
She contributes to the Asian Studies Center’s Asia Update, a book of charts detailing why Asia matters to America. Enos joined Heritage 2013 and has published numerous papers on human trafficking in Asia, human rights in North Korea, and reforming the U.S. Olivia Enos is a policy analyst in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation who specializes in human rights and transnational criminal issues, including on human trafficking and human smuggling, drug trafficking, religious freedom, refugee issues, and other social and humanitarian challenges facing Asia.

At the panel, Davis plans to talk about different human rights issues across China, Tibet, and in Hong Kong, and the way the political structure interacts with other socio-economic issues. Some of his articles specifically address China’s national minority policies and general connection to Tibet. Davis specializes in analyzing authoritarian regimes across Asia, especially China and how the regime and government structures affect human rights issues. He was once a Democracy fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy and had published commentary on newspapers such as The New York Times and South China Morning Post. Davis is the Professor of Law and International Affairs at Jindal Global University and a Senior Fellow at the Liu Institute for Asian Studies at Notre Dame University. Apart from SURGE, she serves as a gallery attendant at the Aidekman art gallery, the fundraising coordinator for Strong Women Strong Girls, publicity chair for Women in IR, and she researches criminal law justice. She is double majoring in International Relations and Art History to explore the intersection of public policy and art. Shirley Wang is a sophomore from China and New Jersey. Louisa Greve, Uyghur Human Rights Project Olivia Enos, Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation Michael Davis, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

In addition, we will also discuss the implications of the situation in Xinjiang and the government’s stance on the struggles between human rights and state security. This year’s social panel will explore the way in which the PRC handles minority groups and their reflections of the country’s human rights policy on a larger scale. In response to criticisms of its human rights policies, China has asked the United States to “look in a mirror” and has denounced the crusade of human rights as hypocritical. Human rights groups have constantly criticized China’s treatment of minorities with alarm and outrage, particularly due to Chinese military policing in the Xinjiang province, China’s ban of Quranic study for some ethnic groups, and the surveillance system in Tibet. Many of the eight targets will not be acheived however.Social Panel Human Rights in Sino-American Relations The Millennium Development Goals aimed to halve extreme poverty and eradicate many preventable diseases and stop the spread of AIDS by 2015. "I look forward to the panel's recommendations on a global post-2015 agenda with shared responsibilities for all countries and with the fight against poverty and sustainable development at its core," Ban said. The corporate world is represented by Paul Polman, the Dutch chief executive of Unilever and Betty Maina, chief executive of Kenya's Association of Manufacturers. Japan's former prime minister Naoto Kan, Grace Machel, wife of South Africa's legendary leader Nelson Mandela, three serving foreign ministers - Kim Sung-Hwan of South Korea, Patricia Espinosa of Mexico and Maria Angela Holguin of Colombia - and two finance ministers Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and Emilia Pires of East Timor - are also on the panel.

Queen Rania of Jordan, pictured in May 2012, was named toa 26-strong panel to recommend new global social and environment goals.
