
Training on the rights of acid attack survivors and the implementation of the law
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Day 1: Saturday, 28th April, 2018
Time |
Subject |
Resource persons |
9 - 9:15 |
1. Registration 2. Film by Stop Acid Attack |
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9:15 – 9:30 |
Key Note Address by Chief Guest |
Professor Dr. Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard University. |
9:30 – 10 |
Supreme Court decisions on acid attacks. |
· Prof. Ved Kumari, Dean, Faculty of Law, Delhi University
· Colin Gonsalves, Senior Advocate, Socio-Legal Information Centre |
10 – 10:15 |
Overview of the plight of acid attack survivors and the poor implementation of the law. |
Shaheen Malik, Director, Acid Attacks Survivor’s Initiative, SLIC |
10:15 – 11:15 |
Acid attack survivors’ testimonies.
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· Ms. Mohini Atri · Ms. Sonia · Ms. Mamta · Ms. Sapna Mehal · Ms. Basanti · Ms. Aruna Tripathy |
11:15 – 11: 50 |
Landmark judgements of High Courts |
· Adv Veena Sharma · Adv Shanno Khan · Adv. Ali Jibran |
11:50 – 12:15 |
Presidential Address |
Honourable Justice Mr. Ranjan Gogoi, Judge, Supreme Court of India. |
12:15 –1:15
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Role of NGOs |
· Geetika Hazari, Director, Meer Foundation · Alok Dixit, Founder, Stop Acid Attack · Bhaskar, Helping Human · Anahita Mehra, Remedy |
1:15 – 2:15 |
Lunch |
|
2:15 – 2:30 |
Support and Solidarity for Survivors |
Tiger Pataudi, The Foundation |
2:30 – 3:30 |
Testimonies of Acid Attack Survivors |
· Ms. Miskina Khatoon · Ms. Pratima · Ms. Sonali Mukherjee · Ms. Monisha Pailan · Ms. Jhuma Santra · Ms. Rooper |
3:30 – 4 |
Role of Doctors |
· Dr. Rakesh Kein, Professor and Senior Plastic Surgeon, Safdarjung Hospital. |
4 – 4:30 |
Discussion |
|
4:30 – 4:45 |
Role of Delhi Commission for Women |
Ms. Swati Maliwal, Chairperson, Delhi Commission for Women.* |
4:45 – 5 |
Discussion |
|
5 – 5:15 |
Role of Police |
|
5:15 – 5:30 |
Discussion |
|
5:30 – 6 |
Play By Asmita Theatre Group |
|
6 – 7:30 |
Discussion over Tea and Snacks |
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7:30 |
Dinner |
Day 2: Sunday, 29th April, 2018
Time |
Subject |
Resource person |
9:00 – 10 |
Role of NGOs |
· Laxmi Agarwal, Director, Chaanv Foundation · Pragya Singh, Atijeevan* · Rahul, Acid Survivor Foundation India * · Ms. Swati Chatterjee, Secretary, South Kolkata Sannidhya
|
10 – 11 |
Testimonies of acid attack survivors |
· Ms. Anu · Ms. Reshma Qureshi · Ms. Moina Pramanik · Ms. Angura Bibi · Ms. Sujata · Mr. Janmejay khan |
11 – 11:30 |
Role of National Legal Services Authority. |
Mr. Alok Agarwal, Member Secretary, National Legal Services Authorities.* |
11:30 –12 |
Film By Stop Acid Attack |
|
12 – 12:15 |
Role of Delhi State Legal Services Authorities |
Mr. Sanjeev Jain, Member Secretary, Delhi State Legal Services Authorities. |
12:15 – 1 |
Role of doctors ` |
· Dr. Rajesh Vats, Senior Plastic Surgeon, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi · Dr. Pratistha Trivedi, Clinical Psychologist. |
1 – 1:15 |
Discussion |
|
1:15 -1:30 |
Poem By Survivors |
|
1:30 – 2: 30 |
Lunch |
2:30 – 3 |
Role of journalists and media persons |
· Ms. Pratibha · Journalist*
|
3 – 3:15 |
Role of Academics |
· Prof. Shashi Rani Dev [ Delhi School of Social Work, Delhi University] |
3:15 – 4:15 |
Cases done in the Delhi and Bihar. |
· Adv. Sija Nair Pal · Adv. Shalini Rana · Adv. Sneha Mukherjee · Adv. Sumit |
4:15 – 4:45 |
How to litigate in the Criminal Courts |
· Adv. Shalini Rana · Adv. Shreeji Bhavsar |
4:45 – 5 |
Discussion |
|
5 – 5:30pm |
How to do a PIL |
Colin Gonsalves, Senior Advocate, Founder, SLIC |
5:30- 6pm |
Discussion |
|
6 – 6:45pm |
Interactive Session Plan of Action |
Shaheen |
6:45pm |
Concluding session |
|
7:30pm |
Dinner |
Venue — Jamia Humdard University, New Delhi