Workshop: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its Impact on Human Rights Compliance along the 'New Silk Road'

Workshop: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its Impact on Human Rights Compliance along the 'New Silk Road'
Monday, 16 May 2022, from 9:00 to 17:00h CEST 

China's New Silk Road Initiative (Belt and Road Initiative, BRI) has been spinning its logistical and infrastructural web around the world since 2013. Massive infrastructural investments in tracks and roads as well as in the agricultural and energy sector and logistical centers were made in over 50 countries in Eurasia. BRI is a central component of Chinese investment policies across the Eurasian continent and has been largely affected and interrupted by the current war in Ukraine, too. Overall, China’s involvement and programs affected core public policy areas in over 100 countries in the world, and hence human rights and governance. It has a transformative impact in various directions, triggering on the one side social movements, sometimes protest and on the other, consolidating autocratic regimes and suppression. 

Almost a decade after the official launch of BRI, this workshop will assess the BRI’s political and social implications across the heartland of Eurasia between Europe and China and discuss the impact of the BRI on a wide range of human rights-related topics.

The workshop is co-hosted by IPSA Research Committee 34 “Quality of Democracy”, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, the Center on Governance through Human Rights, and the Maecenata Foundations’ MENA Study Centre. 

Organizers:
Dr. Anja Mihr -- OSCE Academy in Bishkek / HVGP Centre on Governance through Human Rights 
Dr. Brigitte Weiffen -- The Open University, Milton Keynes / Chair of IPSA RC 34 “Quality of Democracy”
Dr. Udo Steinbach -- MENA Study Centre 

The workshop will take place in English. Online participation is possible. 

Conference website.
The program with speakers and times is accessible HERE.
To participate, please register HERE.