CfP: International Conference (9th Virtual) on Human Rights & Gender Justice by KLA [Dec 4]: Submit by Oct 25

The Kerala Law Academy (KLA), established in 1966 is a Centre of excellence for legal studies, research, and law reforms. KLA’s acclaimed peer-reviewed/refereed research journal“Academy Law Review” is published continuously since 1977.

About the Conference

The Kerala Law Academy Law College (KLA), established in 1966 is a Centre for legal studies, legal research and law reforms. Its acclaimed peer-reviewed Research Journal has been published continuously since 1977. The College, affiliated with the University of Kerala, offers Undergraduate programs in BA LL.B. and B. Com LL.B five-year integrated courses, LLB Unitary three-year course and Post-Graduate courses of LL.M (Administrative Law), LL.M (International Law) and MBL (Master of Business Law). Its sister concern, CALSAR offers a Research Program in Law (PhD).

Kerala Law Academy Law College in association with the Center for Advanced Legal Studies and Research (CALSAR) is organizing a One Day International Conference on Human Rights and Gender Justice, virtually on December 4^th, 2021 from the Kerala Law Academy Campus, Peroorkada, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

The Conference is conducted through online platforms ZOOM and GOOGLE MEET. All the participants should have good access to the internet and be able to access the above said online platform.

Resource Persons

Samira Rahat, Assistant Professor, Department of Law and Justice, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT)

Marina Muniz Pinto de Carvalho Matos, Lawyer: The Federal University of Bahia, President of Federal University of Bahia’s Human Rights Clinic, Brazil.

Malu Stanchi, Political Articulator for Human Rights Observatory- Crisis and Covid-19 (Observatório de Direitos Humanos – Crise e Covid-19) and Researcher for Institute for Applied Economic Research (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada – IPEA)

These imminent personalities are a few of our Chief Guests for this International Conference.

Call for Papers

The Organizing Committee is calling for Research Articles from Law Students, Academicians, Lawyers, Social Workers, Policy Makers, and Officials from various Departments- Representatives from Institutions and Professionals; NGO, Social Activists, Social Science Researchers and Faculty and Research Scholars. The Research Articles received would be published in Proceedings with ISBN.

Aim of the Conference

While women represent fifty per cent of the world’s population, they perform nearly two-thirds of the working hours, yet they receive only one-tenth of the world’s income and less than one per cent of the world’s property. Thus, there are grave inequalities between nations and there are also serious inequalities within the nations and everywhere women are lacking in position and power and overrepresented amongst the poor. I cannot resist the temptation of mentioning the most striking and relevant verses of a poem at this stage:

“I am the woman who holds up the sky.

The rainbow runs through my eyes.

The sun makes a path to my womb.

My thoughts are in the shape of clouds.

But my words are yet to come.”

Gender relations need to be measured in the context of participation in and sharing of the important decision-making process that results in the above inequalities. Such a measure would help to identify the differing degrees of inequality in terms of age, income levels and geographical location. For governments and concerned citizens seeking to redress these inequalities, indices are a means of determining the issues on which they must concentrate, and provide feedback on the effectiveness of their actions. Clearly then, the accuracy of any measure of gender inequality needs close scrutiny.

Through this Conference, KLA aims to highlight the gap created between genders and how this gap in many ways violates Human Rights, as a result of which there come difficulties in providing Legal Aid. This International National Conference on Human Rights and Gender Justice is organized with an aim to bring together academicians, students, human rights activists and other intellectuals on one platform to discuss the various issues concerning human rights and to discuss the measures to curb such issues.

Theme

Gender Justice

Human Rights of Women and Children
Human Trafficking and Bride Trafficking
Freedom, Justice, Peace, and Human Rights Today
Women in Conflict, Refugee Crisis and Gender Justice
Gender sensitivity of the justice delivery mechanisms
State responsibility to protect gender discrimination
Women’s property and inheritance rights
Gender discrimination in marriage and divorce
Gender-based violence
Role of society in curbing gender injustice
Gender injustice on social media
Women’s representation and participation in politics/justice
Challenges to legal aid for gender protection
Legal services for under-trial prisoners, women/child victims of trafficking and juveniles in the juvenile justice system
Constitutional provisions for gender equality
The legislative framework for gender equality
Judicial approach for gender justice
Status of LGBT in gender equality
Historical development of gender equality from ancient to the digital era
Gender-based budget
Government initiatives for gender equality
Role of NGO’s in gender justice
International perspective for gender justice

Crimes against Women outside the Family

Rape
Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
Outraging the Modesty of a Woman/Sexual Harassment
Stalking
Voyeurism
Grievous Hurt/Acid Attack
Trafficking in women and girls.

The Enforcement Mechanism and Gender Justice

Role of Police
Role of the Prosecutor
Role of Judiciary
Role of Civil Society

Note: These Themes are not exhaustive; Authors are open to working on any topic related to the above-mentioned theme.

Kindly send the abstract on or before 25^th October 2021 by e-mail to: klainternationalseminar09@gmail.com

Submission Guidelines

Kindly confine yourself to the areas identifiable with the title ofConference.
The papers must be in Times New Roman, Font Size: Heading-14, Text-12 in A4 format, single line spacing, in justify not exceeding 2500 words including Title, details of the Author/s and Footnotes.
Authors are encouraged to use The Bluebook (20th ed.) citation format for footnoting and it should be in Times New Roman Font 10 size. Further, speaking footnotes are discouraged.
An Abstract not exceeding 250 words shall be submitted for consideration. The Abstract shall contain the Synopsis of the Paper, Subtitles, Reference materials and Conclusion indicating author’s perspective. The abstract must be mailed to klainternationalseminar09@gmail.com with the subject “Abstract submission” on or before October 25^th, 2021. It must be accompanied by a cover page, stating the following:
Title of the paper; Sub-Theme; Name of Author(s); Name of Institute/Organization; Official Designation; E-mail Address; Postal Address; Contact Number
The Submission should be in word format.
All footnotes must adhere to 20^th edition of Bluebook standards and must be styled using the footnote option in word
Borders, underlines or other design objects must not be included in the paper
References need not be mentioned at the end of a paper and must be included within footnotes
Precedents may be in Italics but not bold
All sub headings must be left aligned, in bold
The Papers shall be screened by a Committee. The Full Papers (2500 words) approved by the Committee shall be accepted for presentation in the Conference. The intimation of selection will be made through E-mail.
The final paper should contain a cover page which includes Name, Designation, Relevant Discipline and Year of Study, Address, E-mail id and Contact number. Authors are to give details in the Full Paper.
Abstracts and papers should be written in English, and the working language of the Conference will be English, and presentations shall be done in English.
Submissions should be made by the author who will attend the Conference.
Co-Authorship is allowed but limited to one Co-Author only.
Only one paper per participant will be permitted. Multiple submissions will lead to disqualification.
No part of the paper should have been published earlier nor should it be under consideration for publication. Any form of Plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.
The Organizers will take earnest effort to publish the best articles selected from among those received, subject to their acceptance by reputed journals as per their criteria.
Publishing Charges if any demand for the journal is to be paid by the author.

Important Dates

Submission of Abstracts: October 25^th, 2021
Communication of Abstract Acceptance: October 28^th, 2021
Submission of Full paper: November 23^rd, 2021
Intimation of Full paper Acceptance: November 25^th, 2021
Date of payment of Registration fee: November 30^th, 2021
International Conference: December 4^th, 2021

Registration Fee

Registration fee of Rs.750/- per participant (An additional fee of Rs.250/- should be paid in case of a maximum of one co-author).

Payment Details

The Participant’s intending to participate must register on or before 30^th November 2021 (November 30, 2021) by submitting the duly filled pro forma provided in the Kerala Law Academy website (link) and making an online payment of Rs.750/-( In the case of co-author Rs.1000/-) as the registration fee, through the online link provided in the Kerala Law Academy website.

Certificate

All the participants will be awarded an E-certificate of presentation.

Contact Details

Faculty Convener

Mrs Renjini Ponnan Sheela (Assistant Professor, Kerala Law Academy): 7994708480

Faculty Co-Conveners

Ajitha Nair L (Associate Professor, Kerala Law Academy): 9496196638
Dr Dakshina Saraswathy (General Secretary MCS and Assistant Professor, Kerala Law Academy): 9744169215,
Mrs Lathika Kumari D (Assistant Professor, Kerala Law Academy): 9495541770
Mr Binu P M (Assistant Professor, Kerala Law Academy): 9746179873

Student Conveners