On Tuesday, Feb. 1, the Asia Policy Program is partnering with the Center for East Asian Studies to host Rana Siu Inboden, adjunct assistant professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and Asia Policy Program faculty affiliate, to discuss her first book, China and the International Human Rights Regime. This talk will be moderated by Sheena Greitens, director of the Asia Policy Program and associate professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, at Robert L. Patton Hall, RLP 1.302B. The Asia Policy Program is a joint effort of the Clements Center for National Security and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law.
Rana Siu Inboden examines China's role in the international human rights regime between 1982 and 2017, and through this lens, explores China's rising position in the world. Focusing on three major case studies — the drafting and adoption of the Convention against Torture and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, the establishment of the UN Human Rights Council and the International Labour Organization's Conference Committee on the Application of Standards — Inboden shows China's subtle yet persistent efforts to constrain the international human rights regime. Based on a range of documentary and archival research, as well as extensive interview data, Inboden provides fresh insights into the motivations and influences driving China's conduct and explores China's rising position as a global power.