The 2013 Padjadjaran International Legal Conference Series, with the theme “Regional Perspective on Law and Rights: “Where Are We Now and Where are We Heading?,” will be held on 22-24 October 2013 in the Faculty of Law, University of Padjadjaran Bandung Indonesia. The conference aims to provide a forum for international scholars and lawyers to exchange ideas about contemporary regional perspectives on law and rights and to discuss how these perspectives would evolve in the future.
For further information, please contact: Susi Dwi Harijanti, Ph.D, Director, PAHAM, Padjadjaran Centre for Human Rights, Sri Soemantri Building, Faculty of Law, University of Padjadjaran, 2nd Floor, Jl. Imam Bonjol No. 21 – Bandung, West Java, Indonesia; ph/fax (622) 22508514; e-mail : padjadjaranconference@fh.unpad.ac.id;http://padjadjaranconference.web.id/; www.facebook.com/PadjadjaranIntlLegalConference 2013; https://twitter.com/PILC_2013.
The 4th International Law Conference on Transnational Organized Crime will be held on 28 - 29 October 2013 in the Faculty of Law Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. The conference will discuss the following: (1) Human Trafficking; (2) People Smuggling; (3) Drug and Firearms Trafficking; (4) Terrorism and Money Laundering, and (5) General Topic.
For more information, please contact: Center for International Law Studies (Lembaga Pengkajian Hukum Internasional), Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia; fax (6221) 787-1617; e-mail: lphi@lphifhui.org, cils_lphi@yahoo.com, cils.conference@gmail.com; www.lphifhui.org.
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and DIGNITY will hold the second conference of Asian Parliamentarians and Human Rights Defenders on 11-13 November 2013. The conference will discuss the reluctance of governments to achieve a substantial change in the nature of policing in their countries to bring these institutions at par with the policing systems of advanced democracies.
For further information, please contact Bijo Francis, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Unit 701A, Westley Square, 48 Hoi Yuen Road, Kwun Tong, KLN, Hong Kong SAR, China; ph (852)26986339; email: ahrc@ahrc.asia; www.humanrights.asia.
The 6th Asia Pacific Mediation Summit (APMF Summit), with the theme “Mediation in a Globalizing World: Challenges to Multi-Culturalism, Peace- Building, and Religious Tolerance,” will be held on 9 -11 December 2013 in Manila. The 2013 summit aims to bring together and engage experienced conflict resolution and mediation practitioners, researchers, educators, trainers, civil society workers/practitioners, human rights activists, business people, and policymakers from different cultural, organizational and professional backgrounds who are prepared to play a leadership role in transforming the way that conflicts are handled in the Asia- Pacific region.
For further information, please contact: Anna Malindog, Chair, 2013 APMF Steering Committee, APMF Executive Board Member, c/o Political Science Department, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila 1004, Philippines; ph: (63-2) 9475521711, ph/fax: (63-2) 524-4611 ext 570; e-mail: apmf2013summit@gmail.com; www.asiapacificmediationforum.org, www.apmf2013.tk.
The 2013 Winter Ewha Global Empowerment Program (EGEP) with the theme “Transnational Feminisms and Women’s Activism” will be held on 12 - 26 January 2014 in Seoul.
For more information, please visit: Asian Center for Women’s Studies, at http://home.ewha.ac.kr/~acws/eng/ or email at egep@ewha.ac.kr.