Teng Biao is an academic lawyer, currently Hauser Human Rights Scholar at Hunter College, City University of New York, and visiting professor at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on China’s criminal justice, human rights, social movements, and political transition. He co-founded two human rights NGOs in Beijing – the Open Constitution Initiative, and China Against the Death Penalty, in 2003 and 2010, respectively. Teng is one of the earliest promoters of the Rights Defense Movement and the New Citizens Movement in China and has received various international human rights awards including the Human Rights Prize of the French Republic (2007) and NED’s Democracy Award (2008). He is completing a book on China’s threat to global freedom and democracy.

This event is cosponsored by the Law School's International Programs, Human Rights Law Society, and International Law Society.

Lunch will be provided. Please submit dietary requests 8 business days prior to the program to Aican Nguyen at aican@uchicago.edu. Although we will try to accommodate dietary needs, it is not guaranteed.