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Truth-seeking legislation risks further entrenching impunity, alert UN  rights experts GENEVA (4 July 2014) – A group of UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Nepal to amend new legislation allowing for amnesties in cases of serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law. The experts expressed deep concern that the recently adopted truth-seeking law leaves mass violations unaddressed. “Amnesties for these atrocities would convey to the Nepalese society that some people are above the law,” the experts stressed. “Indeed, the legislation which should enable the country to come to terms with its past, may further entrench impunity.” The Act establishes the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation authorizes it to recommend amnesties for mass violations. The Commission is tasked to inquire into the killing of several thousands of people during the 1996-2006 conflict in Nepal, the fate of 1,300 still missing, among...