Regional Webinar: “Bringing Stakeholders Together Against Hate Speech” (7 October 2021)
September 14, 2021
The Organising Committee for East Asia regional consultation invites you to the 3rd webinar of the online series on Racism in East Asia – “Bringing Stakeholders Together Against Hate Speech” on 7 October 2021 at 16h00 – 18h00 (ROK/JPN)/ 15h00 – 17h00 (HK).
The Organising Committee comprises of: International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR); Japan NGO Network for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ERD Net); and the South Korean NGO Coalition for Monitoring the Domestic Implementation of the CERD.
Speakers
- Republic of Korea
– Youngtaek Oh, Investigator, National Human Rights Commission, Discrimination Remedy Bureau
– Chulhyo Kim, Research Fellow, Jeonbuk National University, Social Science Research Institute
- Hong Kong – Phyllis Cheung, Hong Kong Unison
- Japan – Yasuko Morooka, Lawyer
Moderator – Taisuke Komatsu, IMADR
The webinar will be in English. Interpretation in Japanese and Korean will be provided
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