Human Rights in East Asia:
PCIJ’s 20th anniv conference

The second speaker for the morning was Atty Milabel Cristobal, of Amnesty International Hong Kong. Very interesting and provocative question put forward by Cambodian journalist Sophea Soy: Should human rights conform to the rule of law, or should the rule of law conform to conventions on human rights? Atty. Milabel’s response:

And yet another provocative question from the floor: Does Amnesty International think the so-called war against terror worsened or improved the human rights situation in east asia?

For our last video, another question from the floor on whether there is a need to place bloggers under an organized grouping and impose a set of standards on them.