Webinar Alert: Children's Rights in the time of COVID-19 by Child Rights Clinic, JGLS

About Jindal Global Law School

JGLS imparts a rigorous and multi-disciplinary legal education with a view of producing world-class legal professionals, scholars, leaders and public servants. JGLS empowers its students with knowledge, skills, and vision to meet the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing world. The School's expert faculty comes from across the globe and engages in critical scholarship that contributes to public debates both in India and abroad.

About Child Rights Clinic

The Child Rights Clinic (CRC) is part of the Clinical Programmes at Jindal Global University. The Clinic focuses on addressing legal issues faced by children in India. At present, CRC comprises of a team of 6 Faculty Coordinators, 30 Student Members & 11 Student Volunteers.

India has the largest child population in the world, with children below the age of 18 years accounting for nearly 40 per cent of India’s population. In the context of commitments under its Constitution and under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), India is duty bound to take measures to address violation of child rights and provide holistic support to child victims and children in conflict with law.

The Child Rights Clinic, Jindal Global Law School is proud to announce the last webinar in its lecture series on "Children’s Rights in the Indian context" on the topic of "Children's Rights in the time of COVID-19" scheduled to be held on November 8, 2021 (Monday) from 05:15 PM to 06:30 PM.

The Panelist

1. Ms. Nimisha Shrivastava, Executive Director, Counsel to Secure Justice

2. Mr. Anurag Kundu, Chairperson, Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights

3. Ms. Satarupa Majumder, Chairperson, Swapnopuron

The webinar structure will be in the form of a lecture by all panelists, followed by a question and answer round.

The session will be moderated by Professor Abhinav Mehrotra, Lecturer, JGLS and Faculty Coordinator, Child Rights Clinic.

Please find below the link for registration: - https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ioEYnZl4SNKXM7d1yfXqGg

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