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TRC recommendations

Monday, February 9th, 2015

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Former Chief Justice Om Bhakta Shrestha submits recommended names for the TRC and the Commission on Disappeared Persons to Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on Monday. Photo by PMO

Former Chief Justice Om Bhakta Shrestha submits recommended names for the TRC and the Commission on Disappeared Persons to Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on Monday. Photo by PMO

Eight years after signing of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), process to form Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) and commission for investigation of disappeared persons has finally started.

Nepal’s former ambassador to Russia, Surya Kiran Gurung, has been recommended as Chair of the proposed TRC. A committee formed by the government to recommend names for the TRC Chair and members proposed Gurung’s name to Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on Monday.

A lawyer by profession, Gurung served as Nepal’s ambassador to Russia from 2007 to 2012. He is an expert of international law and parliamentary practices.

The recommendation committee led by former Chief Justice Om Bhakta Shrestha proposed Lila Udasi of Jhapa, Shree Krishna Subedi of Pyuthan, Madhavi Bhatta of Kathmandu and Manchala Jha of Mahottari as the TRC members.

Similarly, the committee has recommended Lokendra Mallik as Chair of the proposed commission on investigation of disappeared persons.

Bijul Biswokarma, Bishnu Pathak, Narkumari Gurung and Aaibahadur Gurung have been recommended as the commission members.

Names for the TRC and the commission have been recommended in accordance with the Act on Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation (2014), which was passed by the parliament on 21 May 2014.

Formation of the TRC and the commission is part of the CPA signed by the government and the Maoists in November, 2006. The CPA was signed after the Maoists joined peace process, ending their decade-long war that killed 17,000 people.

There was no progress in formation of the TRC and the commission largely due to dispute over the provision of amnesty.

While the Maoists want amnesty for those charged with war crimes and human rights violations, the international community and conflict victims say there should not be amnesty for perpetrators of serious human rights violation.

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