Annex 3 (Related to 2.1) Brief Bio-data of the Chairperson, Members and Secretary (a) Mr. Nayan Bahadur Khatri, Chairperson: The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, Justice Nayan Bahadur Khatri, is also a Rt. Honourable member of the Royal Council. He was born in 1979. With an M. A. and L. L. B. from the Lucknow University in India, Mr. Khatri was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from early 1976 to late 1985. After retiring as Chief Justice from the Supreme Court, Mr. Khatri also served as the Royal Nepalese Ambassador to China and North Korea. Mr. Khatri, who entered the civil service as a Officer of Civil office Legal Department, also worked as a lawyer in Lhasa, Tibet. He was also an Under-Secretary and Secretary of the Law Ministry. Appointed in 1959 as a Permanent Justice of the Supreme Court by His Majesty the King at the recommendation of the then elected government, Mr. Khatri was the Chairperson of the Law Reform Commission three times. Mr. Khatri was also the Chairperson of the Judicial Committee from 1972 to 1976. (b) Dr. Gauri Shankar Lal Das, Member: Born in Siraha in 1925, Dr. Gauri Shankar Lal Das represents the social sector in the National Human Rights commission. He is also a Member of the Royal Council. Dr. Das, who was the Medical Superintendent of Tokha Sana forum, Central chest clinic and the Director of the Department of Health Service, is a senior chest physician. As the first health planner of Nepal, Dr. Das contributed to the Long-term Health Plan 1976. As a consultant to the World Health Organization for a brief period, he also made significant contributions to the First Health Plan of the Maldives. Dr. Das has worked on a voluntary basis at the leadership level of various social organizations like the Nepal Red Cross Society. Nepal Leprosy Relief Association, Nepal Tuberculosis Association, Nepal Blind Welfare Society, Ex-civil Servants Service Council, Senior Citizens’ Welfare Society, Nepal B. P. Eye Foundation, Chitragupta Foundation, Sirahali Service Society, Nepal Medical Association and Nepal Family Planning Association. He is also the founder of many of the above-mentioned organizations. (c) Professor Kapil Shrestha, Member: Professor Kapil Shrestha was born in 1955. With an M. A. in political science from Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, Professor Shrestha has also undertaken courses in international relations, human rights and other subjects at famous universities in the United States, the Philippines, the Netherlands, and India. A former president of the Human Rights Organization of Nepal, he is a member of the Ganeshman Singh Foundation and the Ganeshman Study Foundation. Professor Shrestha, who has been a Member, General Secretary and the President of the Nepal Professors Association, is regarded as one of the foremost political analysts of Nepal. He has visited various national and regional institutions related to human rights and observed elections in Nepal as well as in foreign countries. Professor Shrestha was