The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program with Human Rights Watch presents "Atrocities Against Uyghurs: Law and Politics," a conference convening experts, scholars, journalists, and activists at the forefront of the human rights crisis in the Xinjiang region of China.
Opening Remarks
Jessica Neuwirth is the Rita E. Hauser Director of the Human Rights Program at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, Hunter College. She is one of the founders of Equality Now (1992), Donor Direct Action (2011) and the ERA Coalition (2013). She is the author of Equal Means Equal: Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment is Now. She has worked for Amnesty International, the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. She has also worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Keynote Speech
Nury Turkel is an attorney, author, foreign policy expert, and rights advocate with nearly two decades of experience working in the intersection of law, business, government, and the human rights community. As a lawyer, he specializes in global anti-corruption investigation and enforcement, corporate governance, and human rights due diligence. He serves as Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom after being appointed as a commissioner by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in May 2022. He is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, where he works on U.S. foreign policy and national security issues focusing primarily on China. He is also a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Turkel was named one of the TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World. He recently published his memoir, No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs.
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, September 12, 2022.
