约翰-卡姆 人权战略家

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John Kamm
Human Rights Strategist | Class of 2004
Demonstrating the efficacy of leveraging business relationships as a means to free prisoners of conscience in China.

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Title
Human Rights Strategist
Affiliation
Dui Hua Foundation
Location
San Francisco, California
Age
53 at time of award
Area of Focus
Human Rights and Human Security
Published September 28, 2004
ABOUT JOHN'S WORK
John Kamm has designed and implemented an original approach to freeing prisoners of conscience in China by leveraging business relationships. Beginning in the 1970s as a businessman in China, he learned that the understanding of partners' motivations and constraints is vital for commercial trade in China. Having built longstanding ties of personal trust with Chinese officials at many levels, Kamm found that approaching them with dignity and respect facilitated their response to his inquiries and uncovered a wealth of information regarding the status and well-being of thousands of political prisoners (most of whom attract little attention outside China). He has mastered the details of Chinese prosecutorial, judicial, and prison systems and holds the Chinese government accountable for implementing its own regulations, rather than citing international standards alone. More broadly, he has made apparent to Chinese officials that their treatment of political prisoners sends clear signals regarding their good faith in trade negotiations. Kamm's pragmatic, case-by-case strategy complements human rights advocacy based on international conventions and principles. Having won the release or improved the conditions for hundreds, he has demonstrated his approach as an effective means of addressing contentious human rights issues with Beijing.

BIOGRAPHY
John Kamm received a B.A. (1972) from Princeton University and an M.A. (1975) from Harvard University. In 1979, Kamm started his own chemical company with offices in Hong Kong and China. He also served as the Hong Kong representative of the National Council for U.S.–China Trade (1976–1981), president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (1990), and currently serves as a director of the National Committee on U.S.–China Relations. In 1999, Kamm founded the Dui Hua (“dialogue”) Foundation, for which he is chairman and executive director. In addition, he directs ongoing research for the Project in Human Rights Diplomacy at Stanford University’s Institute for International Studies.



约翰-卡姆
人权战略家｜2004级
展示了利用商业关系作为释放中国良心犯的手段的功效。

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标题
人权战略家
工作单位
Dui Hua基金会
工作地点
加州旧金山市
年龄
获奖时为53岁
关注领域
人权和人类安全
发表于2004年9月28日
关于约翰的工作
约翰-卡姆设计并实施了一种独创的方法，通过利用商业关系释放中国的良心犯。从20世纪70年代在中国经商开始，他了解到了解合作伙伴的动机和制约因素对在中国进行商业贸易至关重要。在与中国各级官员建立了长期的个人信任关系后，卡姆发现，以尊严和尊重的方式接近他们，有利于他们对他的询问作出回应，并发现了有关数千名政治犯（其中大多数人在中国以外很少引起注意）的地位和福祉的大量信息。他掌握了中国检察、司法和监狱系统的细节，并要求中国政府对执行自己的法规负责，而不是仅仅引用国际标准。更广泛地说，他向中国官员表明，他们对政治犯的处理对他们在贸易谈判中的诚意发出了明确的信号。卡姆的务实、逐案的策略是对基于国际公约和原则的人权倡导的补充。他已经为数百人赢得了释放或改善了条件，并证明他的方法是与中国政府解决有争议的人权问题的有效手段。

个人简历
约翰-卡姆在普林斯顿大学获得学士学位（1972年），在哈佛大学获得硕士学位（1975年）。1979年，卡姆创办了自己的化学公司，在香港和中国设有办事处。他还担任过美中贸易全国委员会的香港代表（1976-1981），香港美国商会会长（1990），目前担任美中关系全国委员会的董事。1999年，卡姆成立了Dui Hua（"对话"）基金会，他是该基金会的主席和执行董事。此外，他还指导斯坦福大学国际研究学院的人权外交项目的持续研究。