Publications

Prepared by The Human Rights Lawyering Clinic at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, this report covers the human rights and environmental implications of the proposed Sijimali bauxite mine in Rayagada and Kalahandi…

“Loss of life is tragic, period. However, one cannot help but notice the selective mourning, which seems to stem from sociopolitical apathy towards the refugees. The tragic agony in the death of the refugees is…

On 1 May 2023, the Supreme Court of India issued an order seeking to recall its own decision in Ritu Chhabaria vs Union of India upon the insistence of the Solicitor-General of India, Tushar Mehta….

“Voices from across the queer spectrum are uniting to demand a legal provision for marriage…for the ‘bouquet of rights’ one can access through marriage: adoption, inheritance, maternity leave, taxes, joint bank accounts, insurance coverage, pensions,…

The Mental Health Care Act, 2017 is a recent legislation, repealing the earlier law on the topic, that is, the Mental Health Act, 1987. The 2017 Act is a legislation introduced to upgrade the legal…

Gender morality is explored in “The Hindu Widow” by Ananya Hassan Satish as well as rights of sex workers by Himani Chauhan Areas of family law are explored through succession laws, Muslim personal law reforms…

The article authored by Aparna Chandra, Mrinal Satish, Shreya Shree and Mini Saxena, is a result of a collaborative exercise between Center for Reproductive Rights, National Law University, Delhi and NLSIU. The report documents legal barriers faced by women in accessing safe abortion services, and the harm caused to women due to such barriers. Based on its findings, the report suggests measures for rights-oriented law reform.

The casebook brings together judgements and orders by the Indian Supreme Court and High Courts across twelve reproductive justice issues. In India, courts have been at the forefront of recognizing and securing reproductive justice for women.

Ratna Kapur’s book, Gender, Alterity and Human Rights: Freedom in a Fishbowl, is a much-needed, well-timed, radical critique of the current human rights praxis. While Kapur does acknowledge the value of liberal rights, she argues that they “cannot give us what we do want – that is, freedom”. It makes an impassioned case for looking both beyond and away from human rights as a means to achieving human freedom.

This article by Sarasu Thomas looks at the different hats worn by human rights lawyers and the roles they play in addressing various facets of human rights lawyering, and places responsibility for human rights lawyering on all facets of the legal profession- universities, the Bar and the Bench.

Rashmi Venkatesan’s article analyses the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights from an Indian labour rights perspective, looking at the garment supply chain in particular. It argues that it can do little to induce states and businesses to bring substantive improvements to working conditions in a largely informal economy like India.