Human Rights Activist to Speak
October 2000
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2000
Submissions to the National Commission for the Review of the Working of the Constitution.
2000 | india-seminar.com
THE National Commission for the Review of the Working of the Constitution was created by the present NDA government amidst protest by the opposition and a sizable section of lawpersons, fearing that it was set up to effectuate the political agenda of the NDA on issues, among others, relating to the presidential form of government, (in)eligibility of persons of foreign origin for holding public office, secularism and so on. Justice M.N. Venkatchalliah, former Chief Justice of India, and the commission’s chairperson, put paid to some of these fears by publicly stating that the commission will not seek to tamper with the basic structure of the Constitution which includes, but is not limited to, secularism, parliamentary form of government, separation of powers and so on.
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2000
Human rights activist to speak Friday
30 October 2000
UI News Service, University of Iowa, USA,
Iowa City Press Citizen
The Iowa City Foreign Relations Committee, along with the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights and International Programs at UI, will present. “A Regional Human Rights Regime for Asia” featuring speaker Ravi Nair.
The event will take place at noon Friday in Rockwood Fellowship Hall at the Congressional Church, 30 N. Clinton St.
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2000
Nair speaks on human rights
20 October 2000
UI News, The University of Iowa
Ravi Nair, a consultant to the United Nations and visiting faculty member from Yale University, will be the keynote speaker on “Universally and Human Rights: The Asian Perspective” from 9 to 9.30 a.m., Nov.1, in the Richie Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union as part of International Day 2000. Nair also will conduct a human rights curriculum workshop for Iowa teachers from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m.
International Day 2000 offers teachers and students from middle and high schools an opportunity to discuss various aspects of human rights. Students and teachers are expected to carry what they learn to their classrooms and communities.
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2000
Human rights activist to speak
14 October 2000
UI News Services, The University of Iowa, USA
Going to jail is part of the job for human rights activist Ravi Nair.
Nair will speak to the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council on the topic, “A Regional Human Rights Regime for Asia,” at noon Nov. 3 in the Rockwood Fellowship Hall of the Congregational Church, 30 N. Clinton St. The presentation is open to the public.
Nair is visiting UI as an Ida Cordelia Beam distinguished visiting lecturer. He is executive director of the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Center. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Geneva-based International Service for Human Rights and is a member of the International Editorial Board of Human Rights Tribune in Ottawa.
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2000
Death Penalty May be Abolished
18 October 2000
The Times of India
NEW DELHI: The South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC) has suggested to the Constitution Review Commission that it should recommend abolishing death penalty. However, till it is abolished, the SAHRDC has asked for strict and explicit standards which comply with the emergent international consensus towards minimisation of the death penalty. The commission had approached the SAHRDC for suggestions on the death penalty.
According to the submission made to the commission, despite the international trend towards abolishing death penalty-114 countries have done away with it- India has done nothing in this regard. Ironically, India has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) but has not followed it by abolishing the death penalty.
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