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Colin Gonsalves: Pioneering humanitarian laws
He believes that protection of basic human rights is the catalyst for widespread social reform.
If there was ever anyone who could be called the pioneer in humanitarian law in India, it is Colin Gonsalves.
A practicing lawyer at the Supreme Court of India, and High Courts at New Delhi and Mumbai, Colin’s driving force is that he feels that defending the basic human rights of individuals and communities in Indian law courts can be the catalyst for widespread social reform. To this, he has used his own legal background to good effect-by his path-breaking efforts to systemize public-interest law in India and by building institutional and professional expertise in the field.
The Human Rights Law Network (H.R.L.N.), set up by Colin, is the first nationwide network of lawyers and social activists that offers quick response and pro bono support to those who have little or no access to legal recourse. For the last 15 years, H.R.L.N. has been doing public interest litigation, monitoring human rights violations and campaigning for justice in the area of the rights of disabled people.
Colin has also been instrumental in organising and participating in numerous Indian and international conferences and workshops in the areas of human rights, gender justice, communalism, environment and right to food. And, as if all this were not enough, Colin is also the Founder and Joint Editor of Combat Law (a human rights magazine), and a co-editor of Prisoner’s Rights, Women and the Law, The Environmental Activities Handbook and Freedom of the Press!
65, Masjid Road, Jangpura,
New Delhi-110 014.
Phone: 91-11-243 52563, 243 19857.
E-mail: colin_hrln@yahoo.co.uk
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