Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Violations by China

 

Panel Sessions

Videos

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Inaugural panel or session:

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Panel 1:

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Panel 2: 

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Panel 3 :

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Panel 4:

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Special Panel on Panchen Lama:

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Special Panel :

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Geneva Forum 2021 Speakers

Inaugural Panel

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President
Central Tibetan Administration

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Representative,
Tibet Bureau Geneva

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Member of Parliament,
Switzerland

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Vice-President, Senate of the Parliament,
Czech Republic

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Deputy Mayor of 1st District Budapest,Hungary

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Panel 1 : Social and Cultural Rights Violations by China

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Interim Vice President and Director of Outreach
International Campaign for Tibet

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Secretary
Department of Information and International Relations, CTA

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International lawyer, mediator and advisor , and professor of international law and international relations

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President of the World Uyghur Congress and Vice-President of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO)

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Secretary
International Human Rights Center for Mongolians

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Panel 2 : Cultural Genocide in Tibet

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Senior Research Fellow
Tibet Policy Institute

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Representative
Office of Tibet London

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Director
Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research at the University of Aberdeen

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French journalist

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Senior Media Professional
Kashmir Origin

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Panel 3 : Economic Rights Violations by China

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Senior Fellow
China Studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

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Former Special Appointee for Human Rights, Tibet Bureau Geneva

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Italian professional journalist, essayist, translator, and lecturer

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Representative
EU and Western Europe, based in Brussels

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Panel 4 : China’s Footprint Overseas: Impacting Human Rights at the Global Level and the Way Forward

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Former Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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Senior research fellow
Tibet Policy Institute

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Senator, French Parliament

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Director, Sinopsis

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Italian political activist for human rights

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Special Panel on : Tibet’s Stolen Child 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima

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President,
Central Tibetan Administration

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Head of UN, EU, and Human Rights Desk

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Secretary
Department of Information and International Relations, CTA

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Abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, India

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Executive Director, International Campaign for Tibet, Germany

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Special Panel : on Tibet Brief 20/20

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UN Advocacy Officer
The Tibet Bureau, Geneva

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International lawyer, mediator and advisor , and professor of international law and international relations 

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Declaration

Closing Speaker

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President,
Central Tibetan Administration

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French politician and academic

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Mayor of Prague,
Czech Republic, Switzerland

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Schedule

Nov 1, Mon
Inaugural Panel
  • 2 to 3:30 pm
  • (India time)
  • 9:30 to 11:00 am
  • (Geneva time)
  • 3:30 to 5:00 am
  • (New York time)
Nov 1, Mon
Panel 1
  • 4:00 to 5:30 pm
  • (India time)
  • 11:30 to 1:00 pm
  • (Geneva time)
  • 2:30 to 4:00 am
  • (New York time)
Nov 1, Mon
Panel 2
  • 7 to 8:30 pm
  • (India time)
  • 2:30 to 4:00 pm
  • (Geneva time)
  • 8:30 to 10:00 am
  • (New York time)
Nov 1, Mon
Special Panel on Panchen Lama
  • 9:00 to 10 pm
  • (India time)
  • 4:30 to 5:30 pm
  • (Geneva time)
  • 10:30 to 11:30 am
  • (New York time)
Nov 2, Tue
Special Panel on Tibet Brief 20/20
  • 2:00 to 3:00 pm
  • (India time)
  • 9:30 to 10:30 pm
  • (Geneva time)
  • 3:30 to 4:30 am
  • (New York time)
Nov 2, Tues
Panel 3
  • 3:30 to 5:00 pm
  • (India Time)
  • 11:00 to 12:30 pm
  • (Geneva Time)
  • 2:00 to 3:30 am
  • (New York Time)
Nov 2, Tue
Panel 4
  • 6:30 to 8 pm
  • (India Time)
  • 2:00 to 3:30 pm
  • (Geneva Time)
  • 8:00 to 9:30 am
  • (New York Time)

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