Sharon Hom address: “Values and Strategic Narratives in International Human Rights”
Apr. 20, 2016
“To accept or uncritically echo the official Chinese narrative
about Western values or Chinese culture contributes to undermining fundamental rights and freedoms that Chinese
people are struggling for.
The Institute organizes annual conferences that bring together interdisciplinary panels of experts to discuss some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. HRIC has participated in these conferences as panelist and/or moderator as well as contributed to the planning discussions.
2019: Democratizing Data: Artificial Intelligence and Affected Communities
https://2019.nyubernsteinconference.org/sessions/artificial-intelligence/
2018: Reimagining Justice: Tackling Corporate Abuse through Community Action
https://2018.nyubernsteinconference.org/sessions/tackling-corporate-abuse/
2017: Defending Dissent: Global Crackdown on Dissent
https://2017.nyubernsteinconference.org/sessions/global-crackdown-on-dissent/
2016: Tyranny of the Algorithm? Predictive Analytics & Human Rights
https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/bernstein-institute/conference-2016
2015: Panel: Gender and Disability Discrimination in China
https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/bernstein-institute/conference-2015
Sharon Hom, panelist
Nov. 18, 2019
Sharon Hom, panelist
Jun. 30, 2020
Video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=579468692710881
Sharon Hom addresses the Bernstein Institute for Human Rights (NYU Law) conference: "Human Rights in Hong Kong: the uses, limits, and challenges of international advocacy in supporting a grassroots movement for democracy," Nov. 18, 2019.
Remarks by Sharon Hom, “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Human Rights Defenders in China”
Dec. 9, 2020
“Human rights defenders, as well as all users of social media or technology tools, are trapped between a rock and a hard place—between the manipulation for profit of ‘surveillance capitalism’ and the economic and political constraints of party-state authoritarianism.
Video: https://vimeo.com/488286614/bcbfbd93da?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=124168852
Edited & expanded text: https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-commentary/between-rock-and-hard-place-human-rights-defenders-china
Sharon Hom, panelist
Jul. 6, 2021
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnwAxsbFqsU
Sharon Hom, panelist
Feb. 7, 2022
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftU1uxcJCA4