Hyderabad, 26 Dec 2010: Workshop on land and property rights

You are cordially invited to a "Symposium on Land Rights & Development" Organised by Liberty Institute, New Delhi, in association with Forum for Good Governance, Hyderabad

Venue: Hyderabad Study Circle, Near Indira Park `X’ Roads, Domalguda, Hyd

On December 26, 2010, Sunday, from 10.30 AM to 4.30 PM

Inaugural Session
Launch of International Property Rights Index 2010 by Dr Y Shivaji, Ex MP

Chief Guest: Justice A Lakshmana Rao, Ex Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court

Keynote address by Dr Barun Mitra, Director, Liberty Institute
President : Sri K Ashok Reddy, Senior Advocate, High Court

Resource Persons:
- Dr B Yerram Raju,
- Prof P Narayana Reddy, CBIT,
- N Saida Rao,
- Ambrish Mehta, ARCH, Gujarat,
- P Sivarama Krishna, Shakti
- P Trinadha Rao, Laya

The discussions will cover urban and rural land related issues. There
will also be a demonstration of a system of mapping land, which may
enable the tribal population document and authenticate their private
agricultural land and village common land, under the Forest Rights
Act.

RSVP : Ch. Narendra, Coordinator, Mobile : 98495 69050,
email : expressnarendra@gmail.com

IDL/ Liberty News
Law to Legitimacy: Shifting perception of property

For democracy to endure, majorities cannot be allowed to degenerate into mob rule and suppress dissent. The basic feature of democratic functioning is to protect the right of the minority to engage in the debate. The gay community, just like any other minority, need to move away from their sense of collective right as gays, and not flaunt their sense of victimhood. Framing the issue as one of collective rights invariably leads to pitting one collective against the other, and in such conflict it is not easy to overturn the collective that claims to represent the majority, writes Barun Mitra of the Liberty Institute.

You may read the complete article here.