Civic Party and the Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong will organize a conference on “Implementation of the Right
to vote and be elected — the Theory and the Practice”.
Professor Ramcharan will speak on “The National Responsibility to Protect Human Rights”, Professor Lim will be speaking about Article 25 of the ICCPR and the UN Human Rights Committee’s General Comment on Article 25 and Ms. Margaret Ng will be talking about Constitutional Reform in the light of Article 25.
Below are the details:
Date: 28 March 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Venue: Theatre 6, Meng Wah Complex, University of Hong Kong
Guest Speakers
- Professor Bertrand Ramcharan
Chancellor of the University of Guyana;
Senior Fellow, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies;
Visiting Professor University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law;
Former Deputy (1998-2003) and Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2003-04)
- Professor C.L. Lim
Associate Dean (Academic Affairs) & Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong
- Hon Margaret Ng
Member of Legislative Council
Moderator
- Gladys Li, SC
Chairman of Constitution and Governance Branch, Civic Party
Welcome to join.
Please email to [email protected] to reserve a place.