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CSLG is organizing a seminar by Stellina Jolly

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CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF LAW AND GOVERNANCE
Jawaharlal Nehru University

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STELLINA JOLLY 
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University

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Inter-country Child Abduction: An Explorative Analysis of Legal Standards and Judicial Construal's in India

The paper gives an explorative analysis of judicial and legal landscapes of inter-country child abduction by parents in India. The Inter-country child abduction cases typically involve couples in failed matrimonial relationships, where one parent unilaterally takes the child back to his or her native country. The paper through the leading judicial cases dwells into the principles propounded by Indian Judiciary in inter-country child abduction cases. It examines the latest Indian legislative initiative to tackle inter-country child abduction, the draft Civil Aspects of Inter-Country Parental Abduction Bill, 2016. This paper analyses whether the Bill is in conformity with Hague Inter-Country Civil Abduction Convention and a strong mechanism to tackle inter-country child abduction.

3 PM, Friday, 7 April 2017
Conference Room, CSLG, JNU

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Dr. Stellina Jolly is an assistant professor at the South Asian University (SAU), New Delhi. Her teaching interests include international environmental law, conflict of laws and bio-ethics. She has worked with the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Delhi on a research project to develop indicators for "Rule of Law" for states in India. She is part of the Expert Group on National Consultation on Rule of Law project in the National Law University (NLU), Delhi. Her publications include articles in the European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance, UNESCO Journal of Bio-Ethics, International Journal of Public Law and Policy, and the International Journal of Juridical Sciences. She has been part of the editorial board of peer-reviewed journals, including the Indian Journal of Human Rights, the International Journal of Bioethics and the NUJS International Journal of Legal Studies and Research. She has been a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL), and the NLU Delhi.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.