Disability Studies in India by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789811526169
Publisher: Springer Singapore

CDS NALSAR in Interaction with the Outside World

As already stated, CDS was to assist in the drafting of the new law on disability rights by the government-appointed committee, which had representation from civil society, some ministries and some state governments. It was also to provide the first country report on the Disability Rights Convention to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Before finalization in the spirit of the convention, this report was to be shared with disabled people and their representative organizations; the Central Coordination Committee established by the goverment of India and vetted by the Legal and Treaties Division of the Ministry of External Affairs. CDS was also to propose amendments to the National Trust for Persons with (autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities) Act of 1999. This effort also needed a consultation with the disability sector and civil society as also the Governing Board of the National Trust. The above description was aimed to bring home the highly consultative nature of the procedure and a large number of stakeholders whose opinion had to be obtained before the particular legal artefact could be created. Also, in all pieces of work CDS was in an advisory position but the public domain entry of the work would be in the name of another. When the contract was accepted by CDS, this distinction between producing work in your own name and creating work in advisory capacity was not entirely understood. Consequently, the disputes and dilemmas which could emanate from the distinction were also not anticipated. Since this piece is not about the substantive content of these differences, in what follows I reflect on what we learnt at CDS by doing the law reform exercises and the country report. The question needs to be asked because its answer does not only impact upon the identity and ideology of CDS, but also speaks to the relationships that a technocratic organization like CDS needs to forge with state and civil society.

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