Conference
"Localizing Global Justice: Rethinking Law and Human Rights in Southeast Asia" (November 4-5, 2011)
Organizers: Kristy Kelly (Columbia) and Duncan McCargo (Columbia/Leeds)
Co-Sponsored by:
- Weatherhead East Asian Institute
- Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Open Society Foundations
- Institute for the Study of Human Rights
- Southeast Asian Student Initiative
- School for International and Public Affairs, Economic and Political Development Concentration
- APEC Study Center
International Affairs Building, Room 918
NOTE: Registration REQUIRED.
Schedule of Events
November 4 |
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8:00 AM – 8:30 AM |
REGISTRATION |
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM |
WELCOME REMARKS : Duncan McCargo and Kristy Kelly |
9:15 AM – 10:30 AM |
KEYNOTE : The Quest for Justice and the Conundrum of Rights: Law, Religion, and History in Lanna |
10:45 AM – 12:45 PM |
PANEL 1: COMPLICATING "JUSTICE" PANEL Justice before and after transition: Legacies of human rights advocacy on transitional justice in post-New Order Indonesia When Torture is a Duty: The Murder of Imam Yapha Kaseng and the Challenge of Accountability in Thailand Keeping it Up and Keeping It Down - Broadcasting Rights at Thai Protests Faceless Wounds, Nameless Peace: Vietnamese Women in Search of Glocal Transformative Justice |
2:15 PM – 4:15 PM |
PANEL 2: COMPLICATING LAW, CONTESTING RIGHTS Trafficking In Law: Rethinking the Relationship Between Globalization of Law and Local Human Rights in Thailand Whatever happened to comrade? Reframing gender, class and retirement rights in Vietnam Rape: A matter of private prosecution? The interface of gender, sexuality, and politics in dealing with rape cases among some ethnic minority groups of northern Vietnam The Rhetorics and Practice of Housing Rights in Thailand: The Dynamics of Neglect – A Case History |
November 5 |
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8:30 AM – 9:00 AM |
REGISTRATION |
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
PANEL 3: GLOBAL-LOCAL (RE)IMAGININGS Localizing Global Justice: Transitional Justice in Indonesia Gendered Intersections of Transitional Justice in Indonesia Contrasting Global and Local Arenas: Justice and Prosecution of Malaysian Political Leaders Gender Justice Advocacy in the Philippines: Strategic Engagement with Human Rights Norms |
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM |
VIDEO DOCUMENTARY AND PRESENTATION: State Violence Under Tribunal in Cambodia and the Perpetuation of Ritualcide |
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM |
PANEL 4: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: THE CASE OF CAMBODIA The Politics of Transitional Justice in Cambodia Global and Local "Truths" about Democratic Kampuchea Narrating the Khmer Rouge Regime: Literary Frames of Local Justice |
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM |
CLOSING CONVERSATION – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? |

