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UN Against Pardons And Impunity Concerning Human Rights Cases
By KTM Metro Reporter
September 18, 2011: the UN in its statement has stated that the Nepal Government’s commitment to set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances is in the right direction but granting pardons or withdrawals of human-rights-violence cases would be wrong, as it would violate international human rights law.
“As Nepal moves forward in its peace process and strengthens its democratic institutions to build a strong and stable future, calls for amnesties or for case withdrawals involving serious crimes would be steps in the wrong direction,” UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Robert Piper said in a statement.
“These would deny victims justice at a time when the rule of law should be the foundation of the transitional justice process and of the new constitutional order that is being built.”
“It is vital that the laws establishing the transitional justice mechanisms are drafted to allow the commissions to effectively respond to the rights of the victims to truth, justice and reparations,” the head of the UN human rights office in Nepal, Jyoti Sanghera said in the joint statement with Mr. Piper.
“The laws must emphasize the impermissibility of any measures that could provide amnesty for the perpetrators of serious human rights violations and war crimes, including rape, enforced disappearances, torture and summary executions.”
