My Work

My work in human rights advocacy has been featured in many prominent media outlets. Below is a selection of articles, op-eds, papers, and speaking engagements that I have published and delivered in my efforts to bring awareness to and urge change around global human rights issues.

Selected Articles

Speaking Engagements

  • 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)

  • Disappeared by China (Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, 2021)

  • 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)

  • Episode 19 – Rayhan Asat (Global Law and Business Podcast, 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)