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TRC, CED office bearers sworn in

Chief Justice Ram Kumar Prasad Sah on Wednesday administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly-appointed chairpersons of the TRC and CED. TRC, CED office bearers sworn in

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Published at : February 12, 2015

Updated at : February 12, 2015 08:59

Kathmandu

Chief Justice Ram Kumar Prasad Sah on Wednesday administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly-appointed chairpersons of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission on Enforced Disappearances at a function organised at the Supreme Court in Kathmandu. Subsequently, the chairpersons of the commissions conducted the oath of office to other respective commissioners. Ten office bearers of the commissions were appointed on Tuesday for two years.

Truth and Reconcilliation Commission

Chairman

Surya Kiran Gurung, 56

Education: LLMs, University of Alberta, Canada (1989), Patna University, India (1985)

Experience: Former General Secretary of Parliament (2003-2007) and Ambassador to Russia (2007-2012), Gurung had chaired

various Parliamentary committees and the Parliament Secretariat.

Members

Manchala Jha

Education: Masters in Hindi, Political Science (Tribhuvan University)

Experience: Lecturer at Tribhuvan University, Jha is an advisor to the Tarai Human Rights Defenders Alliance, member of Federation of Nepali Journalists.

Madhabi Bhatta, 39

Education: PhD in Sociology, Ewha Women’s University, South Korea

Experience: Former sub-editor at Kantipur daily, Bhatta is a columnist at Nagarik daily. She is a visiting faculty at Department of Sociology at Tribhuvan University.

Shree Krishna Subedi

Education: Post Graduate Diploma from Tokiwa University, Japan and York University, UK

Experience: Former executive director of INHURED International and working in the field of human rights for the past 18 years. A lawyer, Subedi advocates victims’ rights.

Lila Udasi, 65

Education: BA BL, Tribhuvan University

Experience: Advisory Committee member of Bar Association, Udasi served as a member of Law Reform Commission and as coordinator of various human rights panels. He has six books, collection of essays and poems to his credit.

Commission on Enforced Disappearances

Chairman

Lokendra Mallik, 65

Education: MA in Political Science, Tribhuvan University

Experience: served as chief judge of appellate court, headed a judicial panel to probe into Kapilvastu incident.

Members

Ai Bahadur Gurung, 40

Education: BL, Tribhuvan University

Experience: An associate with Pioneer Law Associate, Gurung has been working in the field of Commercial Law with specialisation in labour law and litigation.

Nara Kumari Gurung, 47

Education: LLM, Kathmandu School of Law

Experience: Member of Beyond Beijing, Gurung had chaired the Arukharka VDC in late 90s and was member of Syangja District Development Committee.

Bishnu Pathak, 52

Education: PhD in Conflict management and human rights, Tribhuvan University

Experience: Executive President of Peace and Conflict Studies Centre, Pathak is affiliated with a number of universities and peace institutions. He has also worked as lead researcher and taskforce members in various projects related to human rights and peace.

Bijul Bishwakarma, 53

Education: MA in Sociology and Political science

Experience: A former member of National Assembly and chairperson of National Dalit Commission, Bishwakarma has been advocating for Dalit rights.