Disagreement of the human rights community in the selection of officers of the Transitional Justice Commission, request to immediately postpone the selection process and review the list
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The human rights community has requested the government to immediately postpone the selection process of the Transitional Justice Commission officials.
10 human rights organizations issued a joint statement on Tuesday, the day before the interview of 34 candidates on the short list of the recommendation committee formed for the appointment of officials of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Investigation Commission of Disappeared Persons, which has been vacant for 34 months.
They have also warned that they will form a parallel truth commission if the official selection process is not suspended immediately. They have also demanded to review the list by saying that the recommendation committee has prepared a short list in order to give support to the party members and proceeded with the recommendation process in a non-transparent manner with the intention of appointing pre-determined persons. According to the
committee, the interview of the 34 shortlisted candidates will start from Wednesday. "We are interviewing 12-12 people on Wednesday and Thursday," said former Chief Justice Omprakash Mishra, chairman of the recommendation committee, "after interviewing the remaining 10 on Friday, we will soon recommend the appointment of officials based on merit." According to him, the committee will make a recommendation before May. According to the high sources involved in the recommendation process, it has been agreed between the top leaders that the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be the Congress candidate and the chairman of the Disappearance Commission will be the UML candidate.
According to the source, there will be two members of Congress in the commission chaired by UML and two members of UML in the commission chaired by Congress and one member of Maoist in the rest. "But the Maoists are not agreeing to this, it has been said that there should be representation on behalf of the victims," he said.
A group of victims and civil society representatives met Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress Chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba and Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday and submitted a memorandum asking them not to participate in both commissions and to include victims' representatives as well.
At that time, Deuba also asked the victims to give their names to be sent to the commission. However, since this entire process has been disrupted from the beginning, the human rights organizations have demanded that the interviews should be suspended and the list should be reviewed to make it credible.
Earlier on last May 18, 36 organizations of conflict-affected communities issued a public 'warning' and demanded transparency, participation of victims and credibility in the selection process.
Advocacy Forum Nepal, Amnesty International Nepal, Accountability Monitoring Committee, Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC), Justice and Rights Organization Nepal (Juri Nepal), Nepal Human Rights Organization (HURON), Legal Aid and Consultancy Center Nepal, Human Rights and Justice Center, Voices of Women Media and Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP) warned the committee not to proceed with the selection process immediately, saying that their demands should not be ignored. are They said that the transitional justice process cannot be successful if it is not victim-centered and demanded that the process be carried out with fairness from the beginning. In the name of selecting
officials, the recommendation committee has been formed over and over again with the same person, the selection process has been continued in the old style and the process has been made more mechanical and ritualistic than making it credible and transparent. They claim that the victims have become suspicious. They claim that since the
committee is going to recommend names on the basis of party affiliation without actively searching for a suitable person, the faith and trust of the victim community is breaking in the selection process.
If the current 'controlled and sham process' is continued, they have also said not to underestimate the warning of moving forward the option of an alternative Citizen Truth Commission under the leadership and initiative of the victim community.
"We appeal to the Government of Nepal to take all necessary and appropriate measures to reasonably address the serious concerns, interests and concerns of the conflict-affected community through meaningful consultation, dialogue and dialogue and to ensure the credibility of the selection process," said a joint statement issued by them.
They demand that the interview should be postponed immediately and a new schedule announced, the committee should identify more suitable candidates for the chairman and members after consulting with the victims and include their names and publish a short list with a review, at least the interview and presentation of the applicant should be made transparent by ensuring the representative presence of the victims, civil society and the media, and if there is a shortage of time, the government should use the powers given by the law to increase the time of the committee.
