Broken promises

The Nepal government has failed to live up to its commitments on transitional justice.

There is a very popular saying in legal vocabulary: Justice is delayed, justice is denied, and justice hurried is justice buried. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has warned in its decision published in Geneva last year that Nepal has violated a number of provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the country must remove all existing obstacles. The Human Rights Committee has the mandate to review complaints from individuals who have suffered human rights violations, and have been denied justice in their home countries. It is our hope that Nepal will take all necessary measures to protect and help victims of such acts regain their lives.