Kathmandu, March 23 -- The victims of the decade-long Maoist insurgency have demanded amendment to the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act before the government takes any decision on the transitional justice process.

As directed by the Supreme Court, the government has started consultations with the victims to constitute temporary mechanisms within the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons in order to carry out preliminary investigations into the victims' complaints.

Last week, the top court directed the government to commence the process of selecting office bearers in the two transitional justice commissions, which remain defunct for ...