Legal Initiative to Combat Maternal Mortalities in India

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

Human Rights Law Network (India) & Centre for Reproductive Rights (USA) are

inviting lawyers, medical practitioners and social activists to take part in its

3 day residential training programme to 'Upscale the Legal Initiative to Combat

Maternal Mortalities in India'. The programme will take place in Udaipur,

Rajasthan on 25-27th July 2009 (flyer available at http://www.hrln.org).

Objectives

The aim of the programme is to equip and empower the participant to challenge

the human rights violation of maternal mortality by filing public interest

litigation cases challenging the high levels of maternal mortalities in India,

by ensuring the following:

a. Practical skills on how to draft, research and file a public interest

litigation petition challenging maternal mortality at the state level and for

individual cases

b. A site visit to a public health facility will be conducted to provide the

ground reality of maternal health provisions for women in India

c. To analyse the current advancements which public interest litigation is

making in accessing justice for cases of maternal mortalities and morbidity,

both at state level and for the individual victim and her family

d. To develop strategies for using national and international human rights

mechanisms and bodies, as well as courts, for securing remedies for violations

of women's reproductive rights at state and national level.

Please contact the undersigned, if you require further details regarding

registration. We would be grateful if you could circulate this invite to your

network.

Best wishes, Jameen

Jameen Kaur

Human Rights Law Network

Reproductive Rights Unit

576, Masjid Road, Jangpura

New Delhi-110 014

Ph: 24378854, 24379855-56

Website: www.hrln.org

e-mail: <hri.delhi@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

We Indians are known as a litigious people and often indulge in breast

beating over the issue of frivolous litigations clogging the judicial

system. Therefore how will a whole network of PILs regarding any issue

help? Are we not adding on to the workload of an already overloaded

system? Wouldn't a single petition at the apex court be better?

I would be glad to file a PIL (not only on this but a whole range of

issues) but am not sure that this is the route to go. I would appreciate

it if HRLN would kindly explain.

Regards,

Lt Col (Dr) Anil Paranjape, MD

Pune