The Registration and Information Desk will be open from 15:00-17:00 on Thursday afternoon, and from 8:00-8:45, and 12:00-18:00 on Friday, and from 9:00-18:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
Presentation Schedule
Presentation Schedule
Parallel panels are organized into thematic streams and run on Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday. The plenary session will be on Friday morning.
Friday Plenary Session: 9:00-12:00
Friday Parallel Sessions: (1) 13:00-14:30, (2) 14:45-16:45
Saturday Parallel Sessions: (1) 9:00-10:30, (2) 10:45-12:15, (3) 13:15-14:45, (4) 15:00-16:30
Sunday Parallel Sessions: (1) 9:00-10:30, (2) 10:45-12:15, (3) 15:15-14:45
Sunday Closing Session: 15:00-15:30Events
Welcome Drinks Reception - 18:00-19:00
Thursday Evening:
Come and join fellow delegates for a drink or two at the conference
welcome reception at the first floor Neuf-Neuf cafe/restaurant. No need
to book, just show up!
Conference Dinner - 19:00 - 21:00
Friday Evening - 19:00-21:00
The official conference dinner will be held in a downtown Osaka izakaya, and provide a relaxed and enjoyable environment to meet and network with other delegates. This is ticketed and there are a limited number of places. For more information mail conferences@iafor.org
President, The Center for Human Rights Affairs
Special Adviser to the Japanese Ministry of Justice
Friday Evening - 19:00-21:00
The official conference dinner will be held in a downtown Osaka izakaya, and provide a relaxed and enjoyable environment to meet and network with other delegates. This is ticketed and there are a limited number of places. For more information mail conferences@iafor.org
Keynote Speaker
Yozo Yokota
President, The Center for Human Rights Affairs
Special Adviser to the Japanese Ministry of Justice
Professor Yozo Yokota is a lawyer, academic, and jurist whose areas of specialization include international law, international human rights law, international economic law, and international institutional law. As well as his current role as President of the Center for Human Rights Affairs he is Chairman of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Committee of Experts, Special Advisor to the Ministry of Justice, President of the Japan Association for United Nations Studies and Special Adviser to the Rector of the United Nations University. He is also a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists, a position he has held since 1996, having also served on the ICJ's Executive Committee from 2002-2004.
Professor Yokota is an internationally referenced lawyer in the field of human rights law and worked for the United Nations as an Alternate Member of the UN Sub-Commissions on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (1988-2000), and on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (2000-2006). He was also the United Nations special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar from 1992 until 1996, working extensively with Aung San Suu Kyi (with whom he is pictured below).
Professor Yokota graduated with a Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Tokyo and was Legal Counsel of the World Bank in Washington DC from 1974 until 1976 before returning to Japan to forge an academic career as first Professor of International Law in the International Christian University in Tokyo (1979-1995), and then Professor of International Economic Law in the University of Tokyo (1995-2001). From 2001 until 2011 he was Professor of International Law at Chuo University (2001-2011). He has also held visiting professorships at the university of Adelaide (1983), The University of Michigan Law School (1984), and the University of Columbia School of Law (!984-1985). He is the author of many books including “The 20th Century and International Organization“,“Introduction to International Law“,“Legal Structure of International Organization“, “The Law of International Relations“, and “Human Rights in Japan and in the World“.
Professor Yokota is an internationally referenced lawyer in the field of human rights law and worked for the United Nations as an Alternate Member of the UN Sub-Commissions on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (1988-2000), and on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (2000-2006). He was also the United Nations special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar from 1992 until 1996, working extensively with Aung San Suu Kyi (with whom he is pictured below).
Professor Yokota graduated with a Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Tokyo and was Legal Counsel of the World Bank in Washington DC from 1974 until 1976 before returning to Japan to forge an academic career as first Professor of International Law in the International Christian University in Tokyo (1979-1995), and then Professor of International Economic Law in the University of Tokyo (1995-2001). From 2001 until 2011 he was Professor of International Law at Chuo University (2001-2011). He has also held visiting professorships at the university of Adelaide (1983), The University of Michigan Law School (1984), and the University of Columbia School of Law (!984-1985). He is the author of many books including “The 20th Century and International Organization“,“Introduction to International Law“,“Legal Structure of International Organization“, “The Law of International Relations“, and “Human Rights in Japan and in the World“. Featured Speakers
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