Hari Prasad Phuyal

[3] He was a practicing lawyer since past 23 years based in Pacific Law Associates dealing with verities of legal issues including corporate matters and commercial cases to the courts.

He played lead roles in some important cases establishing jurisprudence decided by the Supreme Court of Nepal.

He worked as the National Legal Adviser at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal since November 2005 to December 2006 with main responsibilities of analyzing constitutional provisions, national legislation with specific reference to security legislation and law applicable to the institutions of the criminal justice system of Nepal and to provide operational advice to the Office on the issues involving human rights and international humanitarian law.

He hosted a prime time talk show Naya Sambidhan (New Constitution) on Kantipur Television (KTV).

This talk show focused on contentious constitutional issues such as Citizenship, Federalism, the Electoral System, the Judicial System, Forms of Government and on the Constituent Assembly process related to drafting new constitution of Nepal.