| Speaker | - Michael O'Flaherty, member, United Nations Human Rights Committee - Paul Green, former ICJ member, UK Senior Officer - Mercedes Morales, Chief of the Petitions and Inquiries Section, Human Rights Treaties Division, Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights - Petr Konupka, Cousnel at The Office of the Government Agent before the European Court of Human Rights and the U.N. Human Rights Committee, Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic - Gerhard Thallinger, Secretary of Legation, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria - Orsolya Makar, Department for Equal Opprtunities, Ministry of National Resources, Gov. of Hungary - Roeland Böcker, Government Agent to the European Court of Human rights and the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, legal counsel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands - Mikiko Otani, Attorney at Law, Vice Chair, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JAFA) Committee on International Human Rights - Fumio Takemura, Attorney at Law, Vice Chair of JAFA Committee on Realization of Individual Complaint Mechanisms under International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights(ICCPR) and Other Treaties - Akiko Ejima, Professor, Graduate School of Law, Meiji Univ. |
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| Moderator | Session I : Hiroyuki Banzai, Associate Prof. Faculty of Law, Waseda Univ. Session II : Yuji Iwasawa, Chairperson, U.N. Human Rights Committee, Professor of the University of Tokyo |
| Date | 4 November 2010 |
| Time | 13:00 - 16:30 |
| Venue | Okuma Auditorium, Waseda Univ. |
| Language | English and Japanese (Simultaneous Translation) |
| Note | Co-Hosted by Delegation of the EU to Japan and EUIJ Waseda Assisted by Faculty of Law, Waseda Univ. Supported by United Nations Information Centre |
【Session I 13:00-14:30】 " How U.N. treaties can foster an individual's human rights"
Moderator: Associate Prof. Hiroyuki Banzai, Faculty of Law, Waseda University
- Welcoming Remarks
- Katsuhiko Shirai, President of Waseda University
- Stefan Huber, Head of EU Delegation
- Speech by Mr Ikuo Yamahana, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Keynote Address : Michael O'Flaherty, United Nations Human Rights Committee
- Respondent 1:Mercedes Morales, Hungary
- Respondent 2:Mikiko Otani, Attorney at Law
- Q & A
【Break for 15 minutes】
【Session II 14:45-16:15】 "The U.N. Treaties in practice: the Individual Complaint mechanism in Japan"
Moderator: Prof. Yuji Iwasawa, Chairperson, U.N. Human Rights Committee, the Univ. of Tokyo
- Introductory remarks by Moderator
- Paul Green, International Commission of Jurists
- Gerhard Thallinger, Austria "How a state prepares to deal with individual cases
- Roeland Böcker, Netherlands / Orsolya Makar, Hungary
- Petr Konupka, Czech"The challenge of implementing Committee opinions"
----What could be the benefits for Japanese citizens if Japan acceeds to the U.N. Treaties?----
- Fumio Takemura, Attorney at Law
- Prof. Akiko Ejima, Graduate school of Law, Meiji Univ.
- Summary by Moderator
- Panel Discussion / Q & A
Closing Remarks by Prof. Koji Fukuda, Director, EUIJ Waseda