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MAKING COURTROOM PRACTICES RESPONSIVE TOWARDS VICTIMS OF SEXUAL OFFENCES Organised by: Committee to monitor proper implementation of several guidelines laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court as well as Hon’ble High Court of Delhi for dealing with matters pertaining to Sexual Offences and Child Witnesses Date: 08th and 09th September,2018 Venue: Seminar Hall, 7th Floor, District Courts, Saket, New Delhi Panelists  Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajendra Menon, Chief Justice, High Court of Delhi  Hon’ble Ms. Justice Gita Mittal, Chief Justice, High Court of J&K  Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mukta Gupta, Judge High Court of Delhi & Chairperson of the Committee to deal with the matters pertaining to Sexual Offences & Child Witnesses  Sh.
Talwant Singh, District & Sessions Judge (HQs), Delhi.
Moderator : Mrinal Satish  Dr. Jagadeesh Narayan Reddy  Mrinal Satish Time Session Theme Day 1: Saturday, 08th September 9:30 am- 10:00 am Tea and registration for the programme 10:00 am - 10:30 am Welcome and Opening 10:30 am - 11:45 am Session 1: Prosecuting Rape: a case for engendering legal cultures, systems, practices, and attitudes:  Medico forensic rights and wrongs: bringing together science and victimology  Gender stereotypes and proportionality of sentencing: Judicial attitudes, appreciation of evidence and sentencing.
11:45 am - 12:00 Noon 12:00 Noon – 1:15 pm Tea Break Session 2: Criminal Laws (particularly, Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013)  New offences – gradation in sexual violence, definition of consent - its implications (for onus of proof and appreciation of evidence)  Mrinal Satish  Vrinda Grover Time Session Theme Panelists  Compensation as a component of reparative justice: jurisprudence and legal provisions  Duty to Victim/ Rights of Victim: Victim friendly procedures, medical treatment, police accountability for disobeying the law to the prejudice of victim/any person, witness protection, etc.
 Mrinal Satish  Vrinda Grover 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Lunch Session 3: Heeding voices from the margins -1:  The legal system from the perspective of a survivor of sexual violence  Understanding Sexual and Gender Identities-related stigma, discrimination and violence  Sex workers Moderator : Vidya Reddy  Glimpses taken out from the Video-recordings of the experiences shared by Late Suzette Jordan on this platform.
 Yashwinder Singh  Neonats (Ayeesha) Rai 3:30 pm- 3:45 pm 3:45 pm- 5:00 pm Tea Session 4:  Child sexual offence  Participatory exercise:  What do we know about child sexual abuse  The trial from the perspective of a child  Vidya Reddy Day 2: Sunday, 09th September 9:30 am - 10:00 am 10:00 am - 10:40 am Tea Session 5: 10:40 am - 11:30 am Participatory exercise: identifying gender stereotypes within ourselves Session 6:  Demystifying sexual violence: Prevalence, causes, consequences and the law  Aparna Chandra  Madhu Mehra 11:30 am - 11:45 am 11:45 am- 12:15 pm Tea Session 7: Heeding voices from the margins -2 Perspective of Transgender  Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Session Theme Panelists Time 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Session 8: POCSO:  POCSO and the DHC guidelines  Concerns relating to POCSO (including relating to legal age of consent) Interaction with the participants   Geeta Ramaseshan 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm Lunch Session 9: Moderator: Roma Bhagat 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm 5:00 pm – 5:15 pm Heeding voices from the margins -3:  Acid survivor  Sexuality, violence and women with disability  Hearing impaired  Visually impaired  Anu Mukerjee  Anita Ghai  George Abraham Tea Session 10:  Mental/ psycho-social issues  Dr. Achal Bhagat Closing and Thanks Presided over by Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mukta Gupta, Judge High Court of Delhi & Chairperson of the Committee to deal with the matters pertaining to Sexual Offences & Child Witnesses Vote of Thanks by  Sh.
Girish Kathpalia, District & Sessions Judge (SE), Saket Courts, New Delhi * All presentations will be for 20 minutes.

*The moderator is requested to ensure adequate time for all presentations, followed by at least 20-25 minutes of discussion, comments and questions from the floor.