The three major political parties in Nepal reached an agreement on the long-awaited amendments to the transitional justice-related bill on August 1.
The three-member panel tasked by chiefs of the Nepali Congress, the Communist Party of Nepal–Unified Marxist–Leninist (CPN-UML), and the CPN (Maoist Centre) reached the deal after weeks-long deliberations.
“We have made an important achievement in this connection as we resolved all the contentious issues," Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak said.
He shared that they forged an agreement regarding the definition of serious human rights violations and extrajudicial killings that took place during the decade-long armed conflict.
"There was a dispute on how to define the conflict-era killings,” he said. “Now we have reached an agreement with regard to distinguishing them as intentional and arbitrary killings.”
Lekhak said that the three parties have agreed that the consent of the victims shall be mandatory for reconciliation and pardon.
“If the victims or kin aren’t ready to pardon, the case can be taken to the court as a serious violation of human rights," he said.
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