07 Mar 2019|Noida | I 2 Moot Court
International Symposium on “Dialectic Reflections on the Position of Women in the Twenty First Century India: A step towards Right to Equality”
On the occasion of International Women’s day, Amity Law School Noida organized International Symposium on “Dialectic Reflections on the Position of Women in the Twenty First Century India: A step towards Right to Equality” at Amity University, Sector 125 Noida.
The objective of the symposium was to create an awareness amongst people regarding the changing social and political landscape in India, a step that will enable women to successfully take on orthodox elements in their community.
Lamenting over the increase of acid attack crimes against women, Acid Attack Survivor and Consultant, Acid Watch Cell, Delhi Commission for Women Shaheen Malik stressed that despite the order of Supreme Court towards monitoring the sale of acid, it is easily available and sold. She asserted that unless there is a proper restriction on sale of acid at retail shops, there will not be a drop in acid attack crimes. She further talked about the ruling of apex court that has mandated free treatment for acid attack victims but its implementation is very rare. “Several hospitals decline admission to the victim or hey try to just save the life of the person rather than providing an efficient cosmetic surgery, if they come to know that the treatment has to be provided free of cost.” she shared.
Ms. Malik apprised that not many victims are aware about their rights such as receiving free treatment, compensation etc. since their rights are exploited. She remarked that over a period of time, stricter laws and favorable schemes have been introduced but there has been minimal implementation on ground.
Ms. Malik advocated the need to sensitize the judiciary, police and doctors towards dealing with acid attack cases. She added that in many cases, a victim has to be prove at court that they have suffered from acid attack due to lack of proper case filing by Police at initial stages. She also demanded for establishment of well-equipped hospitals in every state to treat acid attack victims.
Shaheen Malik was accompanied by Acid Attack Survivor Gulnaaz Khan who reciprocated the idea of better implementation of laws to decrease acid attack crimes.
Advocate Fazal Abdali, Advocate Activist for Refugee Women Cause shared that the larger population of refugees around the world are women who face lot of problems while seeking asylum. It has been witnessed and noted that the rights of refugee women are often violated and they are tortured, raped and murdered by the agents (who promise to help them) or officers or even, by locals of host countries. He emphasized that lack of awareness about their rights and fear of being refugees, make these women vulnerable towards the heinous crimes meted upon them and hence, they fail to report it.
Advocate Faizal said that since independence, India has been host to millions of asylum seekers from various countries but due to lack of formulated national refugee laws leading to catastrophic incidents. He averred that there is a need to have direct and firm refugee laws to deal with the huge refugee population with uniformity and equality
Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Bandyopadhyay, Chairman, Amity Law Schools shared that this symposium was organized with an aim to raise awareness about Women Rights and their struggle to achieve equality while also highlighting their social presence in the twenty first century in India. Dr. Bandyopadhyay averred that the need to of the hour is bring forth certain changes in our legal frame work to promote Right to Equality since no country can progress unless every citizen is provided with equal human rights.
The Symposium received more than 120 abstracts from across the nation including from various eminent law colleges such as Faculty of Law, Delhi University; Aligarh Muslim University; Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad; Bhartiya Vidyapeeth, Pune; Jamia Millia Islamia and Karnataka State Law University amongst others. After thorough screening, 24 papers were selected for presentation.
During the Valedictory Ceremony, the first prize for ‘Best Paper’ was conferred upon Ms. Rashi Rohiya and Ms. Rashi Srivastava from Amity Law School Gwalior, the second position was bagged by Dr. R S Kaul from Amity Law School Noida and Advocate Parineeta Agal won the third prize.