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Shed a tear for Partha Dey, please – Aditi Ganguly

Debjani Dey is dead. As dead as a doornail. Her father too is dead and gone. Only her brother, Partha Dey is “Officially” alive, tucked away in the Pavlov Mental Hospital. The media, after flashing gory details of rotting, maggot infested skulls and dwelling at length on angles of sexual perversion have called it a …

ITM University organizes International Seminar on Surrogacy and Human Rights

Gurgaon, ​December​ ​5​, 2014: ITM University’s Law Schoolorganized an International Seminar on ‘Surrogacy and Human Rights’ against the backdrop of India becoming a popular destination for medical tourism and advancements in technology increasing the demand for gestational surrogacy here.   At the global level, surrogacy is a booming business despite the fact that many countries …

GRI and RAFI collaborate to leverage the power of business to advance respect for human rights

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Reporting and Assurance Frameworks Initiative (RAFI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to underline their mutual commitment to advancing meaningful corporate human rights reporting. Both GRI and RAFI believe that robust human rights reporting is a key means of embedding respect for human rights into business practices, …