Dr Bipin Adhikari Historically, Nepalese community always had a notion of adopting their relative’s son/daughter if they were childless although adopting a child out of their community or relatives was an inconceivable notion. This notion can be closely attributed to…
Dr Bipin Adhikari Adoption can be defined as the process whereby people (usually without kids) assume the parenting responsibility of another’s children. In doing so, they permanently transfer all the parenting rights and responsibilities from their biological counterparts. Historically, adoption…
Dr Bipin Adhikari There is nothing to disagree with Professor He Baogang’s presentation on hybrid federalism in Asia. I believe that what has worked is a system that deals with the local context, and does not just imitate what are…
Dr Bipin Adhikari Local governance is a set of institutions, mechanisms and processes through which citizens can express their interests and needs, mediate differences, and exercise their rights and obligations at local levels. Local governance includes not only the machinery…
Dr Bipin Adhikari Witchcraft is defined on the basis of the act of witches by Evans-Pritchard (1937) as “A witch performs no rite, utters no spell, and possesses no medicines. An act of witchcraft is a psychic act”. He also…
Dr Bipin Adhikari After 11 years of armed movement a consensus was reached between the parties to initiate peace process in the year 2006. During the course of peace process determining the status of disappeared persons during the conflict period…
Dr Bipin Adhikari As per the General Recommendation No. 19 of the CEDAW Committee: ” Sexual harassment includes such unwelcome sexually determined behaviour as physical contact and advance sexually coloured remarks showing pornography and sexual demands whether by words or…
Dr Bipin Adhikari The hotly debated Contempt of Court Bill has been recently sent to the parliament for referral. It has generated a lot of opinions with politicians, rights activists and others highly critical of the proposed provisions of the…
Dr Bipin Adhikari There is an initiative of a massive upheaval in Nepalese bureaucracy through attempts at administrative reform amidst radical political changes and instability. In light of this, there is a need to be more proactive in ushering reform…
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