Interest and concern have been expressed from home and abroad regarding the delay in the process of appointment of officials in the Transitional Justice Commission. Human rights activists and organizations of conflict victims have alerted the government after the committee commission led by former Chief Justice Omprakash Mishra failed to recommend officials.

Two and a half dozen organizations of conflict victims issued a statement on Thursday saying that the committee failed to recommend officials due to the interests and interference of political parties.

Mentioning that this is a violation of the right to get justice, they have requested the government to proceed with the justice process. International human rights organization Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and International Commission of Jurists wrote a joint letter to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday asking him to proceed by forming another recommendation committee. 

The three international organizations have mentioned in the letter written to the Prime Minister that the peace process of Nepal is about to fail. It is their understanding that because the committee could not work for reliable appointments, it could not make a unanimous recommendation. That organization has asked to form a recommendation committee so that the old mistakes are not repeated. 

 Indicating that it is natural to expect the work of the recommendation committee to meet the standards of independence, fairness, inclusiveness, transparency and participation, they mentioned in the letter that the concerns raised by the victims, civil society and international organizations should be addressed.

'Efficiency, integrity and public trust in commissioners are essential for the commissions to carry out their important mandate as envisaged in the law,' the letter reads, 'in consultation with victims, survivors and civil society stakeholders, appropriate for the selection of independent, fair, competent and widely accepted leadership in the commission. We request the Prime Minister and leaders of major political parties to ensure the environment.' 

Stating that international human rights laws, international humanitarian laws and international criminal laws are necessary for transitional justice, international organizations have also requested Prime Minister Oli to protect the legitimacy of these laws.

'The risk of a third failure in transitional justice is becoming a matter of widespread concern,' they wrote to the Prime Minister, 'such a failure may indicate Nepal's unwillingness or inability to ensure accountability for serious human rights violations, including crimes under international law.' -break  Amnesty's South Asia Regional Director Smriti Singh, Human Rights Watch's Asia Deputy Director Meenakshi Ganguly and Commission of Jurists' Asia Pacific Regional Director Melissa Upreti jointly wrote a letter to Prime Minister Oli. The letter mentions the names of Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Maoist President Pushpa Kamal Dahal. 

The day after the international community wrote the letter, 28 organizations of conflict victims jointly and the "National Network of Victims of Serious Human Rights Violations" issued a separate statement and urged the government to immediately form another recommendation committee through a credible process and advance the process of transitional justice. 

 Due to the interests and interference of the parties, they have expressed their sorrow that the committee has failed to appoint officials to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Investigation Commission of Disappeared Persons.

'After the formation of the recommendation committee on November 2 with a working period of two months, the two credible commissions will be formed in the first week of December and the investigation of complaints which have been closed for more than two years will be started immediately and the entire victim community believed that truth, justice and reparation will be found soon. ,' the statement issued by 28 organizations, including the conflict-affected Sajah Chowtari, states, 'However, due to the sudden interruption of the recommendation process, the trust and expectation of justice of the victimized community has been shattered, the commission formation process is further

People who are famous and trusted by the nation to resolve the national workload of the peace agreement in a reliable manner will not come to the commission by submitting an application.

'The recommendation committee could not be convinced that the people said to be in the interest of the political party could give confidence and solution and dared to reject such pressure this time,' they wrote, 'but the committee established a credible and transparent process and fully exercised its authority in an autonomous manner. He could not show the courage to recommend the best person for the transitional justice solution.'

It has also been heard that the same committee should be woken up by obstructing due to vested interests. It is never fair to wake up a committee that we could not,' they said, 'so we strongly request the government, major political parties and top leadership to immediately form a reliable and autonomous recommendation committee, ensuring the meaningful participation of the victim community.'