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'Tibet and International Law: Occupation, Self Determination, and the Importance of Language'

 with 

Professor Michael van Walt van Praag 

Senior Fellow, Sompong Sucharitkul Center for Advancing International Legal Studies, and Executive President of Kreddha 

and 

 Professor Susan Akram 

Clinical Professor of the Human Rights Law Clinic at Boston University 

Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM (Irish Standard Time) 

Date: 23rd April 2021

Via Zoom

 
 Biography

Professor Susan Akram is a graduate of the University of Michigan (BA), Georgetown University School of Law (JD), Oxford University (MA), and the Institut International des Droits del'Homme (Diplome). She directs BU Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, in which she supervises students engaged in international advocacy in domestic, international, regional, and UN fora. Her research and publications focus on immigration, asylum, refugee, forced migration and human and civil rights issues, with an interest in the Middle East, the Arab, and Muslim world.

Biography

Professor Michael van Walt van Praag is an international lawyer, a mediator in intrastate peace processes, and Professor of international law and international relations. He was knighted in 2020 by H. M. the King and the Government of the Netherlands, for his “exceptional service to society with a global impact”. His recent publication Tibet Brief 20/20 (Outskirts Press, 2020) analyses the legal status of Tibet.