A Return to Civilian Rule? The Prospects for Democracy and Rights in Burma After the Election

The conference will explore three aspects of contemporary Burma: Politics and the November 2010 Election, Human Rights and Efforts at Accountability, and Asian Regional Perspectives. Nobel Laureate and Harvard University Professor Amartya Sen will deliver the keynote address, with an introduction from Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.

Location:
SAIS Kenney Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC

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Program

• Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch
• William Wise , Southeast Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University - SAIS

• Win Min, Burmese civil society advocate
• David Steinberg, Georgetown University
• David Williams, Center for Constitutional Democracy
• Min Zin, Burmese journalist in exile

• David Mathieson, Human Rights Watch
• Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign, UK
• Paulo Pinheiro, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar
• Patricia Wald, commissioner of the 2009 Harvard Law School Report, Crimes in Burma

• Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
• Matthew Smith, EarthRights International
• Yun Sun, International Crisis Group

Conference Ends