Subject: Launch of Disability and Law, a book of compilations of judgments
enunciating the rights of persons with disabilities in India at Oxford
Bookstore,Churchgate Mumbai - 22nd July 2005

Disability Rights Initiative invites to join us in the launch of Disability and
Law, a compilation of judgments enunciating and expanding the rights of persons
with disabilities in India has been missed and demanded for a long time.

The Chief Guest for this event, Ms. Priya Dutt would launch the book
officially and this would be followed by a short documentary by Mr. Abhishek Ray
"Katha - Stories from the Desert", a film on the rehabilitation of disabled
persons after the Gujarat earthquake 2002.

Disability and Law brings together progressive judgments from various Indian
courts and forums relating to the rights of persons with disabilities on issues
like employment, education, access, housing and social security, apart from
those laying down some vital general principles of disability rights. Some fresh
grounds have been covered by including judgments originating from statutes and
branches of law, which are not directly related to persons with disabilities,
but have provisions that impact their rights in matters such as marriage/
divorce, adoption/ guardianship, property and criminology.

The book would be useful not just to disability lawyers and judges, but also for
disabled individuals and their families, activists and organizations working
with them, academicians, researchers and students working on disability law or
just anyone fascinated by this branch of jurisprudence.

Authors:
Shruti Pandey Human Rights Lawyer and National Director, HRLN
Priyanka Chirimar Human Rights Lawyer and Assistant Law Officer, HRLN
Deepika D'Souza Human Rights Activist and Senior National Director,
HRLN

Venue:Oxford Bookstore,Apeejay House,3 Dinsha Vachha Road, Churchgate
Mumbai - 20
Date: Friday 22nd July 2005 5.30 pm onwards

Please Contact: Deepa / Jubeida Tel: 91 22 23436692/ 23439651 Fax: 91 22
23433698

Yours truly,

Nilesh Singit
For Disability Rights Initiative