Advocate Limbu –a lead defense lawyer on collective human rights in Nepal– belongs to "Limbu" Yakthung Indigenous Peoples of Eastern Nepal. He has been practicing law for the past 25 years in all levels of courts (District, High and Supreme) and has been contributing to establish court precedents to secure the rights of Indigenous Peoples through Public Interest Litigations.
He has served as an Advisor (2008-2009) of the taskforce that was formed by the government of Nepal to develop National Action Plan to implement ILO 169. He worked as an expert to analyze the IPs rights on the concept paper prepared by IPs CACAUS–thematic Committee for Indigenous Constituent Assembly Members– to make IPs position to address in new Constitution.
He was a board member of United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples, and executive board member of Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) foundation, Thailand. He has provided legal expertise to the National Inclusion Commission, IDEA International etc. He is providing his expertise in international arena, and is severing as legal advisor for various Indigenous Peoples Organizations and Non-Government Organizations in Nepal.
He has been constantly providing legal supports to the Indigenous Peoples and local communities to protect their human rights and fundamental freedoms through Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and has been engaging with accountability mechanisms of the Development Finance Institutions and UN mechanisms to hold them accountable to human rights.
He has done several studies and legal research on Indigenous Peoples' rights and polished number of articles and journals related to the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
He earned LLM in Human Rights and Gender Justice and MA in Political Science, Tribhuwan University, Nepal. He holds Fellowship PILnet (2014) – the Global Network for Public Interest Law, NY USA, and Indigenous Fellowship Program awarded from International Labour Organization, Geneva, 2003.
Currently, he is serving as Vice Chairperson of LAHURNIP.