Academic Staff
Professor Roda Mushkat
Honorary Professor
Advocate (Israel Bar)
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), 1968, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Post Graduate Diploma in International Law, 1973, University of Manchester
Master of Laws (LL.M), 1978, Victoria University of Wellington
Doctor of Laws (LL.D), 1987, University of South Africa
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CONFERENCE PAPERS
See combined [chronological] list of Conferences/Lectures below
Conferences/Lectures
Attended the Round Table of Asian Experts on Current Problems in the International Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons (Manila, Philippines, 14-18 April 1980) and presented a paper on the ‘Hong Kong Experience in Managing the Indo-Chinese Refugee Problem’.
Sponsored by the US Agency for International Development to attend the International Human Rights Teaching Institute (Columbia University, 28 July – 1 August 1980). Reported on Human Rights Issues in Hong Kong.
Attended the UNHCR/UNESCO/UNU Symposium on the Promotion, Dissemination and Teaching of Fundamental Human Rights of Refugees (Tokyo, 7-11 December 1981).
Lectured on ‘Recent Developments in International Refugee Law’ at the Refugee Law Course, International Institute on Humanitarian Law (San Remo, 22 November – 4 December 1982).
Attended the ‘10th Round Table on Current Problems of International Humanitarian Law’ held in San Remo, Italy 17-20 September 1984, and took part in a Working Committee on ‘The Treatment of Refugees, with Particular Reference to the Problem of Detention’.
Lectured on ‘The future of Hong Kong and International Law’ at the University of Santa Clara Law School Summer Programme, June 1985.
Acted as a discussant in a Symposium on Chinese and European Concepts of Law, organised by the Centre for Contemporary Asian Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 20-25 March 1986).
Attended the 80th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law held in Washington, D.C., USA, 2-9 April 1986.
Lectured on ‘Non-State Entities and the Just War Doctrine’ at the Israeli Institute of International Affairs, Tel Aviv, 26 July 1986.
Attended the 81st Annual Meeting of the American society of International Law held in Boston, USA, 8-11 April 1987.
Lectured on ‘Legal Considerations Relating to Foreign Investments: Environmental Policy’ and on ‘Hong Kong and International Law’ at the University of Santa Clara Summer Programme, June-July 1987.
Attended the 13th Conference on the Law of the World, held in Seoul, Korea, 6-11 September 1987 and presented a paper on ‘International Environmental Law: the Case of the Daya Bay Nuclear Plant’.
Attended an international conference on ‘The Global Environment: An International Challenge’ held in Denver, Colorado, 30 March – 2 April 1988, and presented a paper on ‘The China syndrome: The Daya Bay Nuclear Plant Project in the Light of International Environmental Law’.
Lectured on ‘International Environmental Law: Transboundary Harm – the Daya Bay Nuclear Plant’ and ‘the Future of Hong Kong in the International Legal Arena’ at the University of Hong Kong/Santa Clara Summer Programme, June-July 1988.
Attended the Pacific Region and International Law [Inaugural] Conference on ‘Regional Cooperation and International Law’ held in Hong Kong & Beijing, China, 12-22 July 1988.
Attended the Pacific Region and International Law Conference on ‘International Law Relating to Fisheries in the Asian Pacific Region’ held in Fukuoka, Japan, 10-13 July 1989, and presented a paper on ‘International Environmental Law in the Asian-Pacific Region’.
Attended the Pacific Region and International Law Conference on ‘International Law and Refugees in the Asia-Pacific Region’ held in Melbourne, Australia, 17-19 August 1990, and presented a paper on ‘Balancing Western Legal Concepts, Asian Attitudes and Practical Difficulties – a Hong Kong Perspective’. Also presented a Report on ‘International Environmental Law in the Asia-Pacific Region: An Update’.
Attended the Canada-Hong Kong Workshop in International Law, held in Hong Kong on 26 June 1991, and presented a paper on ‘Hong Kong’s International Personality – Issues and Implications’.
Attended the Pacific Region and International Law Conference on ‘Teaching International Law in the Asia-Pacific Region’ held in Seoul, Korea, 1-3 November 1991, and presented a paper on ‘Teaching International Law in Hong Kong’.
Attended the Pacific Region and International Law Conference on ‘Environmental Sustainability in East Asia’ held in Vancouver, Canada, 23-25 August 1992, and presented a paper on ‘Environmental sustainability – A Perspective from the Asian-Pacific Region’.
Attended the Colloquium on the Comprehensive Plan of Action, held in Quezon City, Philippines on 25-28 October 1992; Lead a ‘Country Group Session on Hong Kong’s Compliance with International Standards Regarding the Treatment of Refugees’; Participated in a discussion of Group Leaders on the Working of the CPA from a Country Perspective; Contributed to Final Recommendations of the Colloquium.
Acted as an Expert Witness on the ‘International/Legal Status of Hong Kong’ in extradition proceedings before the Ontario Court of Justice (General Division), Toronto, Canada on 7-9 December 1992.
Attended an international conference on ‘Chartering Human Rights’ held in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel on 20-23 December 1992.
Lectured on ‘Nationality and Territoriality’ to students of M.A in Comparative Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, and offered a critique on paper presented, 27 February 1993.
Participated in a workshop of Expert Analysts on ‘Reconceiving Refugee Law as Human Rights Protection’ held at the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada, 17-21 June 1993; Presented a critique on ‘The Continuing Requirement of Alienage as a Criterion for Eligibility for Refugee Status’.
Attended the Pacific Region and International Law Conference on ‘Regional Trade Groups and the Pacific Region’ held in Fukuoka & Imari, Japan, 8-11 July 1993; Presented a paper on ‘The Environment/Trade Relationship as Seen from the Asia-Pacific Region’.
Attended the XVI World Law Conference on ‘Law in a Changing World’ held in Manila, Philippines, 24-29 October 1993; Presented a paper on ‘The Relationship Between Environment and Trade: An Asian Pacific Perspective’.
Participated in an ‘International Legal Colloquium on War Crimes’ held in Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 27-29 December 1993.
Attended an international conference on ‘Enforcing Environmental Laws: New Approaches to Safeguard Mankind’s Ecological Future’ held in the Cegla Institute for Comparative and Private International Law, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 28-30 December 1993; Presented a paper on ‘Enforcing International Environmental Law in the Asia-Pacific Region’.
Delivered the Inaugural Lecture of the Institute of International and Comparative Law of Macao on the topic of ‘Can Macao Legitimately Claim to Have a “Hong Kong-type” International Legal Personality?’ Macao, 5 March 1994.
Participated in the teaching of a ‘Summer Course on Refugee Issues’ organized by the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada (22-29 June 1994).
Participated in ‘The Internationalization of Hong Kong Workshop’ held at the Centre for Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 4 March 1995; Presented a paper on ‘The Legal Dimension’.
Participated in an International Meeting ‘Toward the Reformulation of International Refugee Law’ held at the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, 18-21 May 1995; Chaired a workshop and presented a critique on ‘Fiscal Burden-Sharing’.
Taught a course on ‘International Environmental Law’ in the summer programme of the Asia-America Institute in Transnational Law, Duke University School of Law/HKU Faculty of Law, Hong Kong, July 1995.
Participant in an international E-discussion group on the ‘Reformulation of International Refugee Law [REFORM-L@YORKU.CA] since April 1996; Provided commentary on ‘Common but Differentiated Responsibility. A Model for Enhance International Refugee Protection Within Interest Convergence Groups’ (12 April 1996).
Participated in the 67th Conference of the International Law Association, held in Helsinki, Finland, 12-17 August 1996.
Participated in the ‘International Conference on Hong Kong in Transition: Political Order, International Relations and Crisis Management’ held in Lingnan College, New Territories, Hong Kong, 18-19 September 1996; Presented a paper on ‘Managing the Transfer of Sovereignty Over Hong Kong: The Case for Continuity of Treaties with Particular Reference to Treaties in the Areas of Diplomatic Relations, Refugees and Environmental Protection’.
Attended the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Law Schools Association on ‘Thinking and Teaching About Law in a Global context as an Exercise in Common enterprise’ held in San Francisco, California, US, 6-10 January 1998; Acted as a panelist in a session on ‘Hong Kong’s Future: Does International Law Matter?’ and presented a paper entitled ‘The Future of Hong Kong’s International Legal Personality: Does International Law Matter? A Post-Handover Snapshot’.
Participated in the 68th Conference of the International Law Association, held in Taipei, Taiwan, 24-30 May 1998.
Participated in the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of International Law held in Taipei, Taiwan, 30 May 1998, and offered a critique of a paper by James C Hsiung, entitled ‘The Paradox of Hong Kong as a Non-Sovereign International Actor’.
Taught a course on ‘International Legal Aspects of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region’ in the Dispute Resolution Summer Programme 1998 at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada, 29 June – 10 July 1998.
Presented a paper on ‘International Legal Principles of Jurisdiction and Rendition’ at the Bottom Line Drafting Committee on Jurisdiction & Rendition, Hong Kong, 14 December 1998.
Presented a paper on ‘The Pinochet Case: The Broader Picture – “Globalisation” of Justice and a “New Dawn” for International Law’ at a Panel Discussion on ‘Augusto Pinochet and the Pursuit of Justice for Violation of Human Rights: Implications for International Law and Hong Kong’, jointly organised by the ILA (HK Chapter) and the Centre for Comparative & Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, 24 April 1999).
Presented a paper on ‘NATO Intervention – A Just War Analysis’ at a Panel Discussion on ‘Milosevic’s War, NATO Bombs, and Innocent Victims: International Legal Issues’, jointly organised by the ILA (HK Chapter) and the Centre for Comparative & Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, 26 May 1999).
Chaired a Working Session at an international conference organised by the University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law and the Asian Institute of International Financial Law, on ‘Challenges of the New International Financial Architecture: Lessons for East Asia’ held in Hong Kong, 4-5 June 1999.
Participated in the Regional Latin American Conference of the International Law Association on ‘MERCOSUL, Human Rights and Sustainable Development,’ held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 25-28 July 1999; and presented a paper entitled ‘Sustainable Development: A View From the Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.’
Conducted a seminar on ‘Aspects of International Environmental Law in the Asian Context,’ at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, on 17 November 1999.
Attended the International Law Association 2000 Conference, held in London, UK, 25-29 July 2000; and made a short presentation at the Working Session of the ILA Committee on Sustainable Development [see Report of the Sixty-Ninth Conference (London: ILA, 2000), p 708].
Participated in a Justice Forum on ‘Rendition: Should Fair Trial Be the Bottom Line?’ held in Hong Kong, 17 March 2001; and presented a paper on ‘“Fair Trial” as a Precondition to Rendition: an International Legal Perspective.’
Participated in the International Studies Association Meeting on ‘Globalization and its Challenges in the 21st Century’ held in Hong Kong, 26-28 July 2001 as a Discussant in a Panel on ‘Global Order and Regional Order in the Age of Globalization;’ and presented a paper on ‘Global Order and Regional Order - What Order?’
Took part in a Talk on Current Legal Controversies organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong on 12 October 2001; and offered a presentation on ‘The War Against Terrorism: What Law Got to Do with It - the Military Option.’
Chaired the session on ‘The Place of Hong Kong in International Criminal Justice’ at a ‘Conference on International Criminal Justice,’ held in Hong Kong on 6 March 2002, jointly organized by the Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong and the Department of Justice, HKSAR.
Attended the International Law Association 2002 Conference, held in New Delhi, India, 2-6 April 2002 and made a short presentation at the Working Session of the ILA Committee on Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development [see Report of the Seventieth Conference (London: ILA, 2002), p 405]
Participated in a World Jurist Association ‘Immigration and Environmental Conference, held in Warsaw on 17-18 June 2002; and presented a paper on ‘The Effects of Globalization on the Implementation of International Environmental Law: An Asian Pacific Perspective.’ Also acted as the overall Rapporteur for the Panel on ‘Legal Problems of Environmental Protection.’
Participated in a conference on ‘Comparative conceptions of the Rule of Law in Asia,’ held at the University of Hong Kong, 20-21 June 2002.
Presented a paper on ‘International Law and Bush’s War Against Iraq’ at a Master of International Relations and Public Affairs Programme, University of Hong Kong, Department of Politics and Public Administration, on 7 September 2002.
Participated in the Beijing U - HK Legal Research Centre Conference on ‘Chinese Legal System After the WTO Accession: Developments in the Mainland and HK’ and presented a paper entitled Potential Impact of China’s WTO Accession on its Approach to the Trade-Environment Balancing Act’ held in Beijing from 11-12 October 2002.
Participated in a Workshop jointly organized by the Department of Politics & Public Administration and the Department of Law, University of Hong Kong on 21 March 2003 and presented a paper entitled Iraq War: A Just or Unjust War?
Lectured on ‘A Human Rights-Based approach to Environmental Protection’ in the LLM (Human Rights) programme, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, 16 April 2004.
Lectured on ‘International Environmental Law: General Principles and Concepts’ in the Planning and Environmental Law Course, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, 19 April 2004.
Participated and chaired a session in a conference on ‘Human Rights in Asia, France and the United States of America: A Comparative Empirical Study of Values, Institutions, and Procedures’ held at the University of Hong Kong and City University of Hong Kong, 14-15 May 2004.
Participated in a conference on ‘The Role of Law in a Developing Asia’ organized by the Asian law Institute, Singapore, 27-28 May 2004; chaired a session on ‘Constitutional Law and Reform in Asia’; and presented a paper on ‘The Political Economy of Constitutional Conflict in Hong Kong.’
Lectured on ‘A Human Rights-Based Approach to Environmental Protection’ in a Summer Course on Human Rights in Asia for NGOs, held at the University of Hong Kong, 31 May - 4 June 2004.
Lectured on ‘The Implementation of Salient Principles of International Environmental Law in Hong Kong’ in the Planning and Environmental Law Course, Faculty of Law, 19 November 2004.
Presented a paper on ‘The Political Economy of International Legal Compliance: Theory Versus [Case Based] Reality’ at a staff seminar of the Faculty of Law, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia on 24 November 2004.
Attended the 6th East Asian Conference on Philosophy of Law on ‘East Asian in the New Century: Democracy, Human Rights and the Diversity of Legal Cultures’ held in Taipei, 26-27 March 2006; and presented a paper on ‘The Prospects for Democracy and the Rule of Law in China.’
Participated in the 72nd Biennial Conference of the International Law Association held in Toronto, Canada, 4-8 June 2006, including as an invited/appointed member of a newly established ILA Study Group on UN Reform.
Conducted a seminar on ‘The Prospects for Democracy and the Rule of Law in China,’ as part of the Seminar Series at the Brunel University Centre for Public and International Law, 8 November 2006.
Attended the 2007 Conference of the Law & Society Association on ‘Law and Society in the 21st Century: Transformations, Resistances, Futures’ held in Berlin, Germany, 25-28 July 2007; and presented a paper entitled ‘Predicting Authoritarian/Liberal Political Practices within an International Legal Framework: Theory Meets Reality in Hong Kong.’
Attended the ILA 2008 73rd Biennial Conference on ‘Law for the Future’ held in Rio, Brazil, 17-21 August 2008; and acted as a Moderator in a Panel on ‘The Biodiversity Convention, Regional and National Instruments, and Access to Bio Resources; In my capacity as a member of the ILA Study Group on UN Reform, presented an analysis of work undertaken as part of a large-scale project on the reform of key UN institutions.
Attended the SLS Annual Conference on ‘the Impact of Legal Scholarship’ held in London, 15-18 September 2008; and presented a paper on ‘Rethinking Environmental Human Rights in Light of the Experience of a Very Large, Non-Democratic & Industrializing/Developing Country (China).’
Attended the BIICL Annual Conference 2008 on ‘Climate Change and its Challenges for the International Legal System, held in London, 17 October 2008.
Attended the XXIV World Congress of Philosophy of Law& Social Philosophy on ‘Global Harmony and the Rule of Law’, held in Beijing, China from 15-20 September 2009, and presented a paper entitled ‘Environmental Human Rights Revisited: The Tension between Universalism and Cultural Relativism in Light of the Chinese Experience’.
Gave a seminar presentation entitled ‘Towards Environmental Human Rights: Modern Normative theories Meet Chinese Realities’ at the Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, on 12 November 2009.
Gave a seminar presentation entitled ‘Economic Growth, Democracy and the Rule of Law: Analytical Perspectives and Chinese Trends’ at Hopkins-Nanjing Centre, Nanjing, China, on 9 November 2011.
Participated in an international conference on ‘From Economic Development to Human Flourishing: The Case of China’ and presented a paper entitled ‘Economic Development, Environmental Preservation and International Policy Learning in China: Venturing Beyond Transnational Legal Process Theory’ at the Centre for Chinese Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, on 6-7 December 2011.
