One Day International Seminar on
Human Rights & Persons with Disabilities,
2ndDecember, 2018
at
The
Indian Law Institute, New Delhi
in
academic collaboration
with
CASIHR
(Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab), Maharashtra National
Law University, Nagpur & International Council of Jurists, London
Speakers Chief Guest
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri
Judge, Supreme Court of India
Prof. (Dr.)Paramjit Singh Jaswal,
Vice-Chancellor, RGNUL-Punjab
Prof. (Dr.)Vijender Kumar, Vice-Chancellor,
MNLU-Nagpur
About Law Mantra
“Law Mantra” (headquarters New Delhi)
(Registration No 150 in Book No.4 Vol No 3, 603 0f 2018) is not for profit organisation
running for the purpose of enhancing legal academics and legal awareness in the
society and in the practice of the same.
“Law Mantra” is a body of Jurists,
Advocates, Academicians and Students running for the purpose of enhancing legal
academics and legal awareness in the society and in the practice of the same.
We at Law Mantra enable people to take responsibility for the situation of the
deprived Indian women and children and so motivate them to seek resolution
through individual and collective action thereby enabling women and children to
realize their full potential.
About Centre for Advanced Studies in Human Rights
(CASIHR), Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law RGNUL), Punjab
The RGNUL has established a Center for
Advanced Studies in Human Rights (CASIHR) to undertake and promote advanced
study and research in the emerging trends relating this area. With human rights
and the principle of respect for human dignity at its core and taking many
cross-cutting issues into consideration
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
(RGNUL), is a National Law University located at Patiala, Punjab, India. It was
established in 2006 by the Punjab Government (Punjab Act No. 12 of 2006) as a
university dedicated to the field of Legal Education.
About Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU),
Nagpur
Maharashtra National Law University Nagpur
(MNLU Nagpur) is a National Law University located at Nagpur, Maharashtra,
India. It is the 19th National Law University established in India by The
Maharashtra National Law University Act 2014, passed by Maharashtra Legislature
under the Maharashtra Act No VI of 2014.
Human Rights
& Persons with Disabilities
The great German Philosopher Immanuel Kant
has quoted that human beings are rational beings, therefore worthy of dignity
and respect. Every individual has the basic right to live a dignified life and
to exercise his freedoms and choices. The same phrase is equally applicable to
persons with disabilities. But despite of this fact, persons with disabilities
are subjected to discrimination. The one major factor of such discrimination is
stigmatized societal attitude.
A mechanism of social integration of
persons with disabilities has been made by following different international
conventions and documents. Now world has joined to consider disability
jurisprudence as an inseparable part of the international law. Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Rights of Disabled
Persons and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are few important
documents justifying the aforementioned proposition.
In a recent report of WHO, an estimated 10%
of the world’s population –approximately 650 million people, of which 200
million are children, experiences some form of disability. The number of people
with disabilities is growing as a result of different factors including
population growth, ageing and medical advances that preserve and prolong life.
Across the world, people with disabilities
have poorer health outcomes, lower education achievements, less economic
participation and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities.
This is partly because people with disabilities are facing barriers in
accessing services that many of us have long taken for granted. These services
mainly include health, education, employment, transport and information. These
difficulties are exacerbated in less advantaged communities.
To achieve the long-lasting, vastly better
development prospects that also lie at the heart of the 2015 Millennium
Development Goals and beyond, we must empower people living with disabilities
and remove the barriers which prevent them participating in their communities;
getting a quality education, finding decent work, and having their voices
heard.
People with disabilities report seeking
more health care then people with without disabilities and have greater unmet
needs. For example a recent survey of people with serious mental illness showed
that between 35% and 50% of people in developed countries and between 76% and
85% in developing countries received no treatment in the year prior to study.
Health promotion and prevention activities seldom target people with
disabilities. For example women with disabilities receives less screening for
breast and cervical cancer than women without disabilities. People with
intellectual disabilities are less likely to have their weight checked.
Adolescents and adults with disabilities are more likely to be excluded from
sex education programs. These factors from world report on disability by World
Health Organization clearly indicates that there is need to work at the ground
level so that persons with disabilities can enjoy their human rights without
any difference from others.
The present seminar is aiming at
highlighting different issues underlining disability jurisprudence from human
rights perspective. We welcome different stakeholders including persons with
disabilities, disability law activists, academicians, researchers, lawyers,
medical professionals and bureaucrats. This seminar is a noble
initiation of Law Mantra in association with RGNUL Punjab through its Research
Centre for Advanced Studies in Human Rights, upcoming Centre for Disability
Studies and Health Laws and MNLU, Nagpur. We are considering this seminar as a
platform to initiate a RIGHT discourse, expecting thought provoking,
multidisciplinary, quality research papers.
REGISTRATION FEE FOR
ATTENDING THE SEMINAR
Students
Rs 800/-
Faculties/Professionals/Research
Scholars/Others
Rs 1200/-
IMPORTANT DATE
Registration
25thOctober, 2018
Seminar Date
2nd December, 2018
Who Should Attend?
Students, Research
Scholars/Faculties/Academicians, Disability Rights Activist,Corporate
Delegates, Business entities, Lawyers.
Rules for the Participants:
·Participants
have to register after the acceptance of abstract with payment of required
fees.
·For
participation, registration is mandatory on confirmation of the participation.
Only registered participants will be allowed to take part in Conference.
·All
the registered participants will be provided a participation certificate,
conference kit, lunch and tea.
Timing: 09:00 A.M to 05:00 P.M
The registration fee includes conference
kit, lunch, High Tea, entry to all Technical session, and Certificates.
Registration:Submit can copy of
registration form to editor.lawmantra@gmail.com with
Subject line ‘Human Rights &Persons with Disabilities”.
Coordination & Organizing Committee:
·Prof.
(Dr.) Naresh Kumar Vats, Professor, HoD & Chairman-CPGLS, Maharashtra
National Law University, Nagpur.
·Dr.
Shilpa Jain, Assistant Professor of Law, RGNUL Punjab.
·Mr.
Sachin Sharma, Assistant Professor of Law, RGNUL Punjab.
·Mr.
Kishor Kumar Mishra, President, Law Mantra.
Contact:
For any queries, feel free to drop email to editor.lawmantra@gmail.com Human
Rights & Persons with Disabilities or call on +91-
9310053923, +91-9667822453.
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