Human Rights Impact of China's Investment in Africa: A Roundtable Discussion
Friday, February 2, 2007
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Room 603
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarien law hosted this program that discussed the human rights impact of China's growing investment in Africa through trade, investment, and corporate social responsibility, with expert speakers from each field. To listen to a recording of the discussion please click here. To view a copy of the graphs presented during the discussion please click here.
9:30am – 9:45am Registration and Breakfast
9:45am – 10:00am Welcome and Introduction
Hadar Harris, Executive Director, AU WCL Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Lizzie Rushing, Student Advisory Board, AU WCL Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
10:00am – 12:00pm Roundtable Discussion
Speakers
Ambassador David H. Shinn, Former Ambassador to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia, and Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs
Clifford Shelton, Consultant, The United States Navy: The Naval War College;
Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations;
Dr. Bryan Scott Bachner, Assistant Director of Legal Research and Chief of the Eastern Law Division, The Law Library of Congress at the Library of Congress;
Yong Li, Associate Professor of Business, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China
Moderator
Daniel Bradlow, Professor and Director of the International Legal Studies Program, Washington College of Law
Sponsored by the WCL Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
