Kathmandu, July 29 : A meeting of the mechanism related to transitional justice has begun at the Ministry of Home Affairs in Singha Durbar today.
The stakeholders, including the
members of the mechanism are participating in the meeting to finalize the issue
of the transitional justice bill.
The mechanism consists of Nepali
Congress leader and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, CPN (UML) Parliamentary Party
Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula and CPN (Maoist Centre) Deputy General Secretary
Janardan Sharma.
Minister for Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs Ajay Chaurasia, Chairperson of the Law, Justice and Human
Rights Committee of the 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 being based on victim-friendly approach, Supreme Court
verdict and international law. (RSS)