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HRSP organizes a webinar on Rethinking Rights and Justice For Non-Humans

HRSP organizes a webinar on Rethinking Rights and Justice For Non-Humans

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HRSP organizes Webinar on
Rethinking Rights and Justice For Non-Humans

Date: 10 May, 2022
Time: 10.15 am- 4.30 pm


PROGRAMME DETAILS - 10.5.2022

Introduction to Webinar- Dr. Deepa Kansra, HRSP (10.15 am)
Opening Remarks- Prof. Sharad K Soni, Director, HRSP

Session I: The Limits of Animal Rights: Exploring the Case for Multispecies Justice (10.30-12.30 pm)
Chair: Prof. Anuragdeep, The Indian Law Institute, Delhi

Presentations
-    ‘Examining Cultural Perspectives On Animals and Related Issues- Madhurima KVS, MA/PISM Programme, SIS, JNU
-    ‘Understanding the Existing Legal Framework for Animal Welfare and Rights’- Sravya V, MA/PISM Programme, SIS, JNU
-    ‘Thinking Other-Than-Rights for the Other-Than-Human’- Meghna Chakravorty, MA/PISM Programme, SIS, JNU
Expert Comments and Discussion
 
Session II: Humanist Dimensions of Machines (12.45- 1.45 pm)
Chair: Dr. Sanjivini Raina, Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Law, University of Delhi

Presentations

-    ‘A Case for Rights for Machines’- Ishan Chaturvedi, MA/PISM Programme, SIS, JNU
-    ‘Deconstructing Legal Personhood for Machines’- Shailja Arya, MA/PISM Programme, SIS, JNU

Expert Comments and Discussion

Session III: Representing Nature: Rights, Crimes, and Diplomacy (2.30- 4.30 pm)
Chair: Dr. Nupur Chowdhury, Assistant Professor,
 Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, JNU

Presentations

-    ‘Rights of Nature: Theoretical and Practical Articulations’ - Lenoru Abigail Epao, MA/PISM Programme, SIS.
-    ‘Beyond Legislations: Understanding Rights of Nature in the context of indigenous communities’- Ishita Chakma, MA/IRAS Programme, SIS.
-    ‘Feasibility and Relevance of Criminalizing Ecocide’- Rupal Rupali, MA/PISM Programme, SIS.
-    ‘Contextualizing the Genocide-Ecocide Nexus in International Criminal Law’- Jasroop Singh Walia, MA/PISM Programme, SIS.
-    ‘Green Diplomacy: Representing Nature in Global Politics’- Aditya Ranjan, Research Scholar, CRCAS, SIS, JNU

Expert Comments and Discussion    

To attend, send contact details: hrspsisjnu@gmail.com

Event File
HRSP_webinar_10May2022.pdf

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

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