Gender Studies Group presents "Sexuality and the Law" Seminar at Lecture Hall, Department of Political Science, Delhi University > 9am-6pm on on 18th April 2015

Time : 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Add to Calendar 18-04-2015 09:00:00 18-04-2015 18:00:00 68 Gender Studies Group presents "Sexuality and the Law" Seminar Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/04/gender-studies-group-presents-sexuality.html Lecture Hall, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Lecture Hall, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi 
Landmark : Opposite Daulat Ram College
Venue Info : Daulat Ram College Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Vishwavidyalaya(Yellow Line)' 

Event Description : Gender Studies Group presents "Sexuality and the Law" Seminar. 

In this student-run seminar, the third in the past few years organised by Gender Studies Group, Delhi University, a loose collective of Delhi University students interested in gender, we will examine various activities around the sexual that come under the purview of criminal law and much that does not. Students will present cases and theoretical papers on subjects ranging from obscenity, pornography, rape, ‘indecent representation’, ‘eve-teasing,’ to domestic violence and sexual harassment, from the rights of sexual minorities to sex work.

Students will present papers on individual cases on these subjects and a panel of experts will respond to each paper and moderate a general discussion at the end.

These students will be from Delhi University (members of GSG, from different Colleges and Departments), Indian Law Institute (ILI) and O. P. Jindal University (JGLS).

The expert panel is Mr. Amit Bindal, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), O.P. Jindal University, Haryana; Ms. Latika Vashist, Assistant Professor, Indian Law Institute, (ILI), Delhi and Dr. Ashley Tellis, Independent researcher and activist, Delhi.

The seminar will divided into four sessions with three short papers each. Each student gets 20 minutes to present followed by a 10 minute comment by an expert.

 Schedule : 

9:00 – 9:30: Introductory Remarks (Latika Vashist)
9:30 – 11:30: Panel I: Rape
9:30 – 10:00: Esha (ILI) on 16th December rape case
10:00 – 10:30: Vedika (JGLS) on Verma Committee Report/ Ordinance 2013
10:30 – 11:00: Aishwarya (JGLS) on Marital Rape exception
11:00 – 11:30: Kanika (JGLS) on ‘Outraging Modesty of Women’
11:30 – 12:00: Tea break
12:00 – 1:30: Panel II: Sexual Harassment
12:00 – 12:30: Sabarish (JGLS) on Sexual Harassment in IPC
12:30 – 1:00: Niharika (JGLS) on BDSM
1:00 – 1:30: Gurbir (GSG/Law Faculty, DU) on Rupan Deol Bajaj
1:30 – 2: 00 Lunch
2: 00 – 3:30: Panel III: Obscenity
2:00 – 2:30: Ayushi (JGLS) on Indecent Representation of Women Act
2:30 – 3:00: Vasu (ILI) on Aveek Sarkar and Bandit Queen cases
3:00 – 3:30: Arunima (GSG/Ramjas College, DU) on Delhi Metro Kissing case
3:30 – 4:00: Tea
4:00 – 5:30: Panel IV: Sexual Orientation
4:00- 4:30: Joanna and Radhika (JGLS) on Naz
4:30 – 5:00: Shambhavi (GSG/LSR,DU) on Koushal
5:00 – 5:30: Karthik  (JGIA) on NALSA
5:30 – 6:00: Closing Remarks (Amit Bindal)

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Gender Studies Group presents "Sexuality and the Law" Seminar at Lecture Hall, Department of Political Science, Delhi University > 9am-6pm on on 18th April 2015 Gender Studies Group presents "Sexuality and the Law" Seminar at Lecture Hall, Department of Political Science, Delhi University > 9am-6pm on on 18th April 2015 Reviewed by DelhiEvents on Saturday, April 18, 2015 Rating: 5

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