Executive Director John Kamm will be among the witnesses invited to testify before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) at a hearing entitled, “Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China.” Open to the public and press, the hearing will take place on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm, in Room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, DC.
As stated in the CECC's hearing notice: “The Commission has asked a distinguished group of experts to assess the current state of criminal and civil rights defense, commercial rule of law, environmental enforcement, ethnic affairs, and political imprisonment in China. Witnesses will discuss the implications of developments in these areas for U.S. policy, offering recommendations on how the United States might best engage with the Chinese government through dialogue on human rights and rule of law issues.”
In addition to Kamm, witnesses will include Gardner Bovingdon of Indiana University, Donald C. Clarke of George Washington University Law School, and Elizabeth C. Economy of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s mandate is to monitor human rights, including worker rights and the development of the rule of law in China, as well as maintain a database of information on Chinese prisoners. The Commission was formally established in 2000 as part of the legislation to grant China Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) when China entered the World Trade Organization.
As stated in the CECC's hearing notice: “The Commission has asked a distinguished group of experts to assess the current state of criminal and civil rights defense, commercial rule of law, environmental enforcement, ethnic affairs, and political imprisonment in China. Witnesses will discuss the implications of developments in these areas for U.S. policy, offering recommendations on how the United States might best engage with the Chinese government through dialogue on human rights and rule of law issues.”
In addition to Kamm, witnesses will include Gardner Bovingdon of Indiana University, Donald C. Clarke of George Washington University Law School, and Elizabeth C. Economy of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s mandate is to monitor human rights, including worker rights and the development of the rule of law in China, as well as maintain a database of information on Chinese prisoners. The Commission was formally established in 2000 as part of the legislation to grant China Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) when China entered the World Trade Organization.
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