Nepal's peace process, often celebrated for its pioneering approach to conflict resolution and peacebuilding, now faces a critical test. Eighteen years after the signing of the peace agreement, the victims of Nepal’s armed conflict are still struggling for justice, reparation, and dignity.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: In a significant development, political parties have come together to expedite the work related to transitional justice, aiming to complete it within a four-year timeframe.

KATHMANDU, Aug 17: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission on the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) which were set up to address transitional justice issues, have been without office-bearers for a year. The employees of these two commissions are forced to spend their days without work, just marking their attendance.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday issued the Commissioner for the Investigation Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (third amendment) Ordinance, 2021.

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, March 18: The Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) on Tuesday made public the names of 2,506 persons who were disappeared during the decade-long Maoist armed insurgency. The names were made public in an attempt to trace the whereabouts of the disappeared before the commission begins final round of investigation into the cases.

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: Members of the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) on Sunday inspected Nepal Army’s Bhairavnath Batallion and its bases at Shivapuri where at least 49 Maoist insurgents were allegedly killed by the army in 2003.

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Chairperson of Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) Yubaraj Subedi on Tuesday said that the commission will launch probe into allegations of human rights violations in various places including Nepal Army's Maharajgunj-based Bhairabnath battalion during the conflict era.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba have held discussions in relation to the contemporary political situation of the country.

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 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, 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 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, April 18: United Nations rapporteurs and the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances have expressed serious concerns over lack of impartiality, independence and transparency in the procedures adopted for the appointment of members of two transitional justice mechanisms of Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Following the one-year term extension of transitional justice (TJ) bodies, victims of the decade-long Maoist insurgency have demanded the government to overhaul these two bodies in terms of capabilities and performance.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday authenticated the amendment bill on 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons Act-2071'.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: President Bidya Devi Bhandari authenticated an amendment bill on the 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons Act-2071', on Friday.

Parliament has endorsed the government’s proposal to extend the terms of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) for one more year with a possibility of further extension by one more year on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 12: The existing transitional justice mechanisms formed to deal with Maoist insurgency-era cases may be on the verge of closure, with leaders from the major political parties including main opposition Nepali Congress agreeing to mandate a 'high-level political mechanism' to handle what remains of the transitional justice process.

KATHMANDU, Dec 12: Amid concerns that the government is rendering two transitional justice mechanisms defunct by constituting a political mechanism that would supersede them, Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali said that no such decision has been made yet.

KATHMANDU, Dec 4: The Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) has formed five committees in order to carry out various activities including providing identity cards to the conflict victim families and recommendation for action.

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Communist Party of Nepal leader Bhim Rawal on Wednesday admitted to the dismal performance of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission on Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons.

KATHMANDU, July 3: The federal parliament on Monday endorsed a bill to replace a two-month 0ld ordinance to extend the terms of two transitional justice bodies - Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP).

KATHMANDU, June 29: The government on Thursday tabled a bill to replace the ordinance introduced two months ago to extend the terms of two transitional justice bodies - Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP).

ILAM, June 14: Families of those who were disappeared during the decade-long armed conflict in Ilam are still waiting in the hope that their missing kin would return home some day.

KATHMANDU, March 30: A meeting of the House of Representatives today endorsed an ordinance presented to amend (first) the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Act.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: The Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Watch have said on Tuesday that one-year extension of the two transitional justice mechanisms —  Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission on the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP)-- without necessary legal and institutional reforms are not sufficient to comply with international standards in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Two weeks after the government endorsed an ordinance clearing legal hurdles to extend the tenure of the Commission for Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP), the transitional justice body on Wednesday wrote to the government urging the latter to increase its term by one year. CIEDP's term will expire on February 9.

KATHMANDU, Jan 8: As the government on Friday extended the tenure of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission of Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP), Nepal stating that some more tasks were left to perform, the stakeholders have come for debates whether to extend the tenure or reconstitute both the commissions.

NEPALGUNJ, Jan 6: Khimu Maya Pathak of Kohalpur Municipality - 11 had been waiting for  news about her husband ever since  he disappeared at the hands of state security forces during the  Maoist insurgency 18 years ago. The wait has suddenly ended but this has only left her extremely disheartened.

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: The government has decided to extend the terms of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission for the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) for a year.

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: As the extended terms of two transitional justice mechanisms are expiring next month even without accomplishing a small portion of their mandated tasks, the government has started necessary preparations to further extend their terms for a year through an ordinance.

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: A team of women surviving the decade-long armed conflict and suffering its effects Monday met with the officials of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) separately for the submission of their "policy level suggestions for women and girls-centered justice and reparation".

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: While criticizing the government for its failure to grant real powers to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission for Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP), various human rights organizations have said the extension of the terms of the transitional justice mechanisms without amending the TRC and CIEDP Act will be meaningless.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Parliamentary Committee on Social Justice and Human Rights has directed the government to make no delay in amending the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission for Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) Act, 2014 in line with the Supreme Court decisions.

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Social Justice and Human Rights Committee at the Legislature-Parliament has decided to invite Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to discuss the government's preparations to amend the existing act related to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission for the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Person (CIEDP).

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: A Cabinet meeting is taking place to extend the tenure of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission for the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) for one more year on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 25:The heads of both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP), have expressed serious dissatisfaction over government apathy toward the two transitional justice bodies.

KATHMANDU, Aug 31: Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Surya Kiran Gurung has warned that he will not continue in his job if the bill to amend the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CIEDP & TRC) Act is not endorsed speedily.

KATHMANDU, Aug 25: The Social Justice and Human Rights Committee of the parliament has asked the government to draft amendment bill on the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons