Rights in Crisis: The Theatre of Death
In our second conversation for the Rights in Crisis, we will be hosting Prof. Anup Surendranath and Prof. Jon Yorke to discuss the death penalty in India.
Professor Anup Surendranath is the Executive Director of Square Circle Clinic (formerly: Project 39A) at NALSAR, Hyderabad and one of India’s leading voices on constitutional law, criminal justice, and the death penalty. Under his leadership, Square Circle Clinic has produced landmark empirical research on capital punishment, legal aid, and mental health in the criminal justice system. Anup has argued and advised on several death penalty cases before the Supreme Court of India, combining rigorous scholarship with impactful legal advocacy. Prior to NALSAR, Anup taught at National Law University, Delhi.
Prof. Jon Yorke is the Professor of Human Rights and the Director of the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) at Birmingham City University. He is an expert in international human rights law and has advised the United Nations, the European Union, and numerous governments including, Gambia, Myanmar, Spain and the United Kingdom. He has acted in human rights cases in the United States, Sudan, and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and has submitted amicus curiae briefs in death penalty cases.
Date:
22 May 2025, 17:30
Venue:
Law Library, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details:
Board Room, Faculty of Law, St. Cross Road, Oxford OX1 3UL
Speakers:
Prof. Jon Yorke (Birmingham City University),
Prof. Anup Surendranath (NALSAR University of Law Hyderabad)
Organising department:
Somerville College
Organisers:
Oxford Human Rights Hub,
Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Organiser contact email address:
oicsd@some.ox.ac.uk
Hosts:
Neeraj Shetye (Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development),
Aradhana CV (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Rights in Crisis: Conversations on Human Rights in India (OICSD and OxHRH)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://forms.office.com/e/6Gq0fvCSs7
Booking email:
oicsd@some.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editors:
Neeraj Shetye,
Narhitya Nawal
