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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211203T120000
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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/the-states-handling-of-petitio
 ners-through-the-judiciary-since-the-abolition-of-reeducation-through-labo
 r/
SUMMARY:The State's Handling of Petitioners through the Judiciary since the
  Abolition of Re-education through labor system in China
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n\nHe
 ld via Zoom - registration required: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi
 ster/tJUrdumuqzsoG9XHE9HvJVHOv09wnZ3-zQ6d\n\nAccording to official estimat
 es\, those who have been sent to reeducation through labor for petitioning
  account for about 18.8% of the total number of petitioners in 2011. It sh
 ows that the reeducation through labor had in fact become an important mea
 sure for the state to handle petitioners. However\, the reeducation throug
 h labor system was abolished in 2013\, which raises the question of how th
 e state has handled petitioners after the abolition. This study is based o
 n a large number of judicial judgments published on China Judgment Online 
 platform. We found that a new trend in the state’s handling the petition
 ers. The state is attempting to use the criminal law to handle petitioning
  activities and trying to respond to petitions through criminal adjudicati
 on. This study is dedicated to explaining why some petitioners are sentenc
 ed to imprisonment while some not\, and what factors affect the length of 
 their imprisonment sentences. The exploration of these issues can further 
 our understanding of how China's legal system is used as a tool of stabili
 ty maintenance by the state.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
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