| The Human Rights Law Network has over the years, organised several national meetings with a view to strengthen and build networks and enable a cross sectoral exchange of ideas, strategies and experiences. These national programmes have been well attended and have contributed towards building close working collaborations between groups all over the country, the development of legal strategies and a deeper understanding of issues in India and abroad. The meetings have served as a link between the social movements and human rights lawyers encouraging legal activism in all parts of the country.This section lists major events conducted by the Human Rights Law Network. |
| National Conference on Public Health, Agriculture and Intellectual Property Rights |
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15th-16th December 2007
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India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi |
| Intellectual Property Rights have been enormously debated in developed and developing countries especially with regard to patents. The Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement has been in force since 1995 and is to date the most comprehensive multilateral agreement on intellectual property. |
| Contact:
hri.delhi@hrln.org |
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| Independent People’s Tribunal on Torture, Extra-Judicial Executions & Disappearances |
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9th and 10th February 2008
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New Delhi |
| The Independent People's Tribunal on Torture, Extra-judicial Executions and Disappearances will provide a unique insight into the practice of systematic torture, extra-judicial executions and disappearances throughout the country by taking a victim based approach, offering a national platform for victims and NGO's to narrate their experiences. This Tribunal aims to identify the underlying causes of these human rights abuses, the States response as well as exploring steps to eliminate its practice in India. |
| Contact:
ipttorture@gmail.com |
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| Consultation On Preventing Maternal Mortality Using Appropriate Legal Tools |
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15th and 16th March 2008
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New Delhi |
| A pointer to the special health care needs of motherhood which are in need of urgent attention - the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is an important indicator of the reach of clinical health services to the poor and the masses in general. |
| Contact:
wji.delhi@hrln.org |
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| National Consultation Critiquing The Current Judicial Trends On Environment Law |
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On 23 & 24 February 2008
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New Delhi |
| Realising the need to protect people, the economy and the ecology from the onslaught of globalisation the Human Rights Law Network in association with Sanjay Parikh, T. Mohan and Ritwick Dutta is organising a national consultation to critique the current judicial trends on Environment Law. The consultation will throw light on the judiciary's retreat from principles which it espoused in the early days and an aggressive espousal of unbridled industrialization and willingness to accept the decisions of environmental regulators in an unquestioning manner and to attempt to resurrect environmental jurisprudence. |
| Contact:
Litigation.delhi@hrln.org |
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