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SUMMARY:Disability Rights Advocacy and Legalism in South Korea and Japan
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies and Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD) Talk \nCeleste Arrington\nKorea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs\nDirector\, GW Institute for Korean Studies\nCo-Director\, East Asia National Resource Center \nDisability rights advocates in South Korea and Japan have accessed the courts to address an array of disability rights issues\, from barriers to political participation and forced sterilization in Japan to the inaccessibility of inter-city buses and forced labor on salt farms in South Korea. In her talk\, Professor Celeste Arrington will analyze the emergence of legalism in South Korea and Japan\, through comparisons of recent reforms related to disability discrimination and accessibility. \nThis talk’s focus will be the specific contributions to the trend towards legalism in Japan and Korea by disability “cause” lawyers. This growing cohort of legal advocates have drafted and deliberated new legislation\, lobbied for policy changes\, enhanced the capacity of disabled persons’ organizations\, investigated human rights conditions\, established mechanisms for remedying rights violations\, monitored compliance with the 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities\, and represented persons with disabilities in court. Not only have these efforts helped to advance the rights of persons with disabilities\, they have also made an impact on South Korea’s and Japan’s legal systems more broadly. \nAs chronicled in Professor Arrington’s forthcoming book\, From Manners to Rules: Advocating for Legalism in South Korea and Japan (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)\, in addition to important disability rights gains\, disability rights advocates have made notable contributions to the emergence of more formal rules and participatory policymaking and enforcement\, including through the courts. These markers of emerging legal formalism represent a change since governance in both countries was long known for relying on vague laws\, bureaucratic discretion\, and nonbinding exhortations. While existing studies of legalism and the broader judicialization of politics tend to offer top-down or structural explanations\, Professor Arrington’s forthcoming book traces how activists and lawyers are contributing to the legalistic turn in regulatory style from the bottom up by demanding more detailed and enforceable legal frameworks and using them in court. \nCeleste Arrington is Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. She is the Director of the GW Institute for Korea Studies and Co-Director of the East Asia National Resource Center (2024-present). She specializes in comparative public policy\, law and social change\, lawyers\, and governance\, with a regional focus on the Koreas and Japan. She is also interested in Northeast Asian security\, North Korean human rights\, and transnational activism. Her first book was Accidental Activists: Victim Movements and Governmental Accountability in Japan and South Korea (Cornell\, 2016). She has published numerous articles and she coedited Rights Claiming in South Korea with Patricia Goedde (Cambridge\, 2021). Her forthcoming book analyzes the legalistic turn in Korean and Japanese regulatory style through paired case studies related to tobacco control and disability rights. She received a PhD from UC Berkeley\, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge\, and an AB from Princeton University. She has been a fellow at the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at Harvard\, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton\, and the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. GW’s Office of the Vice President for Research awarded her the 2021 Early Career Research Scholar Award. Her article with Claudia Kim\, “Knowledge Production Through Legal Mobilization: Environmental Activism Against the U.S. Military Bases in East Asia\,” won the 2023 Asian Law and Society Association’s distinguished article award. \nLight lunch will be provided. \nSponsored by East Asian Legal Studies and the Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD). Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute\, the Reischauer Institute\, and the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. \nLinks: \n\n Michael E. Waterstone\, Michael Ashley Stein & David B. Wilkins\, “Disability Cause Lawyers\,” 53 William & Mary Law Review 1287 (2012)\n Matthew “Hezzy” Smith & Michael Ashley Stein\, “Global cause lawyering\,” The Practice (May/June 2022)\n János Fiala-Butora\, Matthew S. Smith & Michael Ashley Stein\, “Disability cause lawyering at the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from strategic litigation on the right to political participation\,” in Human Rights Strategies (2024)
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/celeste-arrington-2025/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191029T120000
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SUMMARY:Women with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific
DESCRIPTION:Venus Ilagan\nFormer Secretary General of Rehabilitation International \n\n\n\nVenus Ilagan\, originally from the Philippines\, is the immediate past Secretary General of Rehabilitation International (RI) from October 2008 to May 2019\, and the first person with a disability from a developing country to serve in that capacity in the organization’s 97-year history. She was the first woman World Chairperson of Disabled People’s International. Prior to joining RI\, Venus was the project manager of a national rehabilitation program which provided services to over 14\,000 children with disabilities in the Philippines. She had the distinction of being a member of the Editorial Committee for the first-ever World Report on Disability\, a joint initiative of the World Health Organization and the World Bank. It established that there were one billion persons with disabilities in the world in 2011 when the report was launched\, which was instrumental in having over one hundred countries sign and ratify the disability convention within a very short period of time. Venus participated actively in the elaboration of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities\, now ratified by 177 countries. Venus is a passionate global advocate for gender equality specifically in the context of Women with Disabilities \nLight refreshments served. \nEvent details on HPOD website: https://hpod.law.harvard.edu/events/event/women-with-disabilities-in-asia-and-the-pacific \nSponsored by the Harvard Law School Project on Disability. Co-sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies\, Disability Law Students Association\, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association\, and Harvard Women’s Law Association.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/women-with-disabilities-in-asia-and-the-pacific/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Talk/Panel
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CREATED:20240423T232854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T113922Z
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Olympic Medalist Michelle Kwan & Special Olympics Medalist Melissa Reilly
DESCRIPTION:  \nMichelle Kwan\nOlympic Medalist \nMelissa Reilly\nSpecial Olympics Medalist \nModerated by Professor William Alford \nMichelle Kwan is the most decorated skater in U.S. Figure Skating history\, having won two Olympic medals\, five World titles and nine U.S. titles. She’s a Special Olympics Ambassador\, member of the Committee of 100\, and a member of both the US and World Skating Halls of Fame. \nMelissa Reilly is a Special Olympics Alpine Skiier\, Board Member\, Global Messenger and was inducted into the Special Olympics Hall of Fame in 2010. \nWilliam Alford is the Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law\, Director of East Asian Legal Studies\, Chair of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability\, and Special Olympics Lead Director. \nLight refreshments will be served. \nSponsored by the Harvard Law School Project on Disability and EALS.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/a-conversation-with-michelle-kwan-and-melissa-reilly/
LOCATION:WCC 2004
CATEGORIES:Conversation/Fireside Chat
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CREATED:20240424T000440Z
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SUMMARY:Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD) Open House in honor of Special Olympics at 50
DESCRIPTION:With special guests: \nTimothy Shriver\nChairman\, Special Olympics International \nMelissa Joy Reilly\nAthlete\nBoard Member\, Special Olympics Massachusetts \nSponsored by HPOD. Co-sponsored by EALS.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/hpod-2018-open-house/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 101
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Open House
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CREATED:20240424T002911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T210646Z
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SUMMARY:Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD) Fall 2017 Open House
DESCRIPTION:Join HPOD for an update on our work and opportunities for students to become involved. \nWith Professor Han Dayuan\, former Dean of Renmin University of China Law School (2009-2017). \nLight lunch will be served. \nSponsored by the Harvard Law School Project on Disability. Co-sponsored by EALS.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/hpod-2017-open-house/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Open House
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160406T120000
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CREATED:20240429T190035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T035634Z
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SUMMARY:Rights Protection for Persons with Mental Disabilities in China
DESCRIPTION:Guo Zhiyuan\nProfessor\, China University of Political Science and Law\nFulbright Visiting Research Scholar\, Stanford Law School \nCo-sponsored by EALS and the Harvard Law School Project on Disability.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/rights-protection-for-persons-with-mental-disabilities-in-china/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150922T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150922T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T174530
CREATED:20240429T193409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T150011Z
UID:10000119-1442923200-1442926800@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Negotiating the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: An Insider's Perspective
DESCRIPTION:A Talk by Ambassador Luis Gallegos \nPlease join us for a brown bag discussion with Ambassador Luis Gallegos\, who chaired the first half of the negotiations on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities\, and is a current board member for the Special Olympics. He has previously served as Ecuador’s Ambassador to the United States\, as Ecuador’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations\, and as a Member of the UN Committee Against Torture. \nCo-sponsored by the Human Rights Program\, Harvard Law School Project on Disability\, and EALS.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/negotiating-the-un-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-an-insiders-perspective/
LOCATION:WCC 3008 (3rd Floor of Wasserstein Hall)
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150918T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150918T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T174530
CREATED:20240429T193525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T150727Z
UID:10000120-1442577600-1442583000@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD) Fall 2015 Open House
DESCRIPTION:With Ambassador Luis Gallegos\, former Ecuadorian Ambassador to the US and the UN\, co-author of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities\, former member of the UN Committee Against Torture. \nNon-pizza lunch will be served.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/hpod-2015-open-house/
LOCATION:WCC Milstein East A (2nd floor of Wasserstein Hall)
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Open House
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T174530
CREATED:20240429T194805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T040114Z
UID:10000131-1424174400-1424178000@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Documenting Human Rights Conditions in Repressive Regimes: The Case of North Korea
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Law School Project on Disability event: \nJanet E. Lord\nInternational Human Rights Lawyer & Inclusive Development Practitioner\nSenior Research Associate\, HPOD\nSenior Vice President\, Syracuse University\nBurton Blatt Institute Adjunct Professor of Law\, University of Maryland School of Law \nSponsored by HPOD. Co-sponsored by EALS.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/documenting-human-rights-conditions-in-repressive-regimes-the-case-of-north-korea/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131017T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131017T180000
DTSTAMP:20260416T174530
CREATED:20240430T182400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T072708Z
UID:10000150-1382029200-1382032800@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD) 2013 Open House
DESCRIPTION:Martha Minow\nProfessor and Dean\, Harvard Law School \nAlbie Sachs\nRetired Judge\, Constitutional Court of South Africa \nSponsored by HPOD. Co-sponsored by EALS and International Legal Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/hpod-2013-open-house/
LOCATION:WCC Milstein West B
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Open House
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