March 15, Tuesday, 1:30 PM -- Room 15: Warisha Farashat & Tarique Mohd.

[campus law centre legal aid society]

NOTE CHANGE IN ROOM No. -- These talks will be held in Room 15!

 

CLC LEGAL AID SOCIETY INVITES YOU TO  An Afternoon with Legal Aid Activists

Warisha Farashat on COMMUNAL VIOLENCE: Case Studies in Gujarat, 2002 and Delhi, 1984
Warisha Farashat is with the Centre for Equity Studies (CES), an autonomous institution engaged in research and advocacy on issues of social justice, headed by Harsh Mander. Warisha will discuss studies conducted by CES enquiring into the natures and causes of communal violence, and strategies to seek justice for violence affected communities. Formerly Henkin Stoffel Fellow at Columbia Law School, Warisha has worked on issues of impunity, truth, justice & accountability with the International Centre for Transitional Justice.

TARIQUE MOHD. on BEGGARY AND DESTITUTION Social and Legal Perspectives
	Our legal and administrative structures dealing with beggary effectively punish a poor person for poor.  The focus of the police has been completely on the arrest of ‘so called’ beggars, while systems in place for training and rehabilitation have either disappeared or become non-functional. Tarique Mohammed will discuss the Bombay Prevention of Beggary Act, 1959 and its impact on urban migrants.  Tarique is with Koshish, a field action project of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and is currently working on issues of homelessness and destitution in Delhi.

TUESDAY, March 15th, 1:30 Room No. 15  Campus Law Center The event is free and open to all.

Internship opportunities will be offered to law students