Commonwealth law meet to discuss impact of globalisation on rights
February 4th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 4 (IANS) The impact of globalisation on socio-economic rights, human rights and rule of law are among the wide-ranging issues to be discussed during the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference beginning here Saturday. Chief justices, judges, eminent lawyers and other legal experts from 53 countries of the Commonwealth will be participating in the five-day conference, which will be formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday.
Former attorney general and chairman of the organising committee Soli Sorabjee told a news conference Friday that over 800 delegates will attend the conference with the theme ‘Emerging Economies and the Rule of Law: Challenges and Opportunities’.
The conference, with over 60 substantive sessions, will consist of four broad streams - constitutional and human rights law, corporation and commercial law, judicial independence and protection of human rights lawyers and contemporary legal topics.
Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia will deliver the thematic address. The keynote speakers include Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, a leading barrister from Britain, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy from the Supreme Court of India and Sir Sidney Kentridge QC, a doyen of the English and South African bars.
President of Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association Mohamed Husain said the conference deliberations would be useful and stimulating in dealing with various issues encountered in the Commonwealth.
Sorabji said the conference returns to India after a gap of four decades. New Delhi had hosted the event in 1971.
“The participants will get to know each other, share their experiences, discuss issues of common concern and will try to evolve something out of it,” he said.
Sorabji also said the conference would discuss common problems like heavy fee of lawyers and expediting the judicial process.
The conference, however, will not pass any resolution and its recommendations will not be binding.
To a query about the blasphemy laws in Pakistan, Sorabji said there will be no discussion on any particular issue pertaining to a country.
However, the issue may come up under the debate on laws leading to regression of human rights and their misuse.
- Pakistan's Chief Justice meets Indian counterpart - Feb 05, 2011
- Experts call for statutory remedies to NRIs' problems - Nov 10, 2011
- Court verdict delay violates constitutional mandate: Jurists - Apr 08, 2012
- India, US can learn from constitutional experience: Moily - Oct 27, 2010
- PM, Sonia to address lawyers' conference March 27 - Feb 28, 2010
- Balance freedom of press with rights of accused, says apex court - Mar 27, 2012
- Restraint by security forces in Kashmir demanded - Aug 11, 2010
- Court dismisses DLF plea (Lead) - Jan 03, 2012
- Do not encroach upon others' domain, Kapadia cautions judges (Lead) - Nov 26, 2011
- Verdict Tuesday on bail pleas of 2G spectrum case co-accused - Apr 21, 2011
- Judiciary must be responsive to emerging issues: President - Aug 06, 2011
- Delayed justice causes violence: Soli Sorabjee - Jan 13, 2010
- 'The Lincoln Lawyer' - the perfect Catch-22 (IANS Movie Review) - Apr 03, 2011
- Guidelines on media would amount to judicial over-reach, SC told - May 04, 2012
- Will ban Endosulfan if found harmful: Supreme Court - May 11, 2011
Tags: chief justice of india, chief justices, commonwealth law conference, conference deliberations, eminent lawyers, former attorney general, herne hill, human rights lawyers, impact of globalisation, judicial independence, kentridge, keynote speakers, lord lester, manmohan singh, organising committee, prime minister manmohan, prime minister manmohan singh, sir sidney, sorabji, supreme court of india