Transitional justice remains incomplete even after more than a decade and a half since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA). The process has stagnated as efforts are made to enact a law providing immunity for heinous crimes against humanity during truth investigations. The leaders of major political parties often hold discussions on issues facing the country.

KATHMANDU, March 3: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal held discussions separately with CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba today in connection with finalizing the transitional justice-related bill.

KATHMANDU, Aug 4: The survivors of the decade-long armed conflict have drawn the attention of the government and bodies concerned to the need of ensuring justice to them while amending the laws related to transitional justice (TJ).

KATHMANDU, June 22: “A girl who was under the control and detention of the government security forces for three years had a one-and-a-half-year-old child in her arms when she was freed. Who is responsible for finding out the father of the child born in state captivity?

KATHMANDU, May 9: Top leaders of the three major political parties have held discussions on the issues including the bill related to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

KATHMANDU, Oct 15: The government has decided to issue an order to unlock difficulties to extend the tenure of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Commission of Investigation on the Enforced Disappeared Persons until July 17, 2023.

KATHMANDU, July 15: An agreement has been reached among the five-party alliance parties to extend the term of transitional justice commissions.

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.

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, April 12: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has expressed concerns on data security.  The TRC and Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP)'s tenure ends today – four years after both the transitional justice bodies – were established in February 2015.

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KATHMANDU, Feb 7: Parliament has endorsed the bill for extending the terms of the transitional justice (TJ) mechanisms, to give a new lease of life to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons, for a year.

GULMI, Sept 4: Data maintained by the district chapter of TRC shows that over a dozen people from the district were victims of enforced disappearance. GULMI, Sept 4: Laxman Marasini of Resunga Municipality-9 of Gulmi, formerly known as Tamghas-6,  had left home on January 26, 2001 to meet his brother in Butwal. He never returned home. His wife Shanta is still hopeful of seeing him return home alive after all these years.