Bindra's Interpretation of Statutes. Dhanda was involved in the negotiations of the UN Ad Hoc Committee that drafted the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted in December 2006. In 2011, she was a leader of a committee set up by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of the Government of India for drafting a law on the rights of people with disabilities. Dhanda is assisting the Government of Gujarat in formulating a rights sensitive mental health law. Her research expertise has been drawn upon by international and national institutions such as the WHO. She is also activist for patients rights, particularly in attempting to give agency and protections to the mentally ill, as well as to protect women who are divorced on the basis of "mental illness". Dhanda's research has been referred to by premier institutions, both nationally and internationally, such as WHO, UNICEF, NHRC, NCW, NIMH. She is also a contributing writer for Scroll, an online political and cultural news magazine. She has also written several articles for The Hindu as well, a renowned national daily. The other online magazines and National Dailies she has written for include Frontline , Kafila and Indian Express. At present Dr. Dhanda is engaged in research work which includes the field of mental health, child rights, disability and environment. None Books eds. Baxi, Upendra. Dhanda, Amita. Valiant victims and lethal litigation: the Bhopal case. NM Tripathi, 1990. Dhanda, Amita. Engendering Law: Essays in Honor of Latika Sarkar. Eastern Book Company, 1999. Dhanda, Amita. Legal order and mental disorder. SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited, 2000. Dhanda, Amita. Decolonising of Legal Knowledge. Taylor and Francis, 2009. Bindra, N S. Dhandha, Amita. Interpretation of the Law of Statutes. LexisNexis, 2017. References External links Profile Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of NALSAR University of Law 20th-century Indian lawyers 20th-century Indian women lawyers 21st-century Indian lawyers 21st-century Indian women lawyers