We need to know the truth about what happened during the Maoist conflict that ran from 1996 to 2006.

The time limit to file a case fails to reflect rape and sexual violence as heinous crimes.

Government after government has failed to address the grievances of the insurgency period.

Our political class should feel ashamed for having let down the Nepali people for so long.

The answer is no. We have to do everything possible to make sure human rights are front and centre when we deal with the pandemic.

The commission is in danger of ending its term in disrepute, largely over its role in relation to transitional justice.

Some aspects of the 2006 Comprehensive Peace Agreement need to be revived and updated.

There is no alternative to making appointments in such commissions transparent and fair.

Transitional Justice will only work if those in charge are trusted

It has been 12 years since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, marking an appropriate moment for us all to sit down and reflect.

Judicial punishment is the only remedy and hope for breaking the chain of impunity

The recently held conference on impunity has shown that South Asia stands together against human rights abuses

We finally framed a new constitution through a Constituent Assembly after four years of debate and discussion on the constitutional issues. Yet for all the toils, we could not do justice to women.

Although basic human rights were guaranteed under the International Human Rights Law many years before, it was only in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 1990 that the provisions relating to human rights were incorporated for the first time.

NHRC needs to undertake structural reforms to make it fit for purpose in the new federal set-up