"We Tibetans are looking for a legitimate and meaningful autonomy, an arrangement that would enable Tibetans to live within the framework of the People’s Republic of China."

WORKSHOP: The Canada China Free Trade Agreement

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Do human rights matter?

Workshop participants will look at the Canada-China Free Trade Agreement through a human rights lens, with attention to Tibet as a case example. The discussion will consider how increased trade between Canada and China could potentially affect the human rights of Tibetans. Speakers will propose possible responses to those impacts.

A draft discussion paper is provided as background for the workshop at this link.

Thursday, March 22, 2018
09:00 – 13:00
Human Rights Research and Education Centre
University of Ottawa
Room FTX 570
57 rue Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON
RSVP: carole@tibet.ca

Hosted by:
Salvador Herencia-Carrasco: Director Human Rights Clinic, University of Ottawa
Kunchok Dolma, Research Coordinator, Canada Tibet Committee

Speakers:
PENELOPE SIMONS: Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
ALEX NEVE: Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada
GREG WALTON: D.Phil Candidate, Cyber Security Centre, University of Oxford UK; Fellow, SecDev Canada
GARNETT GENUIS MP: Member, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs; Vice Chair, Parliamentary Friends of Tibet

Notes:
This event will take place in English
Refreshments will be served