China’s Lawyers : Building Effective Rule of Law

General Introduction: The Role of Lawyers in Today’s China, with invited attorneys Pu ZHIQIANG, Si WEIJIANG, Chi SUSHENG, and Fu MINRONG
Lawyers’ Statute and Lawyers in Action, Stéphanie BALME
 

Panel I:  Advocating People’s Rights in Court (3 pm – 4 pm)
Chaired by Antoine GARAPON, General Secretary of the Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice, IHEJ

– Media Exposed Trials, Lawyers and China’s Public Opinion, Si WEIJIANG, Shanghai DeBund law firm

– Public Interest Lawyers, Reforming the System of Reeducation through Labor, Pu ZHIQIANG, Beijing Huayi law firm

– New collective Actions and Grassroots Class Suit, Chi SUSHENG, Qiqihaer Susheng law firm

 
Panel II: China’s Engaged Lawyers with Media and Social Networks (4 pm – 5pm)
Chaired by: François BOUGON, Le Monde, Asia Desk, former AFP China Correspondent

– Defending Private Rights: Recent Online Libel Cases in China, Fu MINRONG, Shaghai Xin Wenhui law firm

– Lawyers and Journalists in China: a Privileged Alliance? Wu WEI, Internews China/ICCD Senior Media Adviser

– Cyberspace as a laboratory for alternative model of society in China, Filip NOUBEL, Internews China/ICCD Country Director

 
Panel III: General Debate and Conclusion (5 pm – 6pm) with translation