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South Asian Law Students’ Association (SALSA)
Understanding Human Rights Issues in South Asia
The Center in conjunction with SALSA organized an event that discussed human rights issues by South Asian activists. The first session focused on the building human rights crisis in Nepal with Dinesh Tripath, Former Advocate, Supreme Court of Nepal, will discuss the conflict, the need for a new constitution and the role of local activists and the international community in the peace building process. Two weeks later, Sabira Qureshi focused on women’s issues including the debate in Pakistan on the Hudood Ordinances - a highly controversial and discriminatory piece of legislation which gave the women’s movement its impetus and momentum when it was promulgated in the 1980s. Sabira Qureshi , a human rights and women’s rights activist, has been part of the women’s movement in Pakistan for more than two decades and was a member of the Pakistan National Commission on the Status of Women. The series will conclude with a screening of Shame, a documentary chronicling the events after Mukhtaran Mai was ganged raped by a group of Pakistani men and made the decision not to be silent in shame but to press charges against her rapists. The film was followed by a short discussion and a reception. Food was served at each event.
Building Democracy and a New Constitution: The Role of Local Activist and the International Community in the Face of Nepal’s Mounting Human Rights Crisis
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Room 524 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Hudood Ki Hud: A report on Feminist Activism in Pakistan
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Room 524 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Co-sponsored by Women’s Law Association
Film Showing: Shame & Reception
Film followed by a discussion with the Director, Muhammad Naqvi (invited)
Friday, March 23, 2007
Room TBD 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Co-sponsored by the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
