ABOUT THE THEME - ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE:
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Quality of
environment determines the quality of life. Clean environment helps in
enriching the quality of life. In the past few decades' awareness of the
damaging effects of environmental pollution on human beings and their quality
of life has increased dramatically. In the hustle-bustle of life, man has
almost forgotten nature and has become more and more modernized with the aid of
latest scientific and technological developments. At its core, environmental
justice is about incorporating environmental issues into the broader
intellectual and institutional framework of human rights and democratic
accountability. The term necessarily encompasses the widest possible definition
of what is considered “environmental” and is unrepentantly anthropocentric in
its orientation placing people, rather than flora and fauna, at the center of a
complex web of social, economic, political, and environmental relationships.
Most important, it concerns itself primarily with the environmental injustices
of these relationships, and the ways and means of rectifying these wrongs
and/or avoiding them in the future.
Environmental
justice is about social transformation directed towards meeting basic human
needs and enhancing our quality of life—economic quality, health care, housing,
human rights, environmental protection, and democracy. In linking environmental
and social justice issues the environmental justice approach seeks to challenge
the abuse of power which results in poor people having to suffer the effects of
environmental damage caused by the greed of others. Keeping in mind the
importance of Environmental Justice in the socioeconomic milieu of the day,
School of Law, The NorthCap University is organizing an International Essay
Writing Competition on the above mentioned broad theme.
SUB THEMES-
·
Environmental
Democracy and Access Rights
·
Sustainable
Development and Disaster Management
·
Legal
and Human Right Perspective on Environmental Justice
·
Environmental
Justice and Basic needs
·
International
Initiatives towards Environment Protection
·
Role
of Supreme Court and Environmental Justice in India
·
National
Green Tribunal and Environment Protection
·
E-
waste Management and Environment
·
Bioterrorism
·
Environmental
Democracy and Social Justice
·
Challenges
to Environmental Democracy
·
Environmental
Justice and Accountability
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: The Competition is open to the students who
are pursuing their 5/ 3 Year LLB Course / LL.M./ M.Phil./ Ph.D./ or any other
Undergraduate or Master courses (other than Law) in any university across the
world.
Co-authorship to
a maximum of two authors is permitted.
Only original
essays will be considered for the competition.
No part of it
should have been published earlier nor should it be under consideration for
publication or a contest elsewhere.
Moreover, any
form of plagiarism will result in disqualification of the essay.
REGISTRATION FEES:
The registration
fee for essay will be Rs. 1000.
Registration fee
is to be paid through Demand draft in favour of “The NorthCapv University”, Gurugram payable at
Gurugram only.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
The essay must
be written in English.
Only one
submission is allowed per author/co-author.
Scanned copy of
Registration form is to be sent along with Demand Draft and should be emailed
to balwindersingh@ncuindia.edu
The registration
form must be signed and sealed by the head of institution/University.
The submission shall consist of an abstract,
essay and bibliography.
An abstract should not be more than 200 words
mentioning title and keywords mustv
be attached. The essay should not be
more than 3000 words (excluding footnotes).
Footnotes must
conform to authoritative standard rules of legal citation and must include a
description of each authority adequate to allow a reasonable reader to identify
and locate the authority in a publication of general circulation. ILI style of
Foot noting is recommended.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION:
The participant
should send two attachments in mail the Essay in MS Word format with subject
“NCUESSAY2017.” The attachment should contain in series the following:
1. Title of the
Essay with name of the author/authors
2. Cover page
containing Designation (Student/Scholar), Name of college/university with
address, Nationality, Correspondence address, e-mail-id and contact number.
3. Abstract and
Body of Essay
4.
Bibliography
EVALUATION CRITERIA:
1. Framework of
Essay
2. Understanding
of Legal Issues
3. Quality of
Analysis
4. Quality of
Research
5. Suggestions
& Recommendations
6. Uniformity in
Footnoting style
7.
Bibliography
PRIZES:
First Prize- Rs
10,000
Second Prize-Rs
7,500
Third
Prize-5,000
Certificate of
merit will also be issued to the winners. Certificate of participation willv be given to every participant of
the Essay writing Competition.
Important Dates:
Last date for the payment of Registration Fees: 20th Oct, 2017
Last Date of Submission on Essay: 25th Oct, 2017
Declaration of Result: 2 nd Nov 2017
CONTACT: Send your hardcopy of the Registration
form and Demand Draft toMr. Balwinder Singh (faculty coordinator) Assistant
Professor School of Law, The NorthCap University HUDA Sector 23-A Gurugram,
122017 Email: balwindersingh@ncuindia.edu Mob-8448570244
STUDENT
COORDINATORS
i.
Ms.
Rashi Shahrawat Student- BBA LL.B, IX Sem School of Law, NCU Mob- 9582022800
ii.
Mr.
Shauryanker Kaushik Student- BBA LL.B, IX Sem School of Law, NCU Mob-9873623969
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