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VICE PRESIDENT OF CHINA’S SUPREME COURT
TO HEADLINE NEXT OAS LECTURE SERIES

  September 11, 2007

The Vice President of the Supreme People’s Court of the People's Republic of China, Wan Exiang, will headline the 22nd Organization of American States (OAS) conference in the Lecture Series of the Americas, speaking on the “Judicial System Reform in China.” The program is scheduled for Tuesday, September 25, at the OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Exiang, who has a doctorate in law, is a professor of International Law at Wuhan University Law School. In past years, he has served as Deputy Head of the International Law Department and Director of the International Law Research Institute at Wuhan University Law School.

Exiang was also a founding director of the Center for Protection of Rights of Disadvantaged Citizens, as well as Vice President of Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court and Vice President of Hubei People’s High Court. At present, he is Justice and Vice President of the Supreme Court of the People’s Republic of China, Vice Chairman of China Society for Human Rights Studies, and a member of China International Law Society.

A question-and-answer session will follow the Lecture, which will be webcast live over the Internet (www.oas.org). The Lecture will be broadcast by radio and television, on dates and times to be announced.

Created by the OAS Permanent Council to promote principles and values in the countries of the Hemisphere, the Lecture Series of the Americas invites internationally renowned speakers to address key issues such as democracy, human rights, social development, hemispheric security, the fight against poverty, and international relations. The conferences are possible thanks to financial contributions from Peru’s San Martin de Porres University, the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of France.

WHAT: Wan Exiang headlines OAS Lecture on the “Judicial System Reform in China”

WHEN: Tuesday, September 25

TIME: 11: 00 a.m. (EST)

VENUE: Hall of the Americas
Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20006

Reference: AVI-035/07