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Truth or Reconciliation Mechanism – 2009

The creation of a TRC was delayed because a necessary balance between peace and justice had yet to be reached and further inclusive consultations with stakeholders needed to be held. In this regard, the OHCHR-Nepal reported that the Ministry of Peace and Reconciliation consulted together to draft the bill.¹ Although the bill fell short of international standards, the government sent a draft bill to the Legislature-Parliament for consideration in November 2009. The bill assigns criminal responsibility to those involved in acts of disappearances.² However, the TRC was not established in 2009.

1. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation and the activities of her office, including technical cooperation, in Nepal, A/AHC/10/53, 3 March 2009.
2. “Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation and the activities of her office, including technical cooperation, in Nepal,” UNHRC (A/HRC/13/73), February 5, 2010.