'CAA & NRC Force Democracy To Give Way To Majoritarianism': Law Teachers Across The Globe Express Solidarity With Student Protestors[Read Statement]

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25 Dec 2019 4:40 AM GMT

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CAA & NRC Force Democracy To Give Way To Majoritarianism: Law Teachers Across The Globe Express Solidarity With Student Protestors[Read Statement]

We, the undersigned teachers and researchers of law, strongly condemn the police brutality on the peaceful protest by the students at Jamia Milia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University and other universities. On 15 December 2019 police entered the Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University, and assaulted and detained the students. Students were dragged out of campus, and were...

On 15 December 2019 police entered the Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University, and assaulted and detained the students. Students were dragged out of campus, and were paraded outside with hands raised. We believe that the action of the police is an attempt to suppress dissent and is an attack on the autonomy of the universities. The police action violates, inter alia, the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under the Constitution of India and international law instruments to which India is a state party. We emphasize that academic institutions are an arena of discussion, debate and dissent, and the peremptory and ultimate objective of universities is to speak truth to power. By using force against the students, the government has struck at the heart of the culture of protests.

Through measures like CAA and NRC, democracy is being forced to give way to majoritarianism. We believe that CAA and NRC violate every value the Constitution of India seeks to preserve. Besides, the said policies do not satisfy the touchstone of any civilized community. We also believe that the restoration of constitutional standards necessitates meaningful engagement with the dissenting voices against the CAA and NRC.

We also realize that not speaking up against the police action and CAA amounts to complicity in the subversion of the constitutional values by the government. Attack on the academic institutions and the consistent effort to undermine dissent by the state institutions presents the imperative need to save the Indian democracy, pluralism and social inclusiveness. Therefore, we appeal to everyone to stand in solidarity to resist the ongoing erosion of the rule of law, constitutionalism and religious harmony.

We further reiterate that peaceful protest is a democratic right protected by the fundamental law of the country and India's international law obligations, and the same should be recognised and respected. We stand in solidarity with the protesting students and citizens against CAA and NRC.

In solidarity

S.no	Name (Alphabetical order)	Institutional Affiliation
1.	Abdullah Nasir	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
2.	Adam Sitze	Amherst College
3.	A. Khan	University of Melbourne
4.	Aditya Roy	South Asian University
5.	Amar Bhatia	Osgoode Hall Law, York University
6.	Amita Dhanda	NALSAR
7.	Amrithnath SB	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
8.	Anjali N	Jamia Millia Islamia
9.	Anumeha Mishra	Faculty of Law ,University of Delhi
10.	Anup Surendranath	Assistant Professor of Law, National Law University, Delhi
11.	Anurag Bhaskar	Harvard Law School
12.	Aparna Chandra	National Law University Delhi
13.	Aquib Husain	Jamia Millia Islamia
14.	Arijeet Ghosh	Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
15.	Arnika Tiwari	Indraprastha University
16.	Avnish Singh	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
17.	Ayush Rahi	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
18.	Balakrishnan Rajagopal	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
19.	Bayar Goswami	McGill University
20.	Ben Golder	UNSW
21.	Bushra	South Asian University
22.	Chindhu Joseph	Central University of Kerala
23.	Deepak Kumar	Jawaharlal Nehru University
24.	Dharmesh Kumar	Shaheed Bhagat Singh Law College, Jaipur
25.	Dorothea Grose-Forrester	University of Cambridge, Cambridge
26.	Dwayne Leonardo Fernandes	Jawaharlal Nehru University
27.	Ezekial Jarain	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
28.	Farhana	Jawaharlal Nehru University
29.	Farheen Ahmad	Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University
30.	Fathima Shameem	School of Excellence in Law, The T.N. Dr. Ambedkar Law University Chennai.
31.	Gazala Sharif	University School of Law and Legal Studies
32.	Habib Ur Rehman	Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
33.	Haris Jamil	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
34.	Himangshu Ranjan Nath	National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam
35.	Ikramuddin	Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University
36.	Inzamam	Dr.Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University
37.	Joyanto Chakraborty	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
38.	Julia	La Trobe University
39.	Kailash Jeenger	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
40.	Kathryn Greenman	University of Technology Sydney
41.	Khadija Ghani	University of Cambridge
42.	Khaled Labidi	University of Cambridge
43.	Kulsoom Fatima	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University
44.	Lakashya	Jawaharlal Nehru University
45.	Mahesh Menon	West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
46.	Mahima	National Law University, Jodhpur
47.	Maxime Cuypers	University of Cambridge
48.	Md. Abu Saleh	Daffodil International University, Dhaka
49.	Md. Tabish Eqbal	South Asian University
50.	Mimansha Jaishal	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
51.	Mini Saxena	National Law University Delhi
52.	Mohammad Arshad	University of Allahabad
53.	Mohammad Umar	Jawaharlal Nehru University
54.	Naina Singh	National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
55.	Namrata	National Law University and Judicial Academy Assam
56.	Narender Nagarwal	Faculty of Law ,University of Delhi
57.	Navjeet	VIPS, GGSIP University
58.	Neetika Vishwanath	National Law University, Delhi
59.	Nidhi Singh	South Asian University
60.	Nikita Kumari	Jawaharlal Nehru University
61.	Nirun RN	Central University of Kerala
62.	Nituja Singh	Jamia Millia Islamia
63.	Noorjahan	Jamia Millia Islamia
64.	Ntina Tzouvala	University of Melbourne
65.	Nupur Chowdhury	Jawaharlal Nehru University
66.	Oishik Sircar	Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University
67.	Parthiban B	Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University
68.	Parul	Mody University
69.	Parveen	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
70.	Poornima Singh	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
71.	Prabha Kotiswaran	King's College London
72.	Prabhakar Singh	Associate Professor
73.	Prabhash Ranjan	Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University
74.	Prakhar Bhardwaj	Centre for Trade and Investment Law
75.	Pranav Menon	Jawaharlal Nehru University
76.	Pratiksha Baxi	Jawaharlal Nehru University
77.	Preeti Pratishruti Dash	Project 39-A, National Law University Delhi
78.	Priya Anuragini	Dr Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University
79.	Priyanshu	Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
80.	Pushkar Anand	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
81.	Ravi Prakash Rahul	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
82.	Ravneet Sandhu	Vivekananda
83.	Reuben O'Connell Booth	University of Cambridge
84.	Rishav Sharma	New Law College, BVDU
85.	Ritesh	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
86.	Ritu Kaushik	Jamia Millia Islamia
87.	Rohini Sen	O.P. Jindal Global University, Jindal Global Law School
88.	Rohit De	Yale Law School, Yale University
89.	S. Pandiaraj	Law, Hindustan Institute of Technology
90.	Sadia Rahman	National Chung Hsing University
91.	Saheb Chowdhury	National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam
92.	Sai Ramani Garimella	South Asian University, New Delhi
93.	Saiji JS	Central University of Kerala
94.	Saika Sabir	Melbourne Law School and OP Jindal Global University
95.	Sam Adelman	University of Warwick
96.	Samiuddin	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
97.	Sanjay Raipuria	Government Law College, Alwar
98.	Sarfraz Alam	Jamia Millia lslamia
99.	Shaun McVeigh	University of Melbourne
100.	Shivam	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
101.	Shree Agnihotri	London School of Economics
102.	Shreya Rastogi	National Law University, Delhi
103.	Shreya Shree	National Law University Delhi
104.	Shruti Das	ICFAI University
105.	Shubham Sharma	University of Cambridge
106.	Siddharth Narrain	PhD Candidate, UNSW, Sydney
107.	Sophy KJ	Centre for Women's Development Studies
108.	Soumya Rajsingh	South Asian University
109.	Srinivas Burra	Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University
110.	Stellina Jolly	Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University
111.	Stuti Wahal	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
112.	Sujith K	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
113.	Sujith Xavier	University of Windsor
114.	Sumedha Choudhury	Independent Legal Researcher
115.	Sundhya Pahuja	University of Melbourne
116.	Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen	University of California Irvine
117.	Syed Ali Akhtar	South Asian University
118.	Syed Mujtaba Athar	Jamia Millia Islamia
119.	Tanaya Thakur	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
120.	Tarek	South Asian University
121.	Tarun Khaitan	University of Melbourne
122.	Tauseef Ahmad	Jamia Millia Islamia
123.	Tony Anghie	University of Utah
124.	Upasana Dasgupta	McGill University
125.	Usha Natarajan	American University in Cairo
126.	Varsha Singh	Jawaharlal Nehru University
127.	Vasuki Nesiah	New York University
128.	Vishal	Human Rights Law Network
129.	Vivek Mukherjee	NALSAR University of Law
130.	Yaman Kasturi	Jamia Millia Islamia

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