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
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