Nepal, Feb. 21 -- The Nepal government is delaying its response to the joint concerns of four United Nations special rapporteurs on adopting gender-sensitive policies in the transitional justice process.

On December 15, the special rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, the special rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-recurrence, the special rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, its Causes and Consequences, and the special rapporteur of the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls, had written to the government seeking clarification on its efforts to prevent gender discrimination in the transitional justice process.

They had given the...