Centre for Human Rights Studies, Jindal Global Law School

11/12/2020

Panel Discussion on Professor Jinee Lokaneeta's The Truth Machines: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India will stream live at 5 PM on LiveLaw's YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/Z-zc1XlUP9U.
Apart from YouTube, question can be asked here as well.

11/12/2020

On behalf of the Centre for Human Rights Studies, Jindal Global Law School and Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, in collaboration with LiveLaw, we are pleased to invite you to a Panel Discussion on Professor Jinee Lokaneeta's The Truth Machines: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India. The distinguished panel comprises Hon'ble Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar, Senior Advocate Rebecca John, and Professor Veena Das, John Hopkins University. Professor Niraja Gopal Jayal, CSLG, JNU will chair the discussion.

The talk will stream live at 5 PM on LiveLaw's YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/Z-zc1XlUP9U

26/11/2020

CHRS invites everyone to the second book panel this semester as part of the CHRS Conversation Series on 27th November (Friday) from 2-4 PM. We will be hosting Professor Maroona Murmu for a book panel on her recent publication Words of Her Own: Women Authors in Nineteenth-Century Bengal. Professor Murmu will be in conversation with Professor Nandini Dhar (JSLH), Professor Jhuma Sen (JGLS), and Professor Uma Chakravarti, feminist historian, and filmmaker. The panel will be chaired and moderated by historian Professor Tanika Sarkar, JNU.

Date: 27th November | 2PM to 4PM

Watch LIVE on:

Facebook Live on the Official Page of CHRS:
https://www.facebook.com/chrs.jgls/

The recording will be available on the YouTube Page of CHRS as well: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVhx6R16LwfoS7_GFuiMh8w as soon as the panel concludes.

26/11/2020

For those who missed it, the CHRS Book Panel on Dust of the Caravan now uploaded on YouTube. Watch and share!

Dust of the Caravan is a selection of writings by Anis Kidwai sketching the personal and political journey of a Muslim woman through the first eight decades ...

07/09/2019

The Centre for Human Rights Studies, O. P. Jindal Global University, organised a Sensitisation Programme on Human Rights which included the Justice J. S. Verma Fourth Memorial Lecture delivered by Mr. Colin Gonsalves, founder of Human Rights Law Network. Gracing the event was Shubhra Verma, daughter of Late Justice J.S. Verma. In addition to this, a workshop on ‘Human Rights and Governance’ by eminent human rights experts and practitioners from Amnesty International (India) and a workshop on ‘Prisoners’ Rights’ by Mr. Ajay Verma, IBJ Senior Fellow and India Country Manager, kept the audience engaged.

24/06/2019

On celebrating 10 years of excellence in institution training, is proud to announce our collaboration with CommonWealth Human Rights Initiative(CHRI). This collaboration will facilitate an academic connect between CHRI and the Centre for Human Rights Studies.
CHRS aims to fill a crucial gap in applied law by bringing into public focus and discussions the need for protecting and promoting human rights. The MoU with will enable an intellectual connection between and our students for research assistance, seminars, conferences among other things so that we can work together to further the interests of

03/12/2018

The Centre for Human Rights Studies (CHRS), in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Knowledge Systems, organised a Consultation on ‘Potential Transitional Justice Framework for Manipur’ held on 1 December, 2018.
The keynote address at the consultation was delivered by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shishak, former Chief Justice, High Court of Chhattisgarh and former Chairperson, Manipur State Human Rights Commission.
The consultation analysed the applicability of a suitable transitional justice model with a strong focus on effective transition from conflict to peace and reconciliation in the state of Manipur. Panelists deliberated on factors which lead to the erosion of accountability in relation to human rights violations perpetrated by the security forces and insurgent groups in the region.
Sessions were split into three parts that emphasised on the broader processes that need to be activated for effective transition to peace in Manipur. The consultation was informed by several discussants such as Prof. Shiv Visvanathan, Professor and Vice -Dean, JGLS; Mr. Sanjoy Hazarika, Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI); Mr. Babloo Loitongbam, Director, Human Rights Alert, Manipur; Mr. Satnam Bains, Director, Punjab Documentation & Advocacy Project (PDAP).

03/12/2018

The Centre for Human Rights Studies organised a One-Day Training Programme on Human Rights in association with National Human Rights Commission on 27th October, 2018.
The sessions in the training program were conducted by experts like Mr. Chaman Lal, IPS (Retd.), Former DGP and Former Special Rapporteur, National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Y.S.R. Murthy, Professor & Registrar, Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), Prof. Shruti Pandey, Associate Professor, JGLS and Mr. Anubhav Dutt Tiwari, Senior Research Associate, JGLS.
200+ participants participated in the training program.

03/12/2018

The Centre for Human Rights Studies organised the Justice J.S. Verma Third Memorial Lecture delivered by Mr. Chaman Lal, IPS Former DGP and Former Special Rapporteur, National Human Rights Commission on 27th October, 2018.
The lecture was presided over by Justice (Retd.) Iqbal Ahmed Ansari, Chairperson, Punjab State Human Rights Commission.