The Centre for Justice, Law, and Society (CJLS) and Jindal Global Law Review (JGLR) atJindal Global Law School (JGLS), O.P. Jindal Global University and the Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL) at the Indian Institute for Foreign Trade (established by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India) and WTO Chairs Programme (India Chair) collaborated on an international Symposium among scholars, activists, policymakers and students on the intricate relationship between health law and political economy.

The Symposium aimed to critically examine the intersections of healthcare delivery, legal frameworks, global relations, and socio-economic dynamics, with a vision to reshape narratives and drive tangible change. It sought to spark ongoing dialogue and advocacy, envisioning a future where health is universally recognized as a right and where political and economic systems prioritize the upliftment of marginalized communities. As discussions evolve, the Symposium emphasizes the need to navigate the complexities of global health governance, keeping in mind its profound impact on individual lives and societal structures.

2024

The preliminary consultation was held to create space for engaging with academics, activists, community leaders and key stakeholders who are familiar with the socio-political landscape of the region and are working towards addressing issues of access to justice, particularly from a gendered lens. The purpose of this consultation was to identify broad themes, which we will explore further in the field research. The consultation with academics, activists and civil society actors will help us understand the various issues that women face in Punjab and how the specific cultural, economic, social and political context of Punjab influences how women access justice in Punjab.

2024

This event was a collaborative effort between CJLS and CWR at Jindal Global Law School and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

This workshop engaged with some of the key queer research methodology texts in an intimate setting and envisage what does it mean to do collaborative queer methodological work for scholars work in/from specific places in the global south.

2023

Part 1 of the Symposium was organised by CJLS In collaboration with Sruti Disability Rights Centre, TransCare India, Rising Flame, The Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Center for Reproductive Rights, Transmen Collective and CommonHealth India. Part 1 of the Symposium was composed of two panels:

Panel 1 on Decriminalising Abortion: Towards a Rights-Based Approach with Professor Alicia Yamin (Lecturer on Law and the Senior Fellow on Global Health and Rights, the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, Harvard Law School), Clara Rita Padilla (Founder and Executive Director, EnGendeRights and Spokesperson, Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network (PINSAN)), Agnieszka Król (Sociologist, Researcher, and Activist) and Phylis Mbeke Ndolo (Executive Director, Women spaces Africa) moderated by Andrea Parra (Queer Colombian Attorney, Feminist Legal Activist, Experiential Trainer and Translator).

Panel 2 on Reproductive Justice: A Discourse in Centering Access with Professor Mytheli Sreenivas (Associate Professor, History and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University), Nikita Sonavane (Co-founder, Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project, Legal Researcher and Advocate), Maria Ní Fhlatharta (Real Productive Justice Project, Centre for Disability Law and Policy) and Blas Radi (Researcher, the Argentinian Society of Philosophical Analysis and a Human Rights Activist) moderated by Vqueeram (Independent Researcher).

2022

Over the course of four webinars, we interrogated issues of crime and punishment in India, particularly in relation to caste, gender, and securitisation. CJLS, in collaboration with Criminal Justice And Police Accountability Project & Detention Solidarity, brought together a range of speakers, including those affected by carceral politics, lawyers, scholars, and activists, to help us frame what anti-carceral politics in India can look like.

2021

2021

The webinar was organised by the Centre in collaboration with BehanBox to discuss and deliberate the challenges of the proposed abortion law reforms in 2020. The webinar highlighted the need for a consultative law making process while engaging with the State on gender justice.

The panel featured Nidhi Goyal from Rising Flame, Nikita Sonavane from the CPA Project, Sunita fromHahe ryana ASHA Workers Union, and Vqueeram, from the Centre for Law and Policy Research.

2020

In collaboration with YP Foundation.

2020

This international dialogue, in collaboration with ARC International, aimed to create a space to reflect on and analyse the ways in law, social transformation and the struggle for dignity and justice are linked. It also aimed to document and publish these reflections so that they may be shared and utilized by a broad range of global stakeholders.

2019

In collaboration with Center for Reproductive Rights.

2019

Sexing the Law, Activism and Sexual Justice was conference in collaboration with the University of Connecticut and University of Sussex that urged us to reconsider how a politics of sexual justice can be auto-critical, intersectional, reparative and inclusive. The conference explored the role of legal institutions and the State in regulating, controlling and conforming gender and sexuality.

Dr. Lynette Chua and Satya Rai Nagpaul delivered the opening and closing keynote addresses.

Learn more about the event here.

2019

The Centre hosted a one-day symposium together with the Center for Reproductive Rights on ‘Reproductive Rights in Indian Courts: Celebrating Progress, Identifying Challenges and Discussing the Way Forward‘ at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on February 11th, 2017.

The symposium deliberated on judicial recognition of women’s reproductive rights as a fundamental right. Courts in India are increasingly being approached to seek remedies for violations of women’s reproductive rights in the context of preventable maternal mortality and denial of access to safe and legal abortion and other violations.

You can learn more about the discussions here.

2017

‘Left’ in the Dark was an international conference that created a space for conversations on sex and gender politics in post/ settler colonial spaces in neo-liberal times.

The conference was organised as a continuation of the Jindal Global Law Review‘s special double issue themed ‘Law, Culture and Queer Politics in Neoliberal Times’.

2014