Rayhan Asat

SPEAKING

• Is the UN Working? Model UN Speaker Annual Opening Speaker, Oxford University, October 2022

• The international response to the Chinese government’s crimes against humanity targeting the Uyghurs, UN Side Event, New York, 2022.

• Combatting Forced Labor: Challenges of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Yale Law School, and Yale Tsai China Center, April (2022)

• Speaker on behalf of the opposition, “This House Believes Whatever is Necessary to Effect Change,” Oxford Debate Society, Oxford, March (2022)

• The Uyghur Cause and its Global Impact, In Chat with Ambassador Stephen Rapp, Oxford Law School, March (2022)

• Disinformation, Propaganda, and Mass Atrocity, Atlantic Council, February (2022)

• Global Progressive Forum, November, Europe Progressives, (2021)

• Human Rights Workshop, Yale Law School, September (2021)

• Uyghur Crisis Expert Panel and Toolkit, Yale University Macmillan Center Genocide Studies Program, April (2021)

• Three Women One Hope, Rene Cassin, April, (2021)

• “Informal Discussion with Yale World Fellow on China”, Yale University, Paul Tsai China Center, April (2021)

• Genocide, China, The Uyghurs and What We Have To Do, Young Fabians Criminal Justice Network, March, (2021)

• Canada’s Response to the Uyghur Genocide, University of Toronto, March (2021)

• “Human Rights & Business: Advancing Corporate and Consumer Responsibility and Accountability,” International Suit Talk Series, American University Washington College of Law, November (2020)

• “The Uyghur Crisis,” Harvard Law School, November (2020)

• “Uyghurs in Crisis: The Jewish Response,” American Jewish Community Relations Council, October (2020)

• The Fire These Times Podcast Interview, September (2020)

• “Global Law and Business Podcast,” August (2020)

• “The Uyghur Human Rights Crisis,” Canadian House of Commons, July (2020)

• Moderator, “Career Shifts, Pivoting to Offense in Challenging Times, and Remaining Passionate,” ATILA Discussion Series, April (2020)

• “The Detained, Surveilled and Disappeared: Repression in Xinjiang,” Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, March (2020)

• “World Bank Investigations & Anti-corruption Enforcement,” Harvard Law School, Cambridge, October (2019)

• “Anti-corruption, International Investigations, and War Stories,” International Suits Talk, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., October (2019)

• “Pursuing a Career in Global Anti-Corruption Law,” Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, February (2019)

• “Current Developments in Investment Arbitration in China,” George Washington Law School, Washington, D.C., April (2018)

• “An Overview of Investment Arbitration,” American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., October (2017)

• “MDB Sanctions Systems, Penn State Law,” Penn State University, PA, February (2017)

• “Investment Arbitration Regime and the Legal Framework,” Harvard Law School, Cambridge (2016)

• Moderator, “Efficiency in Arbitration,” Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, March (2016)

• “Culture of Arbitration in Turkey," Arbitration Law Conference, Istanbul (2015)

• “Turkey’s Construction and Legal Market,” China International and Economic Trade Arbitration Commission, Beijing, China (2014)

• “Are We There Yet? Istanbul for a Center of International Arbitration,” Marmara University Conference, Istanbul, Turkey (2013)

PUBLICATIONS

Selected Articles:

• Xinjiang’s Governor Should be Arrested and Not Welcomed by the British Government, NewStatesman, February 2023

• Human Rights at the Core of Jackson and US Foreign Policy. Yale Journal of International Affairs, December 2022

• Uniting for Uyghurs at the United Nations, Just Security, December 2022

• China’s Transnational Repressions Gets Saudi Backing, Foreign Policy, April (2022)

• Human Rights Lawyer’s Message to Yale Community, Yale Daily News, April (2022)

• The US can lead the way to ending China’s modern slavery. My brother is counting on it, New Atlanticist, January (2022)

• Yale Must Fight for Uyghur Freedom, Yale Daily News, October, ( 2022)

• If Uyghur Lives Matter, The Olympics Should Move, The Wall Street Journal, June 06, 2021

• Biden Call Chinese President Xi And Criticizes Abuse of Uyghurs. But We Need More Than Words, NBC Opinion. February, (2021)

• U.S. China Policy Should Confront Genocide in Xinjiang First, Foreign Policy, January (2021)

• Our Top Stories of 2020, Foreign Policy, December (2020)

• “Professor Alford Beyond Harvard,” Harvard International Law Journal, December, (2020)

• “The Uyghurs: We Need Another Hero,” The Hill Opinion, September (2020)

• “China and Myanmar face Uighurs and Rohingya that are fighting Back after years of oppression,” NBC News Opinion, September (2020)

• “Uyghur Genocide in China: What the UK and its Allies Must Do to Confront the Mass Atrocities,” The Platform, September (2020)

• “The World’s Most Technologically Sophisticated Genocide Is Happening in Xinjiang,” Foreign Policy, July (2020)

• “Back at Harvard Seeking Truth and Justice for My Brother,” Harvard Crimson, June (2020)

• “5 Steps for Keeping Supply Chains Free of Uighur Slavery,” Law360, April (2020)

• “Human-Centered Integrity Business Principles Working Paper,” The World Bank Law and Justice Series, March (2020)

• “Legal Legacy, Cross-Border Friendships, and Beyond,” ATILA Blog, October (2019)

• “United States Imposes Sanctions on Turkey for Military Action in Syria,” Turkish Law Blog, October (2019)

• “Buyer Beware: Note to Turkish Companies Doing Business in Iran,” Turkish Law Blog, August (2019)

• “Applying the Art of War on the Battlefield of Corruption: A Look at China’s Changing Anti-Bribery Framework,” International Review of Compliance and Business Ethics, June (2018)

• Contributor to Hughes Hubbard’s FCPA/Anti-Bribery Annual Alerts (2017-2019)

• “An overview of the Construction Market in Turkey,” Int’l Project Contracting & Labour Services (2014) *Published in Chinese language

• “Culture of Arbitration, Silk Road Conference Selective Papers,” Adalet Publication (2013)

• “Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Immovable Property Within Common Law Practice,” Legal Journal of Turkey, vol.11, 23-41 (2013)

• “Are We There Yet, Istanbul as a Center for International Arbitration,” Marmara University Law Journal (2013)