Welcome Address: 
Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research

Panellists: 
Justice (retd) Madan B Lokur, Hon’ble Judge, Supreme Court of India
Prof Awadhendra Sharan, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

Moderator:
Dr Usha Ramanathan, Independent Law Researcher 

Introductory Remarks: 
Prof Philippe Cullet, Centre for Policy Research and SOAS University of London

Vote of Thanks: 
Dr Sujith Koonan, University of Delhi

About the Book:

The right to sanitation has been recognised in India for more than two decades, and progressively integrated into the international human rights law framework since the beginning of the century. Courts in India have derived the right from the constitutional right to life and repeatedly affirmed its existence. However, key issues persist concerning the realisation of the right to sanitation for all, the scope of the right, its links with other rights such as health, gender equality and environment, as well as issues of specific relevance in the Indian context, such as manual scavenging.

Right to Sanitation in India: Critical Perspectives represents the first effort to conceptually engage with the right to sanitation and its multiple dimensions in India, as well as its broader international and comparative setting. It critically analyses the contributions of the law and policy framework to the realisation of the right in India, including the role of the Swachh Bharat Mission, institutional aspects, initiatives to foster community participation, infrastructure dimensions, wastewater treatment and re-use, manual scavenging and rights of sanitation workers, and gender dimensions.

Tea will be served from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. followed by the book launch and panel discussion.

Please RSVP at president.cpr@cprindia.org