How has OHCHR’s relationship with Nepal Army been on the issues of human rights?
What we have been saying is that rule of law should prevail and nobody is above the law. It is not for us to say whether somebody is guilty or not. All that we are saying is if there is a case against anybody, then it should go through the judicial process. But clearly things are not happening in that manner. Be it the case of Maina Sunuwar or the Bardiya disappearances. Maina Sunuwar’s is an emblematic case and it is true that progress on that has been stalled. We have expressed concern that the Nepali Army continues to be in defiance of the judiciary. On Bardiya, we have not seen much progress but we are hopeful. We have been assured by the Army that internal investigation is going on. So I would not like to judge on that. I would also like to bring to notice the cases involving UCPN (Maoist). I have met with several party leaders including Prachanda. I met him two weeks ago as well. I raised with him four cases which I had raised a year ago. The Ramhari Shrestha case, the Birendra S
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