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2016-10-06

Nepal

In line with apex court ruling On January 2, 2014, the Supreme Court declare the Ordinance on Disappearances, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, signed by the President on March 14, 2013, unconstitutional, saying it is in violation of international human rights law With regard to victims’ right to effective remedy, the SC had rejected the Ordinance’s provision for a statute of limitations of 35 days for filing cases, saying such a time limited statute of limitations ‘will create impunity’ The apex court asks the government to add a sub-clause to Clause 29, removing the statute of limitations for registering cases against the perpetrators found guilty by the transitional justice bodies Following calls from rights community and transitional justice bodies, an amendment bill drafted, proposing removal of statute of limitations Removal of statute of limitations will mean all war-era cases can be tried at to-be-formed Transitional Justice Special Court

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