Version imprimableFrom: Dinesh Tripathi
Date: 2 March 2015 at 12:05
Subject: Landmark Judgement of Nepalese Supreme Court
Nepalese Supreme Court gave landmark judgement that serious crimes should not be the subject of Amnesty and declared ultra vires a several provisions of - Commission on Disappearance and Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act. The 234 conflict victims and their organizations filled petition in Supreme Court to challenge tthe CoD and TRC act. I represented the side of victims in Supreme Court.
The Major points of Supreme Court judgement:
– No Amnesty for serious crimes such as - War crimes, disappearances,
Torture, rape etc.
– Commission can not take away the power of the Court.
– No statute of limitations for serious crimes.
– The act of disappearance needs to be criminalized.
– Consent of the victims is must for reconciliation
– Recommendation made for prosecution by Commission is mandatory.
Please follow the links.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2970798/Nepal-court-says-no-amnesty-war-crimes.html
[ for more information explore: http://supremecourt.gov.np/cp/ ]
