JUNE 2 & 3, 2022 - The Challenge of China
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Thursday, June 2, 2022

8:30 | Welcome participants in person

9:00 | INTRODUCTION

Facilitator: Scott SIMON | Full Professor, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa

  • Joseph Jaushieh WU | ROC (Taiwan) Minister of Foreign Affairs (via video)
  • Errol MENDES | Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa & President, International Commission of Jurists, Canada
  • Yi-Chun CHOU | Director, Chang Fo-Chuan Centre for the Study of Human Rights and MA Program in Human Rights, Soochow University, Taiwan (via video)

10:00 | BREAK

10:15 | SESSION 1 — China Repressed, Taiwan Threatened

Session in French. Chair: André LALIBERTÉ | Full Professor, School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa

  • Stéphane CORCUFF | Université de Lyon — Taiwan's Self-Determination
  • Isabelle HENRION-DOURCY | Full Professor, Department of Anthropology, Université Laval — Human Rights and Cultural Assimilation in Tibet
  • Philippe MARTIN | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Ottawa — The Shrinking of Civil Society under Xi Jinping: The Limits of the Stick and Carrot Approach

12:00 | LUNCH

13:15 | SESSION 2 — Broken Spirits: The Demise of Human Rights in China

Chair: Professor Scott SIMON

  • Lynette ONG | Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto — Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China
  • Darren BYLER | Assistant Professor, International Studies, Simon Fraser University — Critical Human Rights and the Case of Xinjiang
  • Pitman POTTER | Emeritus Professor of Law, University of British Columbia — China's Challenges to International Human Rights Standards

15:00 | HEALTH BREAK

15:30 | SESSION 3 — Student Roundtable: Transnational Repression on Campus

Chair: Neuberger-Jesin Professor John PACKER | Associate Professor of Law, & Director, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa

  • By invitation only.
For the sessions offered in-person

Please note that masks will be required

Date and time
Jun 2, 2022 to Jun 3, 2022
All day
Format and location
ONLINE | ZOOM Webinar
Language
Event in English
Audience
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Friday, June 3, 2022

8:30 | Welcome participants in person

9:00 | INTRODUCTION & KEYNOTE SPEECH

Facilitator: Professor André LALIBERTÉ

  • Keynote Speaker: Margaret LEWIS | Professor of Law, Seton Hall University

10:00 | BREAK

10:15 | SESSION 4 — Speaking Truth to Power about China

Chair: Professor Errol MENDES

  • Margaret McCUAIG-JOHNSON | Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa — A Personal Reflection on Human Rights in China
  • Steven CHASE | Globe and Mail
  • Guy SAINT-JACQUES | Former Canadian Ambassador to China

12:00 | LUNCH

13:15 | SESSION 5 — Painting the Bigger Picture on China and Human Rights

  • André LALIBERTÉ — China's Philosophical Diversity
  • John PACKER — Pluralism and Self-Determination
  • Scott SIMON — Indigenous Rights and China
  • Errol MENDES — Continuing the Journey

15:00 | CONCLUSION

Organizing Committee

  • Scott SIMON | Full Professor, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa
  • André LALIBERTÉ | Full Professor, School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa
  • Errol MENDES | Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa & President, International Commission of Jurists, Canada
  • Neuberger-Jesin Professor John PACKER | Associate Professor of Law, & Director, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa

The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is celebrating its 40th anniversary during the academic year 2021-2022! This event is part of a diverse and rich programme developed to highlight this major milestone. #CREDP40HRREC