On 6 October 2020, Advocacy Forum- Nepal organized a community level meeting on the Transitional Justice (TJ) with conflict victims in Baglung District. In the program, the latest development on the situation of TJ was discussed along with the hardships that the conflict victims have undergone at present due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The victims shared their plight of being sidelined and completely ignored by the Government, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking in the program, Hari Subedi, one of the participants from the victims’ group informed that they have approached the local Government for assistance but they have not received any assistance so far. Saraswati BK stated, “Who will search for our loved ones, if we die”.
Advocates Ram Sharma and Kunjani Pariyar facilitated the program. The participants expressed that the program became a forum for the victims to share their grievances regarding the long-stalled TJ process and to demand the amendment of the TRC law as per the Supreme Court verdict and international law along with the failure of the local government in responding to the concerns of the conflict victims during COVID-19.
