Nepal: Lower house endorses bill aiming to complete transitional justice process

Updated:1 year, 10 months ago

Kathmandu (Nepal), August 15 (ANI): Nepal's House of Representatives endorsed the enforced disappearances, Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission (third amendment) Act 2024 on Wednesday. The recently amended bill comes after an agreement in between the major parties to list intentional and arbitrary killings as serious violations of human rights and to reduce the sentence of the guilty in serious violations of human rights by 75 per cent. A victim who is unwilling to reconcile, can move the court against the perpetrators. Also, all the disqualified Maoist combatants, including child soldiers, along with the families of security personnel who lost their lives or were injured during the insurgency, will get reparation and compensation. The bill has been hailed as a legislative measure which would deliver justice to the victims of the 1996-2006 insurgency who have had to wait for it for around two decades. Other lawmakers, including top leaders from the ruling CPN-UML, Nepali Congress and main opposition party, CPN (Maoist Centre), also lauded bill and expressed confidence that it would be a milestone in concluding the peace process initiated by then-CPN (Maoist) and the seven mainstream political parties on November 16, 2006. The bill, which aims to resolve issues relating to transitional justice, was tabled by Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs. House Speaker Devraj Ghimire put the bill for vote and subsequently announced that it was passed by voice vote. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on enforced disappeared persons have been paralyzed for over two years in absence of chairpersons and members. Their appointment process will commence with the Act's endorsement.

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