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Driving Environmental Justice through Corporate Responsibility: A Path Toward Sustainable Development | By Ms Akiko Sato
Introduction to the Constitutional Court of Taiwan’s Death Penalty Judgment
By Clarence Chou, Expert Counsellor Environment, Business, Death Penalty Abolition
Using Law and Policy for Children’s Rights
By Amy Cooper, Research Assistant – ICCRP, PhD Student, Concordia University, Canada
Holly Doel-Mackaway, Expert Counsellor for Children, Indigenous Peoples, and Gender, LAWASIA Human Rights Committee; Macquarie University, Australia
Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, Associate Professor, Concordia University, Canada
The 4th LAWASIA Human Rights Conference –Session 4: Cross-Border Efforts to Eradicate Gender Violence – Online Harassment of Women
By Yayoi Hasegawa: Lawyer in Japan
The 4th LAWASIA Human Rights Conference 2023 – Concurrent Session 3 | Children’s Rights and Global Environmental Issues including Climate Change Summary
By Mami Ishida, Attorney-at-law in Japan
The 4th LAWASIA Human Rights Conference – Session 2: The Role of Defence Lawyers & Bar Associations Towards Abolition of Death Penalty in Asia
By Teppei Ono, Lawyer in Japan
The 4th LAWASIA Human Rights Conference – Plenary Session 2 | Promoting Access to Effective Remedy & Human Rights: The Role & Cooperation of Lawyers Beyond Borders
By Mina Kobayashi: Lawyer admitted in Japan and New York
The 4th LAWASIA Human Rights Conference –Concurrent Session 1 | Remedying Human Rights Violations against Migrants & Refugees & the Role of Lawyers in the Asia-Pacific Region
By Yuko Kirimoto, Lawyer in Japan
The 4th LAWASIA Human Rights Conference – Plenary Session 1: Armed Conflicts & Gross Violation of Human Rights: Bar Associations to Co-work for Victims
By Prof Yasushi Higashizawa: Lawyer in Japan
The 4th LAWASIA Human Rights Conference 2023 – Welcoming Remarks.
By Mr Shanmuga Kanesalingamthe, Co-Chair of the LAWASIA Human Rights Committee
Summary of the 4th LAWASIA Human Rights Conference 2023
By Chong Jen Hui, Senior Associate, Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership
‘Equality before and in the law: an Australian perspective’ – Speech to the Azerbaijani Bar Association Conference | 1 June 2023
By Arthur Moses SC, LAWASIA ExCo Member & Co-Chair of the LAWASIA HR Committee
‘A Human Rights Act for New South Wales?’ – Annual Hon Barry O’Keefe AM QC Memorial Lecture | 8 March 2023
By Arthur Moses SC, LAWASIA ExCo Member & Co-Chair of the LAWASIA HR Committee
Judicial Independence and the Separation of Powers | Fiji Law Society Convention – Jan 2023
By Arthur Moses SC, New Chambers
Summary of LAWASIA Human Rights Conference By Allyna Ng
Children and Young People’s Human Rights in Today’s World – 21 May 2022
By Dr Holly Doel-Mackaway, Expert Counsellor, LAWASIA Human Rights Commitee
How to Save a Bustard – 29 April 2022
By Ria Singh Sawhney, Secretary, LAWASIA Human Rights Committee & Sugandha Yadav, Publications Officer, LAWASIA Human Rights Committee
Colonial-era law that criminalises sexual conduct between consenting adult men remains intact following recent Singapore Court of Appeal decision – 31 March 2022
By Rebecca Preston, Secretary, LAWASIA Human Rights Committee
Hong Kong and the Premature End of the One Country Two Systems Experiment – July 2020
By Mark Daly, Human Rights Lawyer