‘Regular justice system in play when transitional justice bodies are defunct’

Human rights and constitutional lawyer Raju Prasad Chapagain on ways to take the transitional justice process forward.

Following Supreme Court’s decision to register writ petitions against Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal relating to war-era atrocities, the government has rushed an amendment bill to the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry and Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act. The bill, like the previous one, has landed in controversy for its inclusion of several flawed provisions targeted at shielding perpetrators. As the government prepares to push the bill through the Parliament, the