Representatives from three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that last week received the Tang Prize for their contributions to the rule of law shared in a lecture series their experiences speaking up for marginalized people and pursuing environmental, social and courtroom justice through public interest litigation.
The Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) opened the Tang Prize Laureate Lecture series with a discussion on the impact of public interest litigation, which was followed by a talk by Lebanon-based The Legal Agenda and a presentation by Colombia-based Dejusticia.
BELA chief executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan said that the vast majority of people in Bangladesh depend on unpolluted
Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) Representatives of three NGOs from Bangladesh, Colombia, and Lebanon that received the 2020 Tang Prize for rule of law shared their experiences of speaking up for the marginalized and pursuing environmental, social and judicial justice through public interest litigation online Saturday.
Taipei, Nov. 20 (CNA) Wang Gungwu (王賡武), winner of the 2020 Tang Prize in Sinology, on Saturday touted the importance of the "wen and shi" (文史) tradition in China, despite changes in political systems.
Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall is scheduled to give a Tang Prize lecture on Nov. 20, part of a two-day online program featuring expert talks on law, science and Sinology, event organizers said, adding that the lectures and awards ceremony is to be broadcast live on the Tang Foundation’s Web site and YouTube channel.
The fourth edition of the awards recognizes notable contributions in the fields of sustainable development, biopharmaceutical science, Sinology and rule of law.
At 10am on Nov. 20, Professor Wang Gungwu (王賡武), winner of the Sinology prize for his “groundbreaking research on the Chinese world order, Chinese overseas and Chinese