Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China

The panel will discuss the implications of developments in areas such as climate change, information control, and other human rights issues for U.S. policy.

Witnesses:

• John Kamm, Founder and Chairman, Dui Hua Foundation
• Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
• Donald C. Clarke, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
• Gardner Bovingdon, Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington

Issues such as information control, climate change and environmental protection, and official responses to Uyghur and Tibetan protests present new challenges for the development of the rule of law and human rights in China. The Commission has asked a distinguished group of experts to assess the current state of criminal and civil rights defense, commercial rule of law, environmental enforcement, ethnic affairs, and political imprisonment in China. Witnesses will discuss the implications of developments in these areas for U.S. policy, offering recommendations on how the United States might best engage with the Chinese government through dialogue on human rights and rule of law issues.

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