Nepal authorities scraps panels probing rights abuse

Nepal has not prolonged the tenure of two essential committees it shaped to analyze human rights violations throughout its decades-long battle, throwing into uncertainty guarantees of transitional justice within the nation.

The ‘Truth and Reconciliation Committee’ and the committee on the disappeared had been trying into instances of alleged abuse between 1996 and 2006. Their tenure ended Friday.

On Friday morning, sources mentioned, a cabinet assembly determined to not proceed with the 2 panels, however demonstrated its inclination in direction of amending the legal guidelines to expedite ‘transitional justice’. The assembly has determined to supply normal amnesty to many of the ‘rebels’ — then Maoists — in addition to leaders allegedly concerned in rights violations, sources added.

The sources cited above mentioned the Cabinet went forward with the choice regardless of the panel chiefs advising the federal government to “not throttle the work already done, including gathering of evidence”.

However, Law Minister Gobinda Bandi prevailed over the Prime Minister and satisfied him that solely consultant instances be tried. He additionally steered the victims be paid reparations.