Venue: Tsai Lecture Hall, College of Law,National Taiwan University
host: ; Group for Promotion and Protectionof Human Rights, Executive Yuan Ministry of Justice
organizer: Soochow University (Chang Fo-Chuan Center for Human Rights
Department Of Political Science, Soochow University)
co-organizer: Chiang Education Foundation
host: ; Group for Promotion and Protectionof Human Rights, Executive Yuan Ministry of Justice
organizer: Soochow University (Chang Fo-Chuan Center for Human Rights
Department Of Political Science, Soochow University)
co-organizer: Chiang Education Foundation
Thursday, December 8, 2011
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08:30-09:00
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Registration
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09:00-09:20
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Opening Remark
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Panel I
(Professor,
College of Law, National Chengchi University & Member of
Presidential Consultative Committee on Human Rights)
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09:20-10:20
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(Professor of International Law, Kyoto
University &
Former Chairman, Human Rights Committee, Japan)
Title: The Purpose and Procedure of Human
Rights Committee's Consideration of National reports of Member States
-through my 20-year Experience as a Committee Member
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10:20-10:40
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Coffee break
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Panel II:The Two Human Rights Covenants and the General
Comments
(Research
Fellow and Deputy Director, Institute of European and American Studies,
Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
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10:40-12:00
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Presenters:
Wen-Chen Chang (Associate Professor, College of
Law, National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Yung-Cheng Kao (Lawyer & Convener, Human Rights Covenants Watch, Taiwan) Discussants:
Meng-Chang Yao (Assistant Professor, Graduate
Department of Law, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan)
Edmund Bon (Human rights Lawyer, Malaysia) |
12:00-13:00
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Lunch
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Panel III
Moderator:
Shiow-Duan Hawang
(Chair and
Professor, Department of Political Science & Director, Chang
Fo-Chuan Center for the Study of Human Rights, Soochow University,
Taipei)
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13:00-14:00
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(Honorary Professor of Law, University of
Waikato &
Former Chair, New Zealand Human Rights
Commission, New Zealand)
Title:Progress and Politics in the Achieving of
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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14:00-14:20
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Coffee break
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Panel IV:Education and Training of Government Officials
on the Two Human Rights Covenants
Moderator:
Mei-Nu Yu
(Chairperson
of Taipei Bar Association & Founding President, National
Alliance of Taiwan Women’s Associations, Taiwan)
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14:20-15:40
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Presenters:
Chun-Hung Chen (Associate Professor, Department
of Political Science, Soochow University, Taipei)
Chia-Fan Lin (Associate Professor, Department of Civic Education and Leadership, National Normal University & Director, Taiwan Association for Human Rights) Discussants:
Jefferson Plantilla (Chief Researcher,
Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center (HURIGHTS OSAKA))
Ming-Tang Chen (Vice Minister, Ministry of Justice) |
15:40-16:00
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Coffee break
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Panel V: The
Two Human Rights Covenants and Institutional Arrangements for
Implementation
Moderator:
Cheng-Hung Lin
(Visiting
Professor, Department of Philosophy, Soochow University, Taipei)
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16:00-17:20
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Presenters:
Fu-Te Liao (Associates Research Professor,
Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Chien-Feng Wei (Lawyer & Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Law, Soochow University, Taipei) Discussants:
James Seymour (Adjunct Associate Professor,
Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies & Honorary Senior
Research Fellow, Universities Service Centre for China Studies, Chinese
University of Hong Kong)
Yuan-Hao Liao (Associate Professor, College of Law, National Chengchi University & Member of Presidential Consultative Committee on Human Rights) |
Friday,
December 9, 2011
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08:40-09:10
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Registration
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Panel VI
Moderator:
Nien-Tsu Li
(Partner
Lawyer, Lee And Li Attorneys-At-Law & Member of Presidential
Consultative Committee on Human Rights)
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09:10-10:10
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(Professor of Law, University of Maastricht
& Formal Special Rapporteur on Torture of the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights, Netherlands)
Title:The Implementation of International Human
Rights Law in Domestic Courts: Potentials and Prospects
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10:10-10:30
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Coffee break
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Panel VII: Protection and
Implementation of Human Rights: the NGOs Perspective
Moderator:Chung-Hwa Ku
( Professor, Department of Sociology, National ChenChi University)
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10:30-12:00
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Presenters:
Song-Lih Huang (Professor, Institution of
Public Health and Department of Public Health, National Yang-Ming
University, Taipei & Secretary-General, Taiwan International
Medical Alliance)
Feng-Cheng Lin (Chief-Executive, Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan)
Jau-Hwa Chen (Professor, Department of
Philosophy, Soochow University & Broad of Directors Taiwanese
Feminist Scholars Association)
Yu-Lien Sun (Secretary-General, Taiwan Labor Front) |
12:00-13:10
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Lunch
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Panel VIII
Moderator: Yeong-Chin Su
(Vice President of Judicial Yuan & The
Honorable Justice& Member of Presidential Consultative Committee on
Human Rights)
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13:10-14:10
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Speaker: Allan Rock
(President, University of Ottawa)
Title:The Responsibility to Protect |
14:10-14:30
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Coffee Break
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Panel IX
Moderator:Yiu-Chen Su
(Lawyer
& Director, Chinese Association for Human Rights, Taiwan)
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14:10-15:30
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Speaker:
Kyong-Whan Ahn
(Former
Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission of Korea &
Professor, School of Law, Seoul National University, Korea)
Title:The National Human Rights Commission: A Decade
of Glories and Despairs (2001-2011)
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15:30-15:50
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Coffee Break
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Panel:X Roundtable
Moderator:
Mab Huang
(Joseph K.
Twanmoh Chair Professor, Soochow University, Taipei & Member of
Presidential Consultative Committee on Human Rights)
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15:50-17:20
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Discussants:
ANDO Nisuke (Professor of International Law, Kyoto University &
Former Chairman, Human Rights Committee, Japan)
Margaret Ann Bedggood (Honorary Professor of Law, University of Waikato & Former Chair, New Zealand Human Rights Commission, New Zealand) TheodoorCornelis van Boven (Professor of Law, University of Maastricht & Formal Special Rapporteur on Torture of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Netherlands) Kyong-WhanAhn (Former Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission of Korea & Professor, School of Law, Seoul National University, Korea) |
Closing Remark |