New Delhi, Sept 1: Young lawyers and members of NGO, Forum for Human Rights and Social Justice, Jammu including, Deepak Sharma, Dewaker Sharma, Advocate J&K High Court and Kaushal Bhasin, social activist attended two days National Legal Convention from August 31 to September 1 here at Haryan Bhawan representing Jammu wherein legal professional, human rights activists and environmentalists from across the country were also present. The theme of the event was Access to "Justice & Environment, Role of NGOs and Human Rights". Justice (Retd) Adarsh Kumar Goel, Chairperson of National Green Tribunal and Dr Anirudh Rajpoot, member United Nation's International Law Commission and former Chairperson of the drafting committee of the International Commission presided the proceedings of the event. The NGT Chairperson expressed concern about rising graph of pollution. Advocate Deepak Sharma, representative of NGO Forum for Human Rights and Social Justice, Jammu during his address to the gathering elucidated in details about the issue of human rights viz a viz use of information gathering under Right to Information Act to further use it for petitioning to access justice in Human Rights violation cases. |