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Tibet: Lens on Human Rights in China
March 26, 2008
Lobsang Sanjay senior fellow, East Asia Legal Studies, Harvard Law

Lobsang Sanjay explores Tibet's situation in order to illuminate the shortcomings and strengths in international law and politics.

Sanjay, a senior fellow of the East Asian Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School, discusses Tibet. Using Tibet's status as a starting point for examining China's commitment to human rights, Sanjay explores how Tibet's situation illuminates shortcomings as well as strengths in international law and politics.

Cosponsored by Mullane, Michel & McInnes, Counselors at Law.

Culture & Identity | Politics & Public Affairs
Activism | Buddhist | China | Human Rights | international law | national autonomy | Spirituality & Religion | Tibet
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