Events

Building Integrated Networks between Academic, State and Societal Actors

Date: July 6, 2016
Time: 9am - 6pm
Venue: TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity (Map), Lecture Theater (3rd Floor)
Tohoku University, Katahira Campus
Access map: http://www.tfc.tohoku.ac.jp/about_us/contact_and_access.html

Speakers:
Claret Vargas - Lecturer, Stanford Law School／Senior Researcher and Area Coordinator for 　　　　　　
Dejusticia, Member of International Global South NGO, Criminal Justice
Laura Hackney - Executive Director and Co-founder of NGO AnnieCannons　
Mirte Postema- Research Fellow for Criminal Justice, Stanford Law School

Program Theme:
Human rights issues such as migration and human trafficking often evolve at the nexus of political and military conflicts and global economic and societal change. At the same time, regional organizations such as the European Union or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have evolved as credible actors in promoting new standards in human rights protection. In light of this complexity, interdisciplinary dialogue and networks are vital for the promotion of human rights norms across cultural boarders. This program brings together scholars of international law and international relations, as well as legal experts, corporate entrepreneurs and civil society actors to discuss the challenges and prospects of protecting and promoting human rights norms.

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This seminar is part of the Junior Research Program hosted by the Tohoku Forum for Creativity.
This event is co-sponsored by Tohoku University's Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, the Graduate School of Law, and the Research Center for Advanced Studies of Law and Policy.