The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on November 20 said that civilians, who fell victims to the atrocities of both warring parties during the Maoist insurgency, were yet to see justice due to failure on the part of the Government to initiate action against the perpetrators of gross rights violations, reports The Himalayan Times. “The NHRC reiterates its stance that justice should be delivered to victims of conflict. Any decision or action that may harm the sensitivity of the victims will never be acceptable. The rights body will continue to play its role to ensure the rights of victims,” read a press note issued by the NHRC 13 years after the Comprehensive Peace Accord was signed.
Meanwhile, Co-chairman of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal while addressing a programme organised by Conflict Victims Common Platform in Kathmandu on November 21 said there would be new office bearers in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), but former office bearers of the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) could be reappointed, reports The Himalayan Times. Dahal said he wanted the former office bearers of the CIEDP to be reappointed as they had told him they would conclude their investigation in six months and there were not many complaints against them unlike office bearers of the TRC.