On January 11th, in Paris, the Simone de Beauvoir prize for Women’s freedom 2010 was awarded to two Chinese women, GUO Jianmei 郭健梅, a lawyer in Beijing and Prof. AI Xiaoming 艾晓明 from Sun Zhongshan University (Canton). The Simone de
Joakim Enwall
Associate Professor
Chinese Language and Culture
Department of Linguistics and Philology
Uppsala University
July 12, 2009
Introduction
Alexandra Kent
Senior Researcher
NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Thirty years after the end of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, a ‘hybrid’ war crimes tribunal has finally begun. A mixed team of Cambodian and foreign lawyers have just kicked into motion with the trial of ‘Duch’, the first of five suspects to be tried. The others are Khmer Rouge leaders Khieu Samphan, Ieng Thirith, Ieng Sary and Nuon Chea.
Timo Kivimäki,
Senior Researcher
NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Martin Gemzell,
Asia Program Manager
Olof Palme International Center
Cecilia Milwertz
Senior researcher
NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
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Cecilie Figenschou Bakke
Director, China Programme, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo
Mads Holst Jensen
Adviser, Ph.D., The Human Rights & Business Project, The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR)
