It will be a pleasure to join your work in this blog and to contribute thereto.
Malena Lorenzo Rodríguez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, España.
A Research Group of the International Association of Constitutional Law, dedicated to the study of Social Rights/ Un Groupe de Recherche de l’Association Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel portant sur l’étude des Droits Sociaux
Friday, January 24, 2014
Friday, January 3, 2014
The Workshop of our Group at the IXth World Congress of IACL
The IXth Congress of IACL will take place in Oslo from 16 to 20 June 2014. In its framework, our Group is organizing a workshop. Already more than 60 proposals for papers have been submitted and are in the process of evaluation. All accepted papers will be presented in our blog.
Friday, July 12, 2013
A Workshop of the Group, New Delhi, 26-27 July 2013
Workshop on
“Socio-Economic Rights in India with Comparative
Constitutional Law Perspectives”
Date: 26-27 July 2013
Venue: The Imperial Hotel
Janpath, New Delhi - 110001
Organised by
The International Association of
Constitutional Law
in Collaboration with
Jindal Global Law School
O.P. Jindal Global University
RSVP: Lt. Dr. Mamta Sharma, Deputy Registrar, JGU, Tel.:
91-8930110713, 0130-3057862
Fax: 0130-3057808; Email: msharma@jgu.edu.in
Friday, 26 July 2013
Welcome Speech
Inaugural Address
Keynote Address
Opening Remarks
9:00 am – 9:10 am Professor Dr. C. Raj
Kumar, Vice
Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University
(JGU) and Dean, Jindal Global Law
School (JGLS)
Professor Upendra Baxi, Professor Emeritus, University of
Warwick & Former
Vice Chancellor, University of
Delhi
Professor Stephen P. Marks, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor
of Health and
Human Rights, Harvard School of
Public Health
Professor David Bilchitz,
Dr. Surya Deva, Associate Professor, School of
Law, City University of Hong Kong
9:10 am – 9:30 am
9:30 am – 9:45 am
9:45 am – 10:00 am Professor, Faculty of Law,
University of Johannesburg;
Secretary General, International
Association of Constitutional Law (IACL)
INAUGURAL SESSION
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Moderator: Dr. Shivprasad Swaminathan,
Associate Professor and Executive Director, Centre on
Public Law and Jurisprudence, JGLS
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm:
Lunch
l Professor M.P. Singh, Chairperson, Delhi Judicial
Academy
l Professor R. Sudarshan, Dean, Jindal School of Government
and Public Policy (JSGP), JGU
l Dr. Anup Surendranath, Assistant Professor, National Law
University, Delhi
DEFINING THE CONTENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC
RIGHTS:
THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
[DRAFT PROGRAMME (as on 9 July 2013)]
Moderator: Professor M.P. Singh,
Chairperson, Delhi Judicial Academy
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
11:15 am – 11:45 am:
Tea Break
l Professor George Katrougalos, Professor of Public Law,
Demokritos University, Head of Project on Socio-
Economic Rights, IACL
l Professor David Bilchitz,
l Ms. Clara Elana Reales, Former Judge, Constitutional Court
of Columbia
Professor, Faculty of Law,
University of Johannesburg; Director, South African
Institute for Advanced
Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC)
DEFINING THE CONTENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC
RIGHTS:
DOCTRINES AND THEORIES IN COMPARATIVE
PERSPECTIVE
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
SESSION I
SESSION II
Moderator: Professor R. Sudarshan, Dean,
Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP),
JGU
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm:
Tea Break
l Professor Dr. C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, JGU and Dean,
JGLS
l Swami Agnivesh, Social Activist, Founder, Bonded
Labour Organisation
l Mr. Sanjay Upadhyay, Advocate, Supreme Court of India;
Managing Partner, Enviro Legal Defence Firm
OVERCOMING GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES:
CORRUPTION, ENVIRONMENT,
AND BALANCING DEVELOPMENT WITH COMMUNITY
RIGHTS
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Moderator: Professor David Bilchitz,
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
Keynote Address
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Dinner
l Dr. Surya Deva, Associate Professor, School of
Law, City University of Hong Kong
l Monsanto representative
l Ms. Kathleen A Modrowski, Assistant Dean and Director of
Global Studies, Long Island University
l Mr. Ajay Kumar Pandey, Associate Professor and Executive
Director (Clinical Programmes), JGLS
Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
[TBC]
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND
CIVIL SOCIETY IN REALISING SOCIO-ECONOMIC
RIGHTS
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Saturday, 27 July 2013
THE ROLE OF JUDICIARY, SEPARATION OF
POWERS AND REMEDIES
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Moderator: Ms. Justice Ruma Pal, Former
Judge, Supreme Court of India & Chancellor, Sikkim
University
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
11:00 am – 11:30 am:
Tea Break
l Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Judge, High Court of Delhi
l Ms. Justice Gita Mittal, Judge, High Court of Delhi
l Ms. Clara Elena Reales, Former Judge, Constitutional Court
of Columbia
l Mr. Rehan A. Abeyratne, Assistant Professor and Assistant
Dean (Research and Global Initiatives) and
Executive Director, Centre for
Public Interest Law, JGLS
[DRAFT PROGRAMME (as on 9 July 2013)]
SESSION III
SESSION IV
SESSION V
[DRAFT PROGRAMME (as on 9 July 2013)]
Moderator: Professor Dr. C. Raj Kumar,
Vice Chancellor, JGU and Dean, JGLS
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm:
Lunch
l Mr. R. Venkataramani, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of
India, Member, Law Commission of India
l Dr. Aman Hingorani, Advocate, Supreme Court of India
l Swami Agnivesh, Social Activist, Founder, Bonded
Labour Organisation
l Dr. Surya Deva, Associate Professor, School of
Law, City University of Hong Kong
REALISING SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS THROUGH
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Moderator:
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm:
Tea Break
Dr. Surya Deva, Associate Professor,
School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
l Mr. Keshav Desiraju, Secretary, Health, Government of
India
l Dr. Uday Shankar, Assistant Professor, Rajiv Gandhi
School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of
Technology Kharagpur
l Professor David Bilchitz,
l Ms. Menaka Guruswamy, Advocate, Supreme Court of India
Professor, Faculty of Law,
University of Johannesburg; Director, South African
Institute for Advanced
Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC)
LOOKING AT SPECIFIC RIGHTS: FOOD, WATER,
HEALTH AND HOUSING
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Moderator:
Lead Discussants:
Questions and
Comments
Keynote Speaker
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Dinner
Dr. Arun Thiruvengadam, Assistant
Professor & Editor, Asian Journal of Comparative
Law, Faculty of Law, National University
of Singapore, Singapore
l Professor George Katrougalos, Professor of Public Law,
Demokritos University; Head of Project on Socio-
Economic Rights, IACL
l Mr. Saurabh Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor, National
University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
l Ms Sumeeta Banerji, Assistant Country Director &
Head (Democratic Governance), UNDP
l Dr. Rituparna
Majumdar, Lecturer,
Department of Social Work, Gautam Buddha University
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Dr. Justice Dhananjaya
Y. Chandrachud, Judge, High Court of Bombay
LOOKING AT SPECIFIC RIGHTS – EDUCATION,
CHILD LABOUR,
LIVELIHOOD, AND SOCIAL SECURITY
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
SESSION VI
SESSION VII
SESSION
VIII
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