Gelatt Memorial Dialogue 2017:
China & International Law
Human Rights, Sovereignty, and Maritime Disputes
Monday, November 6, 2017
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall
New York University
40 Washington Square South
New York, New York, 10012
Join the U.S.-Asia Law Institute for its 23rd Annual Timothy A. Gelatt Memorial Dialogue on the Rule of Law in East Asia. This year’s theme - “China and International Law: Human Rights, Sovereignty, and Maritime Disputes” - focuses on China's approach to international law during the Xi Jinping era as seen through the Communist Party's human rights record, Taiwan-Mainland cross-strait legal problems, China's maritime disputes in the East and South China Seas and the erosion of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong. This all-day event will feature speakers from China, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong as well as the United States.
PROGRAM
9:00 a.m. Doors open
9:15–9:30 a.m. Welcome and a brief overview
Jerome Cohen, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
9:30–10:45 a.m. The United Nations, China, and Human Rights
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; UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
Sharon Hom ’80, Director, China and International Human Rights Research Program of the Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, and Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; Executive Director, Human Rights in China
Teng Biao, Former Law Professor and Lawyer in China, Affiliated Scholar, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
10:45–11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Taiwan, Cross-Strait Relations, and Human Rights
Yu-Jie Chen LLM ’08, JSD ’16, Postdoctoral Researcher, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), Affiliated Scholar, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
12:00–1:30 p.m. Break for Lunch
1:45–2:45 p.m. Hong Kong: Is the Sino-British Joint Declaration Still Operable?
Alvin Cheung LLM ’14, JSD (Year 2), Nonpracticing Hong Kong Barrister and Affiliated Scholar, U.S.-Asia Law Institute
2:45–3:45 p.m. Japan, China, and Disputes in the East China Sea
Ambassador Reiichiro Takahashi, Consul General of Japan in New York
Ren Ito LLM ’04, Senior Fellow, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
3:45–4:00 p.m. Coffee break
4:00–6:00 p.m. The South China Sea After the Philippine Arbitration
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
Isaac Kardon, Assistant Professor, US Naval War College; Affiliated Scholar, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law
6:00–6:15 p.m. Closing remarks
Professor Jerome A. Cohen, Faculty Director, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
6:15–6:30 p.m. Signing ceremony
Dean Trevor Morrison, NYU School of Law
Ambassador Reiichiro Takahashi
Professor Jerome A. Cohen, Faculty Director, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
6:30–7:00 p.m. Reception