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He joined the first human rights organization in Nepal - FOPHUR (Forum for the Protection of Human Rights) - as the Secretary in 1986. He coordinated the first Asia regional seminar-workshop on Human Rights held in Kathmandu in 1986 under the repressive government. He was the executive coordinator of the National Election Observation Committee (NEOC) during the first democratically held General Elections in 1991. He is one of the founder members and National President of the Human Rights Alliance, a common platform of human rights organizations working throughout the country from the period of 2003-2007. Besides this, he has been an important part of the civil society initiatives to advocate for the rights of women, children, Dalit, persons with disability and Economic, Social and Cultural rights.
For the last four and half years, Gauri Pradhan has been serving the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nepal as one of the Commissioners and the Spokesperson. During this period he has led a number of fact-finding missions and forensic investigations on grave cases of human rights violations and abuses that occurred during a decade long armed conflict in Nepal. In the same capacity, he has also led a number of delegations to national and international forums on human rights and development held in different parts of the world. He has also played a significant role within the NHRC in introducing a number of guidelines and directives for the promotion and protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights in Nepal. As the head of the delegation he has also led a mission consisting of NHRC, National Women’s Commission and National Dalit Commission to the UPR Session of Human rights Council held in Geneva in 2011. Likewise, he has been actively involved in dialogues at the highest national level on the issues of human rights, justice, and peace building in Nepal. What is more, he currently serves as Human Rights Adviser to the OECD Good Governance and Human Rights programme.
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