Recommended Amendments to the Truth and Reconciliation Act as the Government of Nepal Considers Prosecuting 65,411 Human Rights Cases from the Armed Conflict (1996- 2006)

Authors

Sophia Ottoni-Wilhelm

First Page

360

Abstract

The bloody Armed Conflict in Nepal (1996-2006) left an estimated 16,729 dead, 78,689 displaced, and 2,506 victims of enforced disappearance. In the seventeen years since the resolution of the Conflict, none of the 65,411 complaints brought by Conflict victims and their families have been resolved. This article argues that the Truth and Reconciliation Act (the Act) can be blamed for the stalled justice process. The Act, which created two commissions charged with the investigation and prosecution of Conflict crimes—Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission on the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP)—must be amended so that victims and their families can have their day in court as promised under International Human Rights Law.

Recommended Citation

Sophia Ottoni-Wilhelm, Recommended Amendments to the Truth and Reconciliation Act as the Government of Nepal Considers Prosecuting 65,411 Human Rights Cases from the Armed Conflict (1996- 2006), 48 Brook. J. Int'l L. 360 (2022).
Available at: https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/bjil/vol48/iss1/8