HSP Seminar (#279) “Symposium on Sanctioning Human Rights Violations: Magnitsky Laws in the World – Lessons Learned” (Mar. 12, 2021)
| Title | Symposium on Sanctioning Human Rights Violations: Magnitsky Laws in the World – Lessons Learned |
| Descriptions | The goal of the symposium is to disseminate and generate public knowledge in Japan of the Magnitsky Laws and their significance within human rights movements. It brings together some of the most noted contributors in human rights discourse to discuss lessons learned in the utilization of the Magnitsky Law in the the US, Canada, and the UK. Cases of countries that are in the process of introducing Magnitsky Laws, including Australia, Switzerland and Japan will be discussed. Session 2 is focused on Japan. |
| Dates | Session 1 : 12 March 2021 (Friday), 18:00–21:00; Session 2 : 13 March 2021 (Saturday), 13:00–14:00 |
| Venue | Zoom (Pre-registration required: https://forms.gle/JYXCV2o5NvPdX9CP6 ) |
| Keynote Speakers | Session 1: Mr. Bill Browder (CEO/Co-Founder Hermitage Capital Management); Prof. Irwin Cotler (Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights); Lady Helena Kennedy (Inter-Parliamentary Alliance) |
| Panelists | Session 1: Simon Henderson (Head of Policy, Save the Children Australia); Fabian Molina (Swiss National Council); Paul Namkoong (University of Tokyo International Law Training and Research Hub) Session 2: |
| Moderators | Session 1: Ai Kihara-Hunt (Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo) Session 2: |
| Languages | Session 1: English; Session 2: Japanese (with online interpretation) |
| Materials | To be distributed at the event. |
| Organizers | Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), the University of Tokyo; Human Rights Watch |
| Co-organizers | Global Studies Initiative, the University of Tokyo; International Law Training and Research Hub, the University of Tokyo |
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