On 15 March 2022, the Finnish China Law Center at the university of helsinki will organize an online mini seminar titled ‘Chinese Perspectives on Public International Law’. The event is part of the Center’s mini seminar series on topical issues of Chinese law.
Time: 15 March, 10:15 – 11:45 Finnish time
The event is open to all. However, registration is required to receive the Zoom meeting information.
We kindly ask you to register by 13 March by completing the following electronic form:
https://www.lyyti.in/Chinese_Perspectives_on_Public_International_Law_8613
If you have any questions, please contact the Center’s Coordinator via ngoc.pham@helsinki.fi.
About the speakers
Yifeng Chen is an Associate Professor at the Peking University Law School and Assistant Director of the Peking University Institute of International Law. Before joining the faculty of Peking University, Professor Chen was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki from 2010-2013 and continues to serve as a docent in international law at the University of Helsinki. He has been a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge, Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, and others. At the University of Helsinki, Professor Chen worked as senior research fellow on the Academy of Finland research project ‘Implementation of ILO Core Labour Standards in China: Legal Architecture and Cultural Logic’ (2012-2015). He has worked extensively on the history of labour and social laws in Republican China and ILO core labour rights. His fields of interest include international law, international organizations, international and comparative labour law.
Björn Ahl is Professor and Chair of Chinese Legal Culture at the University of Cologne. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law of Helsinki University. His research in Chinese law focuses on constitutional development, in particular on judicial reforms and rights litigation. Chinese practice of public international law, comparative law, legal transfers and legal culture, which are related to Greater China and Chinese legal development are further areas of his research. He is President of the European China Law Studies Association. He received a Ph.D. in Law from Heidelberg University and studied law and Chinese language at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Nanjing.