Mr. Bed Prasad Bhattarai

Mr. Bed Prasad Bhattarai is the Secretary and Spokesperson of National Human Rights Commission of Nepal. He joined NHRC as the Regional Director and later was appointed as the Secretary by the government of Nepal. He has also contributed to the national conference of the Human Rights Defenders and successfully worked as the Convener of the International Conference of the NHRIs of the Asia-Pacific Region for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Migrant Workers in which Kathmandu Resolution 2012 was adopted by the participating NHRIs of the Asia and the Pacific region. He also meaningfully participated in ensuring human rights-based and gender-responsive implementation, follow-up and review of the Global Compact for Migration: The role of National Human Rights Institutions held on March 2019.