Murari Prasad Kharel is with National Human Rights Commission for the last 22 years and is working as Acting Secretary of the Commission, Nepal since 30th May 2021
Mr. Kharel initiated his career in NHRC, Nepal as a protection officer in 2002 AD, and has gained abundant expertise in the protection and promotion of human rights while working in various positions in the commission. Mr. Kharel has a decade-long managerial and field-level human rights experience and had also led the NHRC office at Nepalgunj, then mid-west region, the most affected area during the armed conflict.
Mr. Kharel holds a Master’s Degree in Geology (M.Sc.) in 1997 A. D, started his career as a lecturer in the Department of Geology (TU) and continued it for four years. Mr.Kharelcompleted a Master’s Degree in Social Science in 2003 A. D from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology (TU Nepal). In addition, he has also obtained a number ofinternational courses including the Chevening Scholarship on peace and conflict resolution course in the UK and IHRTP in Canada, etc.
Mr. Kharel has facilitated more than 100 training and workshops organized by NHRC and as a resource person organized by various organizations. He has played a crucial role in designing training curricula and IEC materials for training workshops for HR defenders, journalists, teachers, security personnel, government representatives, political party cadres,etc. Mr. Kharel has presented various papers on human rights issues including transitional justice, mediations, human rights education, federalism and security of HRDs, UN human rights mechanism, and reporting of UPR.
Mr. Kharel has also been involved in various NHRC policy formulations and preparation of guidelines including human rights investigation procedures, collaboration/coordinationguidelines with civil society and other constitutional commissions, HR monitoring during the Covid 19, communication strategy, MOU with Malaysia regarding the rights of Migrant worker etc. Moreover, Mr.Kaharel has played a vital role on behalf of NHRC, Nepal while drafting the Comprehensive Peace Accord in 2006 AD. Furthermore, he has been continuously involved in advocacy, media campaign, and monitoring and investigation of human rights violation issues.
In the course of participation in training and for paper presentations on behalf of NHRC, he has visited many countries – the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Canada, Switzerland, France, India, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Philippines, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand,Bangladesh, Denmark, and Sweden, etc.
