[Temple ICAS / Law School Event] 13 MAR 2017: Muslim Surveillance in the Name of National Security

Robert Dujarric Announcement
Location
Japan
Subject Fields
Ethnic History / Studies, Human Rights, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Islamic History / Studies, Law and Legal History

Beasley School of Law and the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
present a Lecture Series:

New World Law & Order: Profile, Protest, and Social Justice

Recent political protests worldwide highlight the seemingly endless struggle between government interests in preventing crime, maintaining
public order and protecting national security balanced against negatively impacting individual civil liberties and minority communities. This series of symposia will address the current state of race relations and policing within the broader context of the criminal justice system. The goal is to foster an open dialogue on how law enforcement serves and protects communities, the tension between minority communities and local police, and the public’s response to social injustices particularly against minorities through political protest movements. Promoting interdisciplinary and international perspectives, this series should provoke and encourage constructive discussion on these critical societal issues.

Symposia schedule:
February 23: Racial Profiling Under the Color of Law
March 13: Muslim Surveillance in the Name of National Security
April 5: #vivalarevolucíon: New Millennium Political Protests


Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m for each lecture. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 1F Parliament Lounge
Capacity: 120 (first come, first serve basis)
Cost: Free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Details and Registration: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/law/events/2017/0223.html


Information for the first lecture is presented below.


Symposia 2: Muslim Surveillance in the Name of National Security
Monday, March 13, 19:00-21:00


As the world faces the persistent threat of terrorism, nation-states are grappling with how to combat terrorism and ensure the security of citizens and sovereign borders. The 9/11 attacks brought on the "War on Terrorism," and with it a sharp rise in anti-Muslim sentiments. Governments are making sweeping changes to domestic and foreign policies, including instituting surveillance programs targeting Muslims, closing borders to refugees, extreme vetting of Muslim immigrants, and most recently, President Trump's executive order barring travelers of Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, which was overturned by a U.S. federal appeals court. The justification for these hard-line policies falls under the guise of national security. This panel debates the merits of government policies aimed at the surveillance of Muslims in the U.S. and Japan, and examines the legality of such instrumentalities. In this lecture, the panel weighs the impact of Muslim profiling on guaranteed civil liberties against fighting terrorism and protecting national security.

Speakers:

Lawrence Repeta, Professor of Law, Meiji University

Lawrence Repeta is a professor of law at Meiji University, an Asia-Pacific Journal associate, a director of the Japan Civil Liberties Union, and a member of the Washington State Bar Association. He is author of "Limiting Fundamental Rights Protection in Japan – the Role of the Supreme Court," in Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan, edited by Jeff Kingston (Routledge, 2014), "Reserved Seats on Japan's Supreme Court," (Washington University Law Review, 2011) and other writings on Japan's constitution and legal system.


Sebastian Maslow, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University, Japan

Since 2014 Sebastian Maslow is Assistant Professor in political science at the Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University, Japan. Before his appointment at Tohoku University he taught at the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. His research focuses on the domestic dynamics of Japan's foreign and national security policies. He work appeared in Asian Survey, amongst other academic journals and he is the co-editor of Risk State: Japan's Foreign Policy in Age of Uncertainty, published by Routledge in 2015. In addition, he is a frequent commentator on East Asian and Japanese security affairs in the English language media.

Junko Hayashi, Attorney, Partners Law Firm, Tokyo

Junko Hayashi was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She received her Juris Doctor from Waseda University in 2011. She is a member of the Tokyo Bar Association and a member of the Legal Team Against Illegal Investigation Towards Muslims.

Moderator:

Masaki Kakizaki, Assistant Professor, Temple University, Japan Campus

Assistant Professor Kakizaki is a political scientist who teaches courses on Middle East politics, foreign governments, and international politics at Temple University, Japan Campus. He also offers a capstone seminar on social movements and contentious politics at TUJ. Prior to joining TUJ in 2013, he held teaching positions at the University of Utah and Westminster College in the United States. His key areas of research are political participation and political culture in the Middle East with a geographical emphasis on Turkey. His current research project focuses on how popular participation in protests and demonstrations has spread in Turkey and what factors explain the rise and fall of protest participation. He has previously published articles on nuclear energy politics, anti-war movements, and party politics of Turkey.

Contact Information
Institute of Contemporary Asian StudiesTemple University Japan Campus
Contact Email
icas@tuj.temple.edu