Date: 30th July 2019
Venue: Seminar Hall III, India International Centre
40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi, 110003

Despite having equality guarantees under the Constitution and other legislations, many marginalized groups and persons face severe discrimination in India. Several identities are not included within the Constitutional equality guarantee and existing legislations on caste, disability and gender do not address discrimination in the private sector, do not provide civil remedies adequately, nor do they address intersectional discrimination.

Learning from previous efforts to draft anti-discrimination legislations in India, CLPR’s draft Equality Bill 2019 takes a new step in addressing discrimination experienced by people on the basis of caste, gender, religion, transgender and intersex identity, disability and other grounds. It aims to promote equality, prohibit different types of discriminatory conduct, provide adequate civil remedies and set up fora for redressal that are accessible and effective in addressing discrimination.

Through this consultation, we hope to get critical feedback on the text of the Equality Bill, 2019. We hope to receive imputs from lawyers, activists and academics who routinely engage with issues of discrimination in their work and incorporate key insights into the Bill.
 

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CONSULTATION AGENDA

09.00 – 09.30 a.m: Tea & Registration

09.30 – 09.45 a.m: Welcome & Introduction

09.45 – 10.00 a.m: Background to the Equality Bill 2019

10.00 – 11.00 a.m: Definitions & Protected Characteristics

11.00 – 11.20 a.m: Tea

11.20 – 12.30 p.m:  Prohibited Conduct: Discrimination, Harassment, Segregation, Boycott & Victimization, Lynching

12:30 – 01.30 p.m: Specific Areas of Discrimination: Employment, Education, Housing, Health

01.30 – 02.30 p.m: Lunch

02.30 – 03.30 p.m: Remedies, Institutions and Public Sector Duties

03.30 – 04.00 p.m: Way Forward