Social Security: Theory and Legal Provision in Nepal, By:Bhakti Ram Ghimire
Social Security: Theory and Legal Provision in Nepal Bhakti Ram Ghimire Advocate (LL.M-TU, Master in Industry and Employment Relation-ITCILO, Turin, Italy) Background All the industrial countries of the world have developed measures to promote the economic security and welfare of individual and his family. These measures have come to be called as social security. [1] Social security is dynamic concept and an indispensable chapter of a national programme to strike at the root of poverty, unemployment and diseases. The Right to Social Security is a human right and enshrined in major international human rights instruments, for instance, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) [2] . The Right to Social Security is the right to get protection from the society through a series of public measures to provide the benefits whether in cash or in kind from the work res...