Programme National Consultation on The Communalism Violence Bill 2005

NATIONAL CONSULTATION
ON
The Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005

Conference Room, 1st Floor, India International Centre
New Delhi
June 16, 2007



9:30 am – 11:00 am
Welcome, Introduction to the National Consultation &
Discussion Session One

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE CV BILL?
Seeking National Consensus on a Basic Critique
Open discussion based on circulated document - ‘Summary of Critiques’


Chair: Justice A M Ahmadi

OPEN DISCUSSION and interventions by Justice Hosbeth Suresh, Justice Sardar Ali Khan, Justice Rajinder Sachar, Prof. K.N.Panikkar, Dr. Hamid Ansari, Indira Jaising & others

Presentations/interventions 5-7 minutes each. Discussion: 30 minutes


11:00 – 12:00 noon
Discussion Session Two

FRAMEWORK FOR GENDER JUSTICE IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT


Chair: Uma Chakravarty

OPEN DISCUSSION and interventions by Justice Usha, Rooprekha Verma, Usha Ramanathan, Saumya Uma, Madhu Mehra & others

Presentations/interventions: 5-7 minutes each. Discussion: 30 minutes



12:00 – 1:00 pm
Discussion Session Three

WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED IN A CV BILL?
Perspectives from the Ground
* Hashimpura * Gujarat * Rajasthan


Chair: V.N.Rai

OPEN DISCUSSION and interventions by Vrinda Grover, P.G.J Nampoothiri, Gagan Sethi, Kavita Srivastava, Hanif Lakdawala, Kamal Mitra Chenoy & others

Presentations/interventions: 5-7 minutes each. Discussion: 30 minutes


1:00 – 2:00 pm: LUNCH



2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Concluding Session

PLANNING AHEAD
Alternative frameworks, Political strategy & Endorsement of Public Statement


Chair: Prof. Upendra Baxi

OPEN DISCUSSION and interventions by
Colin Gonsalves, Prashant Bhushan, Harsh Mander, John Dayal, Dr. Ram Puniyani, & others


NATIONAL CONSULTATION ORGANISED BY ANHAD, DELHI
With inputs from
Justice Ahmadi, Farah Naqvi and Gagan Sethi (Centre for Social Justice)
Partial resource support provided by BMMA (a project of Action Aid) and Oxfam India


Please Note: We added the names of people who have already confirmed participation. As more names come in they will be added in various sessions.