The Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) issuing a press release on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30 asked the Government to facilitate its activities by amending the existing transitional justice law in line with the Supreme Court order to make it victim-friendly, reports Republica. The commission also stated that there are some provisions in the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons and Truth and Reconciliation Act, 2014 which need to be amended as per the order of the Supreme Court. According to the commission, of the total 3,223 complaints registered at the commission, preliminary investigations have been completed on 23 complaints, and comprehensive investigations are being carried out on the other 2,507 complaints.
Meanwhile, Accountability Watch Committee, Advocacy Forum-Nepal, Amnesty International-Nepal and Conflict Victims’ Common Platform (CVCP) issuing a joint statement on August 30 organizations urged the responsible authorities to undertake immediate steps toward a reinvigoration of the transitional justice process while adopting a transparent and consultative process, reports Republica. The organisations also regretted for not bringing truth to the public regarding cases of disappeared, even 14 years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord in 2006. "Although the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 21 November 2006 between the government and the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist), which formally ended the armed conflict, promised to make the fate or the whereabouts of the disappeared public within 60 days, thousands of families have been being denied the right to the truth about these cases for the last 14 years. This has led to wider denial of, accountability, access to justice and effective remedy and reparation," reads the joint statement.