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Conflict Victims Want their Voices Heard
By KTM Reporter in Kathmandu
On Monday, March 03, 2008, Conflict Victims' Society for Justice Nepal (CVSJN) expressed its serious concern over the government's decision on setting up Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Commission on Disappearances including some other similar commissions through an ordinance without consulting the victims of the decade long conflict according to “The Rising Nepal” of March 04, 2008. The CVJSN submitted a 13-point demand to the Ministry of Home and the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction demanding the establishment of a comprehensive transitional justice structure with adequate discussions and consultation with the victims, formation of an all-powerful commission after wider consultations with the concerned stakeholders that would ensure zero amnesty to the culprits involved in the gross human rights violation. Coordinator of CVSJN Pradesh Bahadur Bista said the government was about to set up the commissions ignoring the victims, and without dialogue and discussion on the questions such as legal foundation, jurisdictions, impartiality and so on. The 13-point demand includes the comprehensive definition of conflict victims, provision for compensation and reparations after discussion with the victims, establishment of a transitional justice structure following the legislation approved by the parliament, immediate ratification of the UN convention on disappearance and the statute of the International Criminal Court.
The Government of Nepal in a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, March 04, 2008 endorsed the agreements signed between the different groups and the government, and entrusted its political committee the responsibility for finalizing the drafts of setting up different commissions including Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Commission on Investigation into Disappeared People as mentioned in the comprehensive peace agreement signed between the Government of Nepal and the CPN-Maoist according to “The Rising Nepal’ of March 05, 2008.
Speaking at a press conference held in Kathmandu on March 03, 2008, the victims of the Maoists’ actions urged the CPN-Maoist to return back the seized property to the concerned people following the comprehensive peace agreement reached with the Government of Nepal, and requested the human rights activists and the media people for helping in getting their demand met according to “The Rising Nepal” of March 05, 2008.
According to the information shared at the program, the Maoists have forcefully seized the property of around 25,000 families in Dhading, Nuwakot, Dang, Kailali, Parsa, Jumla, Mugu and other districts across the country.
