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HRSP, SIS organises Annual International Human Rights Day Seminar

HRSP, SIS organises Annual International Human Rights Day Seminar

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Annual International Human Rights Day Seminar

On

 

Assertion of Human Rights in National and International Contexts

 

At the

Human Rights Studies Programme

School of International Studies

 

Event Date: 10th December, 2018

Venue: Room 349, SIS New Building

 

Programme Schedule [10.00 a.m.- 1.35 p.m.]

 

Session One:

Assertion of Women’s Rights in National and International Contexts

[10.00-11.55 a.m.]  

 

Introducing the Seminar Theme -Dr. Deepa Kansra, HRSP, SIS [10.00 – 10: 15 a.m.]  

 

Chair: Professor (Dr.) Manjula Batra, Director, Research and Advanced Learning, DME School of Law (GGSIP University) Dwarka, New Delhi. Former Dean, Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

 

Paper Presenters:

 

Charvi Kumar, Research Scholar, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi

In Search of a Healthy and Egalitarian Reproductive Rights Regime [10.15- 10.30 a.m.]  

 

Aishwarya Singh Kashyap, Research Scholar, I)ndian Law Institute, New Delhi

Marital Rape Exemption and the Negation of Married Women’s Personhood and Human Rights [10.30 - 10.45 a.m.]

 

Moumita Mandal, Research Scholar, Centre for International Legal Studies, SIS-JNU, New Delhi Challenges to the Implementation of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation [10.45 -11.00 a.m.]

 

Ram Dulari Patel, Research Scholar, Human Rights Studies Programme, SIS- JNU, New Delhi

Direct Restrictions on the Right to Work of Women [11.00- 11.15 a.m.]  

 

Interaction and Concluding Remarks by Chair [11.15 – 11.40 p.m.]

Tea Break - 11.40-11.55 a.m.

 

Session Two:

Promoting Good Governance for the Realization of Rights

 [11.55 p.m.- 1.35 p.m.]

 

Introduction to Second Session: Dr. Deepa Kansra, HRSP [11.55-12.00 pm]

 

Chair: Shyam D. Nandan, Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi

Co-Chair: Dr. Deepa Kansra, Assistant Professor, HRSP, SIS  

 

Paper Presenters:

 

Anandita Yadav, Research Scholar, University School of Law and Legal Studies, Indraprastha University, Dwarka, New Delhi

The Challenges attached with Regulating Online and Offline Hate Speech [ 12.00- 12.15 p.m.]

 

Vishnu Prasad K, Research Scholar, Human Rights Studies Programme, SIS-JNU, New Delhi Restrictions on the Right to Access Information held by State [12.15- 12.30 p.m.]  

 

Isha Khurana, Research Scholar, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi Concerns over Affordability and Neglect of Basic Rights in the Treatment of Mental Health Patients  [12.30- 12.45p.m.]  

 

Anjali N. , Research Scholar, Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Protection of Migrant Labor Rights and State’s Responsiveness; With Special Reference to Sugarcane Harvest Workers of Maharashtra [12.45 – 1.00 p.m.] 

 

Interaction and Concluding Remarks by Chair [1.00-1.25 p.m.]

 

Vote of Thanks: [1.25- 1.35 p.m.]

Lunch: 1.35 p.m.

Contact email: hrspacademic@gmail.com

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.

 

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