22 November, 2023: On the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) to end the decade-long conflict, Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AF) organized various programmes across the country on 21 November 2023.
The organization carried out a review program at Birendranagar, Surkhet in Karnali Province, to commemorate the signing of the CPA. Conflict victims and stakeholder organizations participated in the program and expressed their views about the stalled transitional justice process and the way forward.
In Butwal, Lumbini Province, AF supported the Victims’ Group to organize a programme on the occasion to pressure the authorities to provide concrete solutions to the longstanding transitional justice process in Nepal. Conflict victims and representatives of civil society organizations staged a sit-in programme and also submitted a memorandum to Area Administration Office in Butwal, Rupandehi.
Similarly, AF organized a Civil Dialogue Programme on Gender-based Violence at Kailari Rural Municipality in Kailali district, Sudurpaschim Province on the occasion. Conflict victims, marginalized, single women, and police officers interacted in the program.
In Banke district, Lumbini Province, the organization carried out an interaction programme on Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Transitional Justice, and Justice for Victims on the occasion. Conflict victims participated in the event. The participating conflict victims demanded for justice without further delay.
AF supported conflict victims’ group at Pokhara, Kaski district in Gandaki Province, on the occasion to pressure the authorities to provide concrete solutions to the longstanding transitional justice process in Nepal.
The organization supported Conflict Victim Women National Network-Nepal to organize an interaction programme in Kathmandu on Nepal’s much-delayed transitional justice process.
