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From: cambodianamericans <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Subject: [CambodianAmerican] Public Forum with UN Special Rapporteur in
Cambodia, Washington, DC, April 16
To: [email protected]
UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia
Surya Subedi
Academic Discussion
April 16, 2012, 6 p.m.
Room 308
University of the District of Columbia
David A. Clark School of Law
Washington, D.C.
Presentation and Program Will Cover
a) Historical Role of UN Special Rapporteur
b) Priorities in Previous Missions and Promotion of Rule of Law
b) Immediate Issues Prior to the Cambodia Visit
c) Cambodia Role as Chair of ASEAN
d) Aspirations to Assist Cambodia in Promotion and Protection of
Human Rights
Surya Subedi has a long-standing interest in human rights and more than 25
years of experience in international law and human rights law in both developed
and developing countries as a law practitioner, an academic, a diplomat, and a
human rights activist. He is a Professor of International Law and
Founding-Director of the Centre for International Governance at the University
of Leeds, UK.
At present, he is the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia. He
also is a member of a high level Human Rights Advisory Group of the UK
Government chaired by the British Foreign Secretary. He is a Barrister in
England and a member of the International Dispute Resolution Group at Tanfield
Chambers in London.
After specialising in international law of human rights for his LLM at the
University of Hull and in international law at Oxford University for his
doctorate, he has taught international law and human rights law at a number of
universities around the globe and published widely in this area. He was at the
forefront of the international campaign to bring about democracy in Nepal
during the autocratic royal rule of the country between 2005 and 2006 and
coordinated international efforts on behalf of all major Nepalese political
parties from London. When he was a student leader and human rights activist, he
went to prison twice – in 1978 and then in 1979 - for fighting for democracy in
Nepal.
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