Raja Bagga
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Raja Bagga
Assistant Professor
B.A. Economics Honors, Hansraj College, Delhi University;
LL.B , Faculty of Law, Delhi University;
MSc Criminal Justice Policy – London School of Economics and Political Science
Raja Bagga is a lawyer by education and has completed their LL.B from Faculty of Law, Delhi University after a bachelor’s degree in Economics. Subsequently, they received an MSc. in Criminal Justice Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science as a Chevening Scholar. They worked for more than eight years at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) in India and London on access to justice issues. Their areas of work include prison reforms, police accountability, and access to legal aid for persons in custody. They have conducted national and Commonwealth-wide research on various human rights issues and worked with state institutions, human rights commissions and legal aid bodies. Their work has been presented before the Parliament and the Supreme Court of India. Their areas of interest include constitutional law, criminal justice institutions, restorative justice and decarceration.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
- Bagga, Raja, 2021. Raising the Bar : Improving Quality of Legal Aid through Continuing Legal Education, Clinical and Continuing Legal Education in India, Thomson Reuters.
- Bagga, Raja and Bhat, Pavani, 2018. Legal Aid: The First Line of Defense at Police Stations, National Human Rights Commission’s Annual Journal
- Bagga, Raja and Dhanuka, Madhurima, 2018. Prison Reforms and Democracy, Periferias.
- Bagga, Raja and Dhanuka, Madhurima, 2016. Is E-Application the e-asy way to go about Legal Aid in India, The People’s Beacon.
- Bagga, Raja and Mahajan, Bhavana, 2013. Changing Societal Notions of Punishment, Reframing Punishment.
- Bagga, Raja and Mahajan, Bhavana, 2013 (eds). Reframing Punishment.
REPORTS
- Bagga, Raja and Larvin, Pooja 2020. Eradicating Modern Slavery: An Assessment Of Commonwealth Government Progress On Achieving SDG Target 8.7,London: Walk Free Foundation and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.
- Bagga, Raja and Abbas, Sabika 2019. Legal Aid for Prisoners in Rajasthan. Delhi: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.
- Bagga, Raja 2018. Hope Behind Bars: CHRI’s National Study on Legal Aid for Prisoners, Delhi: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.
- Bagga, Raja 2016. Legal Aid for Prisoners in Rajasthan. Delhi: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.
- Bagga, Raja and Daruwala, Maja 2014. The Missing Guards: A study of Rajasthan’s Court Production System, Delhi: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.
- Incarceration
- Police Accountability
- Legal Aid Reform
Criminal Justice and Rights of Persons in Custody Clinic