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The conflict-affected community strongly disagreed with the list of officials of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Inquiry into Disappeared Persons related to the transitional justice process and formally withdrew the names of all the candidates recommended on their behalf on Wednesday.
As mentioned in the letter sent on behalf of 9 associations of victims including the conflict-affected common chautari, National Women's Network, the recommendation committee formed on March 11 has been accused of proceeding with the recommendation process on the basis of opaque and political partisanship without discussion, consensus and trust with the conflict-affected community. The victim community has also expressed serious objections saying that the working style of the recommendation committee is against the spirit of transitional justice, transparency and victim-centered process.
"The recommendation committee is betraying the victim community by not adopting a transparent process, and is going to build a commission by including people who have no sympathy and experience with conflict victims and who are part of the parties" in the recommended list. The victims have also expressed serious concern about it. Due to these reasons, the victim community has withdrawn the names of 27 qualified people and experts recommended as officials of both commissions.
Former Chief Justice Kalyan Shrestha, Senior Advocate Radheshyam Adhikari, Former Justice Mangal Prasad Chandlal, Former Vice Chancellor Kedar Bhakta Mathema Layat Professor, advocate, human rights activist and experts in various fields are among the withdrawn persons.
The conflict victim community has demanded that the transitional justice process should be victim-friendly, transparent, inclusive and fair, and has also urged the government and related parties to start a sensitive and trustworthy process again. The victims of
have said that despite the demand to stop interviewing the persons selected in the short list and review the list, the committee had to withdraw the recommendation after they did not listen to it. The committee has said that it has not received any such letter formally. "We have not received any such letter," said a member of the recommendation committee.
'Today is the first day for the interview of 8 candidates for the chairman and 3 members from both commissions,' said committee member Lily Thapa, 'Now the rest will be interviewed tomorrow and next day.' 10 organizations including Advocacy Forum, Amnesty International, Accountability Monitoring Committee issued a press release on Tuesday and warned that if the demands of the victims are ignored, the civil society will have to support them by forming a parallel truth commission.
Human rights advocate Mandira Sharma said, "Even if officers are appointed to the commissions after so many disputes at the beginning, they cannot work in favor of the victims. Therefore, it is better for the committee to consult with the victims and take credible steps from the beginning, otherwise the justice in the transitional period will not be resolved."
