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Prevention of Custodial Deaths
Every year, reports of people dying while in custody makes news headlines and usually the incident is projected as a case of suicide or death due to health complications without proper investigations and sanctions for both the commissions or omissions on the part of the authorities. The incidents of torture and ill treatment in custody often times resulting in deaths continue even as the new National Penal (Code) Act, 2074 (2017) criminalized torture for the first time in Nepal. First, no one should die at the police custodies. Once detained, it is the state’s responsibility to protect the lives of the detainees. In case they die in custodies, the state should investigate the incident promptly and impartially, uphold accountability and ensure effective remedies to the families of the victims.
Zero Tolerance to Discrimination
Despite constitutional guarantee of non-discrimination on the basis of caste, class, gender, religion, etc., structural discrimination against minority groups persists. For example, the Dalits are continue to be denied entry in the temples in practice although untouchability is outlawed. The criminalization of beef consumption has put certain ethnic groups into huge stress often times subjecting them to arbitrary arrest and prosecution. Discrimination and violence against women and LGBTQIA+ persist. In this context, Amnesty Nepal has been campaigning to ensure that discrimination has no place in the country.
Transitional Justice
Nepal’s 1996-2006 armed conflict ended in November 2006 with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, but Nepal is yet to fulfill its responsibility to ensure truth, justice and reparation to the tens of thousands of victims of human rights violations of that conflict. The Government established two commissions – Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Februaly 2015 but they have not settled a single case yet. A key hurdle in transitional justice process is the flawed legal framework that falls far short of international standards with broad provisions that allows Amnesty and reconciliation even on serious crimes. The government is yet to comply with the February 2015 Supreme Court order towards amending the TJ law and reengage with the community of victims and other stakeholders in a credible TJ process. Amnesty Nepal continues to monitor, advocate for and support the victims in their fight for their right to truth, justice and reparations.
Fighting Impunity
Impunity is one of the biggest problems that has plagued Nepal for many decades. There are several incidents of mass murder and egregious violations which have never been properly investigated and truth revealed. This applies to the crimes and violations not only of the period of the 1996-2006 conflict but of those before and after that conflict. This lack of accountability has led to a deeply engrained culture of impunity. Amnesty Nepal continues to press the government to address this culture of impunity.