Commission on Inquiry into Disappearances (Nepal) Archives - TRIAL International https://trialinternational.org/judicial-body/commission-on-inquiry-into-disappearances-nepal/ A way to justice Mon, 12 Aug 2019 13:58:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Nepal: Extension of transitional justice mechanisms’ mandate should just be a start https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/nepal-extension-of-transitional-justice-mechanisms-mandate-should-just-be-a-start/ Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:30:11 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?p=10884 Public Statement A mere 24 months after their launch, the transitional justice (TJ) mechanisms of Nepal faced closing down. TRIAL International, REDRESS, HimRights, Advocacy Forum, JuRI-Nepal and the Discharged People’s Liberation Army Nepal welcome the government’s decision to extend their mandate by one year, but insist the process is accompanied by legislative changes and guarantees […]

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]]> «Too many victims are unaware of their rights» https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/too-many-victims-are-unaware-of-their-rights/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 10:35:59 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=10422 Tej Bahadur Bhandari was forcibly disappeared in 2001. His son, Ram Bhandari, has never given up on justice and is now a prominent human rights defender in Nepal. This is his story. “My father was forcibly disappeared in 2001, when I was 23 years old. I was at university when I received the phone call […]

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]]> Nepal: the shapes of impunity https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/nepal-the-shapes-of-impunity/ Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:58:44 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=9988 An op-ed by Helena Rodríguez-Bronchú Carceller “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” – Voltaire As in any other civil war, people murdered, tortured, raped and made their fellow countrymen disappear, during the decade-long armed conflict between the State security […]

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]]> Enforced Disappearance of Chakra Bahadur Katwal in December 2001 https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/enforced-disappearance-of-chakra-bahadur-katwal-in-december-2001/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 15:20:11 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=1779 Story In October 2010, TRIAL submitted a complaint to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Chakra Bahadur Katwal, victim of enforced disappearance in 2001. Katwal was the headmaster of Shree Kuibhir Secondary School (Kuibhirtar, Okhalkdhunga District), where he also taught science. He was married and the father of four children. On 9 December 2001, Chakra Katwal received a letter […]

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]]> Enforced disappearance, torture and alleged arbitrary execution of Mr. Gyanendra Tripathi in September 2003 https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/enforced-disappearance-torture-and-alleged-arbitrary-execution-of-mr-gyanendra-tripathi-in-september-2003/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:09:46 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=1707 The Case In September 2011, TRIAL submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding the arbitrary deprivation of liberty, subsequent enforced disappearance, torture and alleged arbitrary execution of Mr. Gyanendra Tripathi in September 2003. Mr. Tripathi was a Central Committee member of the All Nepal National Independent Student Union-(Revolutionary) (ANNISU-R), the […]

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]]> Enforced Disappearance of Rajendra Prasad Dhakal in January 1999 https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/enforced-disappearance-of-rajendra-prasad-dhakal-in-january-1999/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:57:53 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=1699 The case In January 2012, TRIAL submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding the enforced disappearance of Mr. Rajendra Prasad Dhakal in January 1999. In this case TRIAL also represents the victim’s wife, Mrs. Bimala Dhakal, the victim’s brother, Mr. Rabindra Dhakal and the victim’s elder daughter, Ms. Manjima Dhakal. […]

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]]> Enforced Disappearance of Padman Narayan Nakarmi in September 2003 https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/enforced-disappearance-of-padman-narayan-nakarmi-in-september-2003/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:52:37 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=1688 The case In January 2012, TRIAL submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding the enforced disappearance of Mr. Padman Narayan Nakarmi in September 2003. In this case TRIAL also represents the victim’s wife, Mrs. Ram Maya Nakarmi and the interests of their daughter, Ms. Luman Nakarmi, who was three years old at […]

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]]> Enforced Disappearance of Danda Pani Neupane in May 1999 https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/enforced-disappearance-of-danda-pani-neupane-in-may-1999/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:48:59 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=1678 The Case In May 2012, TRIAL submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding the enforced disappearance of Danda Pani Neupane in May 1999. In this communication, TRIAL also represents the victim’s wife, Mrs. Shanta Neupane and his daughter, Ms. Nisha Neupane. Mr. Neupane had been an active member of the […]

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]]> Enforced Disappearance of Milan Nepali in May 1999 https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/enforced-disappearance-of-milan-nepali-in-may-1999/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:40:37 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=1671 The Case In May 2012, TRIAL submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding the enforced disappearance of Mr. Milan Nepali in May 1999. In this communication, TRIAL also represents the victim’s wife, Mrs. Sabita Basnet. At the time of his arbitrary arrest and subsequent disappearance, Mr. Nepali was working as […]

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]]> Enforced Disappearance of Amrit Kandel in October 2003 https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/enforced-disappearance-of-amrit-kandel-in-october-2003/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:37:32 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=1646 The Case Arrest and enforced disappearance in October 2003 On 10th October 2003, Amrit Kandel was arbitrarily arrested in Kathmandu by a dozen of soldiers. Without being informed of the reasons for his arrest nor produced a warrant, Amrit Kandel was forced into a van and brought to the Maharajgunj military barracks, then headquarter of the Bhairabnath […]

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]]> Enforced Disappearance in Nepal: UN decisions remain in limbo https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/enforced-disappearance-in-nepal-un-decisions-remain-in-limbo/ Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:58:25 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=1816 The decisions of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) on the conflict-era enforced disappearance cases have gone unimplemented. To date, the HRC has decided ten individual cases against Nepal and eight cases were related with enforced disappearance. Read the complete news release & media kit In five cases decided by the HRC, the victims’ fate and […]

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]]> Nepal: Flawed Transitional Justice Act Adopted https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/nepal-flawed-transitional-justice-act-adopted/ Tue, 03 Jun 2014 10:02:16 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=2059 Last May, the President of Nepal passed a deeply flawed Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act. Violating human rights law standards, this Act raises great concerns, as it will contribute to further entrench impunity in Nepal. TRIAL calls for amendments to be made and reminds that current Nepalese transitional justice mechanisms are totally inadequate as they: force reconciliation between […]

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]]> Nepal: Transitional Justice Mechanisms Inadequate, says United Nations https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/nepal-transitional-justice-mechanisms-inadequate-says-united-nations/ Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:44:47 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=2510 One of the main human rights bodies of the United Nations has just ruled that the transitional justice mechanisms envisaged by the Government of Nepal do not meet international human rights standards, as they do not offer sufficient guarantees to victims of the civil war to realise their rights to justice and truth.     […]

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]]> Nepal – After 13 years of despair, families’ hopes for truth and justice fading https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/nepal-after-13-years-of-despair-families-hopes-for-truth-and-justice-fading/ Mon, 21 May 2012 15:56:35 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=2707 Geneva / Kathmandu – 21 May 2012 After thirteen years of despair, of denial and of waiting for truth and justice, two families of victims of enforced disappearance during the civil conflict in Nepal bring their case to the United Nations. The perpetrators must be brought to account, says TRIAL – a Geneva-based human rights […]

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]]> Nepal: TRIAL Submits a First Case to the Human Rights Committee https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/nepal-trial-submits-a-first-case-to-the-human-rights-committee/ Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:12:11 +0000 https://trialinternational.org/?post_type=latest&p=3082 On 27 October 2010, TRIAL (Swiss association against impunity) has submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding the enforced disappearance of Chakra Bahadur Katwal in 2001. On 9 December 2001, Mr. Katwal received a letter at his school asking him to go to the district’s education office in the Okhaldhunga village […]

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