Event description
The webinar is the 3rd in a series co-sponsored by the Australian National University College of Law (ANU CoL), the American Society of International Law (ASIL), Harvard Law School Human Rights Program, and LAWASIA. The series presents a review of the status of Indigenous rights struggles in the diverse countries of the Asia-Pacific region. This 3rd webinar looks at East Asia, with focus on Japan, China, and Mongolia. All three countries host continuing discourses over group identity, with contrasting issues and experiences involving movements for Indigenous rights. The webinar is intended for audiences unfamiliar with East Asia, and surveys the major features of Indigenous issues in the region. The webinar features a mix of Indigenous and non-Indigenous speakers, who will draw upon their personal experiences to introduce the parameters of Indigenous rights discourses in their respective countries.
Speakers
Jonathan Liljeblad (moderator)
Jonathan Liljeblad is Associate Professor at the Australian National University College of Law. He is Co-Chair of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Interest Group (RIPIG) for the American Society of International Law and Co-Chair of the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Committee for LAWASIA. His research centers on the complexities of promoting international norms in the Global South, with particular attention to human rights, Indigenous rights, and environmental issues. His work is supported by international organisations such as the International Work Group of Indigenous Affairs, Asia Development Bank, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and Danish Institute of Human Rights. He is a member of the Indigenous Pao’Oh peoples of Shan State, Myanmar.
Yuko Osakada (Japan)
Kanako Uzawa (Japan)
Narantuya Ganbat (Mongolia)
Fnu Lajiadou (China)
