KATHMANDU, July 29: A meeting of the mechanism related to transitional justice is underway at the Ministry of Home Affairs in Singha Durbar.
The stakeholders, including the members of the mechanism, are participating in the meeting to finalize the transitional justice bill.
TJ mechanism meeting rescheduled for Thursday
The mechanism consists of Nepali Congress leader and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, CPN-UML Parliamentary Party Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula and CPN (Maoist Center) Deputy General Secretary Janardan Sharma.
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ajay Chaurasia, Chairperson of the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of parliament, Bimala Subedi, and Attorney General Ramesh Badal, among others, are also attending the meeting.
Earlier on Friday, a meeting of the mechanism held at the Ministry of Home Affairs had discussed the issue of building consensus on the transitional justice bill. The meeting was said to have reached an in-principle consensus on the transitional justice bill.
Today's meeting was attended by the office-bearers of the concerned bodies after it was decided earlier to hold discussions with the Law Minister, Attorney General and stakeholders in this regard.
Efforts will be made to forge consensus on the bill on the basis of a victim-friendly approach, Supreme Court verdict and international law, norms and values.
