Senior human rights advisor at the Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal, David Johnson, said Thursday that the office will make sure Nepalese security officers involved in rights violations do not get into UN peacekeeping missions.
"We are taking steps to ensure no officer involved in rights violations will benefit (from UN peacekeeping opportunities)," Johnson said, speaking at a multi-stakeholders roundtable on prospects of democracy and peace in Nepal, organized in the capital by INSEC.
While Johnson hoped that the conflict is finally over now, he stressed that rights monitoring would go on. He also noted that violations are continuing and this will eat like a cancer into the hopes of the Nepalese people. Speaking at the same program, CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal said that no officers involved in rights violations, including those from the army, police and armed police, would be spared this time.
"No one will be spared this time. The mistakes of 1990 will not be repeated," he said, adding that the high-level commission formed by the government to probe rights violations will see to that.
Nepal also said that contrary to the Maoist demand, parliament should not be dissolved. "We will have no legitimate weapon or institution with us (if parliament is dissolved)," he said. Nepal highlighted the need to form an interim constitution to provide a legal basis for house declarations. "The interim constitution, in turn, would be replaced by a constitution drafted by the constituent assembly," he said.
Nepal noted that there is some crisis of confidence between the Maoists and the political parties. "The Maoists, due to their historical experience, are suspicious whether the constituent assembly elections will take place at all. On the other hand, the parties are suspicious of Maoist sincerity about laying down arms," he said.
"We are taking steps to ensure no officer involved in rights violations will benefit (from UN peacekeeping opportunities)," Johnson said, speaking at a multi-stakeholders roundtable on prospects of democracy and peace in Nepal, organized in the capital by INSEC.
While Johnson hoped that the conflict is finally over now, he stressed that rights monitoring would go on. He also noted that violations are continuing and this will eat like a cancer into the hopes of the Nepalese people. Speaking at the same program, CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal said that no officers involved in rights violations, including those from the army, police and armed police, would be spared this time.
"No one will be spared this time. The mistakes of 1990 will not be repeated," he said, adding that the high-level commission formed by the government to probe rights violations will see to that.
Nepal also said that contrary to the Maoist demand, parliament should not be dissolved. "We will have no legitimate weapon or institution with us (if parliament is dissolved)," he said. Nepal highlighted the need to form an interim constitution to provide a legal basis for house declarations. "The interim constitution, in turn, would be replaced by a constitution drafted by the constituent assembly," he said.
Nepal noted that there is some crisis of confidence between the Maoists and the political parties. "The Maoists, due to their historical experience, are suspicious whether the constituent assembly elections will take place at all. On the other hand, the parties are suspicious of Maoist sincerity about laying down arms," he said.
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