The government has decided to extend the terms of two transitional justice commissions by three months.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons, whose terms are expiring on Saturday, have got the extension until mid-October.

The Cabinet on Friday made the decision as per Section 42 of the Commission for the Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons and Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2014, which authorises the Nepal government to remove difficulties. Such a decision, however, needs to be presented in Parliament within 30 days.

“The two commissions have got the extension for three months until the Parliament decides on the amendment to the Act,” Rajendra Shrestha, minister for federal affairs and general administration, told the Post. “The amendment bill will be registered in the Parliament Secretariat today (Friday).”

Formed in February 2015, the two transitional justice commissions have completed seven years.

Associate Professor at Nepal Law Campus Ganesh Datta Bhatta is leading the truth commission while former High Court Judge Yubraj Subedi is leading the disappearance commission.

Along with the extension, the government too is preparing an amendment to the Act to remove the amnesty provisions as per the Supreme Court’s verdict in 2015.

The truth commission has received 63,718 complaints while the disappearance commission has 3,223 complaints.

However, little progress has been made in investigation and providing justice to the conflict victims.

The decade-long Maoist war ended in 2006 after a peace deal.