The World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery
Legal Conference
Saturday, October 06, 2007
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
UCLA School of Law
Room 1347
The World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery will be held at UCLA from October 4-7, 2007 -- the first global gathering of influential scholars, non-governmental organizations, human rights activists, attorneys, artists, and most importantly, survivors, to honor the bravery and struggle of the aging victims of Japan's World War II Military Sexual Slavery (euphemistically known as the “Comfort Women”).
Building on the momentum of House Resolution 121 demanding the Japanese government to apologize for its war crimes committed against “comfort women," this conference is intended to coalesce around strategies for obtaining the apology and reparations due to the survivors and their families and to raise awareness of present-day violence against women and sexual trafficking around the globe.
8:30 a.m. |
Registration |
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9:00 a.m. |
Welcome by Saul Sarabia, Director of UCLA Law School's Critical Race Studies Program |
9:05 a.m. |
Open Remarks by Paul Hoffman |
9:15 a.m. |
Survivor Testimony |
9:45 a.m. |
Keynote Address: Patricia Viseur-Sellers |
10:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
10:45 a.m. |
Panel 1: The People's Justice- The Legacy of the 2000 Women's Tribunal |
12:00 p.m. |
Lunch Break |
1:30 p.m. |
Panel 2: Halls of Justice? Difficulties Faced in Litigating Cases on Behalf of Victims |
2:45 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
3:00 p.m. |
Facilitated Group Strategy Session: Approaches for Obtaining Legal Reparations for Survivors |
4:15 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
4:30 p.m. |
Panel 3: Contemporary Issues Surrounding Trafficking & Modern Day Sexual Slavery and Gender-Based Sexual Violence During Wartime |
5:45 p.m. |
Closing Remarks by Paul Hoffman |
6:00 p.m. |
Reception and Gala Dinner UCLA Faculty Center |
Legal Conference Panelists, Facilitators & Guest Speakers By Topic
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Patricia Viseur-Sellers (International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, Lead Prosecutor for the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal for the Trial of Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery (“2000 Women’s Tribunal”)
PANEL 1
Facilitator: Rachel Jensen (Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins)
Panelists:
Patricia Viseur-Sellers (see above)
Indai Lourdes Sajor (Co-Convenor of the 2000 Women’s Tribunal; UNDP in Darfur)
Nursyahbani Katjasungkana (Indonesian lawmaker)
Professor Hyun-A Yang (SNU, South Korea)
PANEL 2
Facilitator: Paul Hoffman (Schonbrun, DeSimone, Seplow, Harris & Hoffman)
Panelists:
Agnieszka M. Fryszman (Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll)
Professor Michael J. Bazyler (Whittier Law School)
Professor William Aceves (California Western Law School)
Barry Fisher (Attorney at Law)
FACILITATED STRATEGY SESSION
Facilitator: Professor Charles Henry (UC Berkeley)
Panelists:
Professor Dinah Shelton (George Washington Law School)
Professor Emma Coleman Jordan (Georgetown University Law Center)
Professor Beth Van Schaack (Santa Clara School of Law)
Professor Roy L. Brooks (USD School of Law)
Jennifer Green (Center for Constitutional Rights)
Professor Si-Hyun Cho (KonKuk Univ Law School, S. Korea)
PANEL 3
Facilitator: Patricia Viseur-Sellers (see above)
Panelists:
Professor Kathleen Kim (Loyola Law School)
Charles Song (CAST)
Kenneth Chang (UCLA Medical Center)
Jimmie Briggs (Journalist, Rosalyn Carter Center Fellow)
CLOSING REMARKS
Paul Hoffman
RECEPTION AND GALA DINNER
Keynote: Congressman Mike Honda (15th Dist, Cal.)
Author of H.R. 121, Japanese apology bill.
Cost: $30 - ATTORNEYS / $10 - STUDENTS
For more information please contact
Jonghwa Lee
jmssinfo@jmss.info
www.jmss.info
