Stories can change the law | Arundhati Katju | TEDxFerhadija

How can telling a story overturn one of the longest standing laws in a country? Arundhati Katju shared her experience representing the rights of LGBT people in India and how coming out can help make a county more open towards everybody
Arundhati Katju practices law before the Supreme Court of India. Her criminal litigation practice addresses the intersection of criminal law, gender and sexuality, poverty, and constitutional rights. She has acted as a legal aid lawyer on behalf of the Delhi High Court in nearly 100 appellate cases, represented trafficking and child sexual abuse survivors, and defended LGBTQ rights activists and transgender persons, aside from representing the lead petitioners in Navtej Singh Johar and others v Union of India. Arundhati has taught at the National Law University, Delhi, and worked with India’s National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to draft India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. She has also advised India’s leading public university and acted as a prosecutor for pollution regulators. Her writing has been published in the Times of India, Indian Express, Scroll.in, and constitutionnet.org. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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