Articles on Transitional Justice

Ram Bhandari, founder of NEFAD has published extensively on transitional justice on the disappeared and victims’ families.

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2020

An Open Letter to the Chief of Nepal Army – January 8, 2020, The Record

2019

Waiting for justice – November 21 2019, My Republica

राज्यले बिर्सिएका नागरिक – September 18 2019, नयाँ पत्रिका

Costs of justice delayed – August 20  2019, My Republica

अवसानको मुखमा संक्रमणकालीन न्याय – May 16 2019, नयाँ पत्रिका

Time to intervene -May 8 2019, My Republica

संक्रमणकालीन न्यायका चुनौती -March 13, 2019 नयाँ पत्रिका

What next? –March 10, 2018, My Republica

संक्रमणकालीन न्याय : बिचौलियाको फन्दामा– January 23, 2019, Nagarik News

2018

 My disappeared father -December 31, 2018, The Kathmandu Post

The ageing warriors.November 29, 2018, The Kathmandu Post

Give me some truth.November 15, 2018, The Kathmandu Post

बेपत्ताका परिवारलाई बेवास्ता -September 30, 2018, कान्तिपुर दैनिक

Disappeared Truth -August 30, 2018, The Kathmandu Post

Nepal’s draft transitional justice amendments must be improved, say victims.July 31, 2018, JusticeInfo.net

A Colombian model in the Himalayas?  July 2, 2018, The Kathmandu Post

Transitional justice amendment in Nepal not “acceptable” , according to victims -June 22, 2018, JusticeInfo.net

Opinion : in Nepal, impunity for perpetrators  -May 30, 2018, JusticeInfo.net

Repair the irreparable -May 5, 2018, The Kathmandu Post

Unhealed wounds  -April 24, 2018, The Kathmandu Post

Pressure needed to save transitional justice in Nepal _ –April 15, 2018, JusticeInfo.net

Hope for Nepal’s flawed transitional justice ?  -March 18, 2018, JusticeInfo.net

Waiting and waiting -February 16, 2018, The Kathmandu Post

Nepal’s victims want real results from transitional justice   -February 15, 2018, JusticeInfo.net

Nepal’s TJ commissions need political will, not just more time.- January 15, 2018, JusticeInfo.net

2017

The Disappeared and the Question of Justice: A Story from Nepal 2017, Harvard Human Rights Journal

Confronting transitional justice in Nepal -November 17, 2017, JusticeInfo.net

Dangerous Alliance -October 27, 2017, The Kathmandu Post

Disappeared in Nepal: The survivors’unanswered questions-August 29, 2017, JusticeInfo.net

Political cynicism and stagnation -July 2, 2017, The Kathmandu Post

Nepal: Transitional uncertaintyJune 19, 2017, JusticeInfo.net

Rivalry in high places  -June 6, 2017, The Kathmandu Post

End the Conflict -April 28, 2017, The Kathmandu Post

Victim’s Critical engagement-March 17, 2017, The Kathmandu Post

Nepal : for an alternative route to resist global transitional justice –March 15, 2017,

JusticeInfo.net

Nepal Transitional Uncertainty June 19, 2017, JusticeInfo.net

Transitional justice should also address root causes of the conflict  –  February 6, 2017,

The Kathmandu Post

अहिंंसात्मक न्यायको बाटो – January 4, 2017, Nagarik News

2016

Travesty of Justice in Nepal -December 26, 2016, The Kathmandu Post

Transitional justice falling in Nepal 10 years after peace deal – November 23, 2016,

JusticeInfo.net

 Towards a Transformative Justice- -November 21, 2016, The Kathmandu Post

Guerrillas from the Mist  -November 11, 2016, The Kathmandu Post

Never-ending Transition  -August 05, 2016, The Kathmandu Post

The State doesn’t see    -March 16, 2016, The Kathmandu Post

2015

It takes two-August 19, 2015, The Kathmandu Post

Nepal: The Transitional Justice Gap, -June 4, 2015, JusticeInfo.net

2014

Voices for Victims -May 2 2014, The Kathmandu Post

Handling the Truth, -March 24 2014, The Kathmandu Post

Dismantling Impunity,-January 19, 2014, The Kathmandu Post

Progress on Enforced Disappearance in Nepal, -January 13, 2014, The Missing Blog

2013

The Next Episode, -December 8, 2013, Kathmandu Post

Impunity in the Time of Election, -October 28, 2013, Kathmandu Post

Justice Sidelined, -September 30, 2013, Kathmandu Post

Nepali NGOs have derailed the Human Rights Discourse September 9, 2013, Kathmandu Post

My Missing Father, -August 30, 2013, Issue 671, Nepali Times, Kathmandu

Remember the disappeared, -August 30, 2013,  The Kathmandu Post

Broken Justice, -July 15, 2013, Kathmandu Post

Alliance against amnesty, -April 9, 2013, the Kathmandu Post, Kathmandu

Nothing, but the truth, March 22-28 2013, Issue 648, Nepali Times, Kathmandu

The voice of the victims – January 25, 2013, Nepali Times, Kathmandu.

2012

Truth and Memory, Nepali Times, 5-11 October, 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal

Disappearance of Truth, Nepali Times, 31 August – 6 September, 2012, Issue 620, Kathmandu

Truth without Justice, Nepali Times, 6-12 April 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal

2011

Forgotten Futures, Nepali Times, 26 August-1 September, Issue 568, 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal.

The Politics of Memory, Nepali Times weekly, 28 January – 3 Feb. 2011, Kathmandu Nepal.

2010

Stolen Lives – the Disappearance Commission should ensure justice, not obstruct it, Nepali Times weekly, Issue no. 517, 27 August- 2 September, 2010, Kathmandu Nepal.

Missing Justice, Nepali Times, 8 Jan 2010, Kathmandu, Nepal.

2009

Vanishing Hope: the Families of Nepal’s Disappeared are forgotten, Nepali Times Weekly, Issue 466, 28 Aug-3 Sept 2009. Kathmandu.

2008

The Long, Long Wait, 18-24 July 2008, Nepali Times Weekly, Kathmandu.

How can we forget? 29 March- 6 April 2008, Nepali Times Weekly, Kathmandu.