee formed to recommend the names of the officer-bearers for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) has decided to make public the recommended names on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 16: A committee formed to recommend chiefs and members of the transitional justice (TJ) bodies is preparing to suggest a list of prospective candidates within next week.

KATHMANDU, Oct 22: In an attempt to kick-start the long-stalled transitional justice (TJ) process, leaders of the two major political parties have come to an understanding to revise disputed TJ law, accommodating the concerns of conflict victims, and table a revised bill in parliament shortly after it resumes business.

NEW YORK, Sept 24:A senior UN official has urged Nepal to work on the solidification of the achievements made in the peace process so far for early conclusion of the transitional justice process.

KATHMANDU, Sept 17: Conflict victims have urged the government to replace the existing recommendation committee formed to suggest commissioners for the transitional justice (TJ) bodies or suspend its work "if the TJ process is to be pushed ahead".

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: In a bid to bring the derailed transitional justice (TJ) process back on track, the government is weighing two options — appointing office-bearers to two TJ bodies and finalize the disputed TJ draft bills by consulting with stakeholders simultaneously - so that the conflict victims could own up the process.

Failure of the government to adhere to the Supreme Court verdict in relation to amnesty could further agonize the victims, setting the ground for vengeance and violence

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

KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Despite strong warnings by several quarters including key stakeholders, the conflict victims, against recommending the past commissioners and controversial individuals to the transitional justice (TJ) bodies, the committee formed to recommend commissioners for the bodies is set to make public its nominees this week.

KATHMANDU, Sept 7:  Conflict victims have warned that they may stay away from the transitional justice (TJ)  process if former commissioners who were earlier ‘removed’ from their positions for failing to resolve conflict-era cases or controversial people are appointed to the TJ bodies.

Transitional Justice (TJ) is once again hogging the news lines following the run-off-the-mill discussions among the political leaders to agree on the leadership of the bodies constituted to look into war-era cases. But what will the appointment do? Who is the appointment for? Given that TJ remains a delicate thread in the power balance within the corridors of Singha Durbar, it is clear that the appointment will be made to facilitate the existing power structure rather than make it victim-friendly. One needs to examine the nature of engagement of various stakeholders in the process.