IMPT CLARIFICATION (Re: March 15, Tuesday, 1:30 PM -- Room 15: Warisha Farashat & Tarique Mohd.)

[campus law centre legal aid society]

Hi all,

 

We have been getting some queries from students about the talks tomorrow--this email is meant to clarify them.

 

A lot of you are asking us whether the talks tomorrow are related to Harsh Mander's group, Aman Biradari, and whether these projects were recommended by him for legal internships.  The short answer is YES, most definitely!

 

The long answer is this:  Aman Biradari runs a program for youth called Aman Yuva.  You can check it out here:  http://www.amanbiradari.org/amanyuva.html

 

Aman Yuva has FOUR projects where volunteers can join. Our speakers for tomorrow, Warisha and Tarique, lead TWO of these projects.  We are hoping to get a speaker who leads the third project next week.  Please note that even though Warisha and Tarique are closely associated with Aman Biradari projects, their formal affiliations are with different institutions-- Centre for Equity Studies, and the Tata Institute for Social Sciences, respectively.  Hence, the confusion.

Warisha Farashat is associated with Nyayagrah, which is described on the website thus:

 

Nyayagrah: A campaign for legal justice and reconciliation for the survivors of communal riots and violence:
In Gujarat, Delhi, Nellie, Hashimpura, and Bhagalpur

• Stay with survivors, assessing the challenges that remain for them to rebuild their lives and social relations

• Establish and/or support local units for legal justice and reconciliation

• Internships for legal justice, research, documentation and peace building work

• Long-term work with the local units for legal justice or reconciliation

Tarique's project with beggars and destitutes is described on the website like this:

Legal Justice for Destitute People and Urban Homeless Children
In Delhi

• Regular voluntary legal support to destitute people in beggars courts

• Regular voluntary legal support to homeless children in juvenile justice courts

• Internships to law graduates for destitute people in beggars courts and homeless children in juvenile justice courts

 

Hope this clarifies your questions. Hoping to see you all at the talks tomorrow, which promise to be very interesting.  DO NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE:  the talks are in Room 15 at 1:30 pm and not the Seminar Hall.

 

-Shalini

for student coordinators

Legal Aid Society

 

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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