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About the Dialogue:
This year's dialogue explores the theme of “East Asia and International Law,” and marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Expert panelists will also assess the roles of international legal institutions in dispute resolution, including issues relating to the East and South China Seas.
Program Schedule
9:00–9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
Jerome A. Cohen, Professor and Faculty Director, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
9:15–11:00 a.m. Panel One: China and the International Human Rights Regime in the Age of Trump
Moderator
Ira Belkin, Adjunct Professor and Executive Director, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
Presenter
Philip Alston, Professor and Co-Director, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU School of Law
Commentators
Sharon Hom, Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law, and Executive Director, Human Rights in China
Yu-Jie Chen, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), and Affiliated Scholar, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
11:00–11:15 a.m. Coffee Break
11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Panel Two: Settling Inter-Governmental Disputes in East Asia
Moderator
José Alvarez, Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law, NYU School of Law
Presenter
Judge Hisashi Owada, International Court of Justice (Retired), and Japan’s Former Ambassador to the United Nations
Commentator
Benedict Kingsbury, Vice Dean and Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
12:45–2:15 p.m. Luncheon Break
2:15–4:00 p.m. Panel Three: In What Circumstances Are Tribunals Successfully Employed for Dispute Resolution in Maritime Cases?
Moderator
Jerome A. Cohen
Presenter
Paul Reichler, FoleyHoag, International Lawyer Former Counsel to the Philippines
Case Presenters
Peter Dutton, Professor and Director, China Maritime Studies Institute, US Naval War College;
Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
Jonathan Odom, Commander, US Navy; Lecturer, Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Henry Bensurto Jr., Philippine Consul General, San Francisco
4:00-4:15 p.m. Coffee Break
4:15-6:00 p.m. Panel Four: Resolving the Senkaku/Diaoyu Dilemma: Is there a role for international tribunals?
Moderator
Peter Dutton
Presenters
Xinjun Zhang, Professor, Tsinghua University Law School, Beijing
Yann-Huei Song, Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; Adjunct Professor, Soochow University Law School, Taipei
Seokwoo Lee, Professor, Inha University Law School, Republic of Korea
Kentaro Nishimoto, Professor, Tohoku University Law School, Japan
6:00-6:45 p.m. Reception
Participants:
Philip Alston, John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law and Faculty Director and Co-Chair, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU School of Law; Former UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
Jose Alvarez, Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law, NYU School of Law
Ira Belkin, NYU Law Adjunct Professor; Executive Director, U.S.-Asia Law Institute
Henry Bensurto - Philippine Consul General, San Francisco
Yu-Jie Chen LLM ’08, JSD ’16, Postdoctoral Researcher, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), Affiliated Scholar, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
Jerome Cohen, Professor of Law, New York University
Peter Dutton, Professor of Strategic Studies and Director, China Maritime Studies Institute, US Naval War College; Adjunct Professor of Law and Affiliated Scholar, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
Sharon Hom, Adjunct Professor, NYU Law School and Executive Director, Human Rights in China
Ren Ito LLM ’04, Senior Fellow, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
Benedict Kingsbury, Vice Dean and Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law; Director, Institute for International Law and Justice; Faculty Director, Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies
Seokwoo Lee - Professor, Inha University Law School, Republic of Korea
Kentaro Nishimoto, Professor of Law, Tohoku University
Commander Jonathan Odom, Lecturer in Law, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law
Judge Hisashi Owada, Former President of the International Court of Justice
Yann-huei Song, Research Fellow in the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, the Republic of China; Adjunct Professor at Soochow University School of Law, Taipei.
Paul S. Reichler, Chair, International Litigation and Arbitration Department, FoleyHoag
Xinjun Zhang, Professor, Tsinghua University Law School
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