Kathmandu, Feb. 2 -- The Accountability Watch Committee (AWC), a network of human rights defenders in Nepal, has called on all political parties registered with the Election Commission to prioritise transitional justice in their upcoming election manifestos.

Issuing a public appeal on Monday, the committee urged political parties to include a commitment to adopt a policy of zero tolerance against serious violations and abuses committed during the armed conflict and the Gen Z movement, among others. It also appealed to parties to agree on amendments to the transitional justice law to correct serious flaws in the definition of violations, provisions on sentence reduction, and statutes of limitation, in consultation with conflict victims. ...