Bhabana Rai

Bhabana, also known as Advocate Rai is a lawyer and an Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights Defender (IPHRD) based in Kathmandu, Nepal. She is also a member of an ethnic minority group. Her responsibilities include coordinating the IPHRD network and monitoring their work. She has also been associated with the Lawyers’ Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples’ (LAHURNIP) for the past year and has been involved in documenting cases of human rights violation. Her organisation is currently working with Business and Human Rights issues and deals with private companies, public companies and corporations including the Development Finance Institution who has activities in their territories. Through this training, Bhabana hopes to enhance her understanding of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and development, including more documentation and advocacy skills on rights and businesses of Indigenous Peoples’. She hopes to apply her skills from the training in advocacy work.