Salina Kafle

Human Rights LL.M. Student

Home Country: Nepal
Cohort: 2025

Salina Kafle is a human rights lawyer and the Executive Director at the Human Rights and Justice Centre in Nepal. She specializes in combating torture, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and conflict related sexual violence. Salina has closely monitored Nepal's transitional justice process and impunity in the post-conflict scenario, designing legal and advocacy strategies and reviewing policies to align national laws with international standards. She has litigated gross human rights violations cases before national and international bodies (the UN bodies). Additionally, she has trained Nepali lawyers and human rights defenders on engaging with relevant UN bodies and advocated for state accountability, reparations, justice, and non-recurrence. Salina holds an LL.M. in Criminal Justice and Law from the Kathmandu School of Law, where she received the Presidential Excellence Academic Award. She has previously worked with TRIAL International. She is also a member of the Salzburg Global Seminar and the Swedish Institute Leader Lab 2023.