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The Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma) Successfully Conducted a Workshop on Nepal’s Transitional Justice (TJ) with Experts from Nepal.

ND-Burma organized the workshop on 4–5 May 2026. During the workshop, Dr. Mandira Sharma, founder of Advocacy Forum-Nepal and currently Director for Asia and the Pacific at the International Commission of Jurists, and Bikash Basnet, Executive Director of Advocacy Forum-Nepal, led discussions on Nepal’s transitional justice (TJ) experience.

The workshop highlighted that Nepal’s 1996–2006 conflict formally ended with the 2006 Comprehensive Peace Accord, which introduced transitional justice mechanisms. The law establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Commission on Enforced Disappearances, and the Special Court was enacted in 2014 and later amended in 2024. Although two commissions have been established, justice for victims remains limited, and civil society organizations continue to advocate for credible, victim-centred processes.

Both experts shared lessons from post-conflict Nepal, including how lawyers, human rights defenders, and civil society organizations initiated and advanced transitional justice efforts, pursued justice for victims through strategic advocacy and litigation, and challenged impunity for perpetrators. They also discussed the current status and ongoing challenges of Nepal’s TJ process.

Workshop participants also had the opportunity to review the National Unity Consultative Council’s (NUCC) transitional justice policy and discuss its strengths, weaknesses, and areas requiring further development.

In Burma/Myanmar, civil war has persisted since independence in 1948, accompanied by widespread human rights violations and decades of military impunity. Following the 2021 attempted military coup, the Spring Revolution gave rise to both peaceful and armed resistance and to the emergence of new political actors such as the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the National Unity Consultative Council and the National Unity Government.

Efforts are underway to establish a federal democratic system and to develop transitional justice approaches suited to the country’s context. In this regard, learning from the transitional justice experiences of other countries is crucial for Burma/Myanmar in developing effective TJ policies and implementation strategies aligned with local realities.

May 4, 2026

A criminal file against Min Aung Hlaing has been formally submitted to the Court of First Instance in Timor-Leste for judicial review, accusing the Myanmar dictator of war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) on Monday.

The criminal complaint was filed in January with the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Dili by the CHRO’s director Salai Za Uk, calling for a formal investigation and backed by evidence of gang rape of a pregnant woman, mass killings including the murder of a journalist and a 13-year-old boy, targeted attacks on Christian leaders, and indiscriminate airstrikes on a hospital that killed medical staff and patients.

The case is being brought under the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows Timor-Leste to investigate and prosecute serious international crimes regardless of where they took place or the nationality of the victims and perpetrators.

Another criminal complaint was submitted to the prosecutor’s office in Jakarta, Indonesia in April by a Rohingya survivor and several prominent Indonesian over the alleged genocide case against Rohingya community in Rakhine State.

An Argentine court, meanwhile, issued an international arrest warrant for the coup leader-turned-president in 2025 for genocide against the Rohingya.

Photo: Thantlang town burns after a junta attack in Chin State in 2022. / CDF-Thantlang

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