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Upendra D. Acharya
Upendra D. Acharya
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Dr. Upendra D. Acharya
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Biographical Information
Dr. Upendra D. Acharya holds an S.J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin; an LL. M. from the University of Utah College of Law; an M.C. L. (Master of Comparative Law) from the University of Delhi, India; and an LL.B. from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Prof. Acharya:
- Taught at Tribhuvan University law School in Kathmandu, Nepal for five years.
- Served as a legal counsel to a tribal government in the United States.
- Consulted to various NGOs in Nepal and ITC/UNCTAD/GATT.
- Has written numerous articles on Constitutional law, administrative law, comparative law and international law, and presented papers and delivered lectures in national and international conferences in the United States, Asia, and Europe.
Prof. Acharya has represented landmark cases in the Supreme Court of Nepal, including daughters’ right to inherent property, and the Godabary Marble Case that resulted in the enactment of an Environmental Protection Act in Nepal. He also has worked toward eradicating bonded labor systems in far western areas of Nepal.
Teaching Areas
- International Law
- Human Rights
- International Environmental Law
- Law of International Organizations
- Contracts
- Comparative Law
Publications and Presentations
- Presented paper at the Asian International Economic Law Conference in Tokyo, August 2009
- Ethics, Human Rights and Health Care: Role of Ethics Committee, as part of medical continuing education program in Great Falls, 2009
- International Criminal Court: Its Relevance and Legitimacy to the UNA (United Nations Association) -USA, Spokane Chapter, May 11, 2009
- International Water Law and Sustainable Development: Challenges to Transboundary Allocation, International Law Weekend-West, American Branch of International Law Association, Willamette University College of Law, March 6-7
- Is Development a Lost Paradise? Trade, Environment and Development: A Triadic Dream of International Law, scheduled to be published in the Alberta Law Review (2007)
- Completed solicited review of a draft of the casebook, International Criminal Law, authored by David Stewart, David Luban, and Julie O'Sullivan
- Locus Standi in Administrative Law: A Study Of Nepal and India, published in Justice: Collection of Research Articles on Law, Justice and Legal System (Shesh Raj Shiwakoti ed.), 2007
- Indigenous People, Biotechnology and Human Rights, presentation at a conference on human rights and development organized by the International Law Society of Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, Ore., April 2007
- Trade, Environment, and Development: A Triadic Dream of International Law, presentation at symposium organized by University of Idaho School of Law, the University of Alberta Law School and the CUNY-Queens College of Law, March 1-3, 2007
- Constitutionalism and Democracy in Nepal: What Went Wrong 189 (Constitutionalism and Democratic Transitions: Lessons from South Africa, Veronica Federico and Carlo Fusaro eds., 2006)
- The US, China and Nepal: Challenges to WTO Obligations on Trade and Agriculture, presentation at international conference on WTO Dislocations and Solutions in Chongquin and Beijing, China, December 2006
- Paper on Constitutionalism and Democratic Transition: Nepal and South African Perspective, International Conference, Florence, Italy, December 5, 2005
Awards and Memberships
- Accepted an offer to serve as a national legal expert on Nepal and India for the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) at the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
- Formed a committee to conduct round-table conferences and to make recommendations to the Constitution Assembly on different prospects of Nepal's constitution, which is being reviewed as part of a two-year mandate to create a new constitution for the Republic of Nepal.
- Appointed to Board of Directors of the International Trade Alliance (ITA), Greater Spokane's primary source for expertise in doing business in the global marketplace, February 2008.
Presentations
- International Human Rights Law in State Courts of the United States, Appellate Judges' Spring Program of the State of Washington at Lake Chelan, Washington, April 7, 2009
- Right to Development from Nepal to Native American Nations: A Post-Modernist Approach, Cornell University Law School, November 14, 2008
- Presented a paper at the 2008 Sutton Colloquium titled War on Terror or Terror Wars? The Problem of Defining Terrorism, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, October 25, 2008
- Delivered a guest lecture, Third World Perspectiver of Jurisprudence and Constitution Making, the Faculty of Law, Tribhuvan University, Katmandu, Nepal, July 21, 2008
- Lectured to Nepali journalists on Media, Democracy, and Law, Katmandu, Nepal, July 15, 2008
- Lectured on Legal Education in the US and Beyond at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China, July 2, 2008.
- Presented a paper titled WTO and Least Developed Countries at the Symposium on International Trade: Law or Politics?, hosted by the Gonzaga Journal of International Law, February 28-29, 2008
- Participated in a panel discussion at the University of Montana School of Law, Can the U.N., or Anyone Else, Stop Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity?, 2006
- Special Speaker on Right to Health Care as a Human Right, Benefits Hospital, Great Falls, Mont., December 20, 2005
- Guest Speaker on Democracy, Terrorism and Failed State, International Affairs Program, University of Montana, Missoula, March 2005
