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Human Rights and Political Change in China
Join the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, the Center for Chinese Legal Studies, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, and Scholars at Risk for a discussion of “To Build a Free China” by imprisoned rights lawyer and law professor Xu Zhiyong, and the ways in which legal advocacy is developing as a form of political resistance.
When:
April 5, 2017 12:00pm to 1:15pm
Where
Please join the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, the Center for Chinese Legal Studies, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, and Scholars at Risk for a discussion of “To Build a Free China” by imprisoned rights lawyer and law professor Xu Zhiyong, and the ways in which legal advocacy is developing as a form of political resistance.
Panelists
- Teng Biao, Chinese defense lawyer and human rights activist, Scholars at Risk
- Andrew Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University
- Eva Pils, Reader in Transnational Law, King's College London; Visiting Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Lunch will be provided
For questions regarding the event, please contact Randi Aho at the Human Rights Institute at randi.aho@law.columbia.edu.
Cost:
Free
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