Tokyo Conference 2009

10:00-12:30

Open Forum : Asian Challenges - Law and Value in a Multi-polar World

(Yasuda Auditorium)

Chair:

YAMASHITA Yasuko

(Professor, Bunkyo Gakuin University; Former President, Japan Association of Gender and Law)

Moderator:

NOMURA Akio

(Director, Asahi Shimbun Institute of Journalism; Former Director, UN Information Centre, Tokyo)

Panel Speakers:

Edith BROWN WEISS

(Professor, Georgetown University; Former President, American Society of International Law)

MOGAMI Toshiki

(Professor, International Christian University; Former President, Peace Studies Association of Japan)

OWADA Hisashi

(President, International Court of Justice; President, Asian Society of International Law)

XUE Hanqin

(Member of the UN International Law Commission; Vice-President, Chinese Society of International Law)

12:30-14:00

Lunch

(Box lunched provided at Sanjo Conference Hall and Faculty of Law & Letters Bldg1 (Room 21/22/25)

14:00-15:00

Opening Ceremony

(Yasuda Auditorium)

KOZAI Shigeru

(Co-President, Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Conference)

OWADA Hisashi

(President, Asian Society of International Law )

SAKURADA Yoshiaki

(President, Japanese Society of International Law)

MIYAZAKI Makoto

(President, Japan Federation of Bar Associations)

TSURUOKA Koji

(Director-General, International Legal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)

Hélène RUIZ FABRI

(President, European Society of International Law)

15:00-18:00

16:20-16:40

Break

Plenary Session I : International Law in a Multi-polar and Multi-civilizational World

(Yasuda Auditorium)

Moderator/Chair:

ONUMA Yasuaki

(Professor, Meiji University; Vice-President, Asian Society of International Law)

Main Speakers:

Edith BROWN WEISS  [PDF 175KB]

(Professor, Georgetown University)

Bhupinder S.CHIMNI  [PDF 373KB]

(Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Grotius Lecturer at the 100th Annual Meeting of the ASIL (2006))

Martti KOSKENNIEMI  [PDF 164KB]

(Professor, University of Helsinki; Former Member of the UN International Law Commission)

XUE Hanqin  [PDF 96KB]

(Member of the UN International Law Commission)

Discussants:

Rahamat Bin MOHAMED

(Secretary-General, Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization)

YEE Sienho  [PDF 112KB]

(Professor, Wuhan University)

18:30-19:30

Reception

(Sanjo Conference Hall)

9:30-11:00

Panel Session A (6 parallel panel sessions)

A-1

Agora-Session: Power

(Law Faculty Room 21)

Moderator/Chair:

Shirley Veronica SCOTT

(Associate Professor, University of New South Wales)

Panel Speakers:

Upendra D. ACHARYA  [PDF 217KB]

(Assistant Professor, Gonzaga University )

Afshin A-KHAVARI  [PDF 854KB]

(Senior Lecturer, Griffith University)

Philip NICHOLS  [PDF 81KB]

(Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania)

Victor V. RAMRAJ

(Associate Professor, National University of Singapore)

A-2

Agora-Session: Culture and/or Civilization

(Law Faculty Room 22)

Moderator/Chair:

Surya P. SUBEDI

(Professor, University of Leeds, UK and UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia)

Panel Speakers:

Michael Ewing CHOW  [PDF 519KB]

(Associate Professor, National University of Singapore)

PAN Junwu  [PDF 151KB]

(Lecturer, Northwest University of Politics and Law)

Niels PETERSEN  [PDF 153KB]

(Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods)

Rima TKATOVA  [PDF 140KB]

(PhD Student, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3)

A-3

Agora-Session: History

(Law Faculty Room 26)

Moderator/Chair:

Venkateswara S. MANI

(Professor, Director, School of Law and Governance, Jaipur National University; Executive President, Indian Society of International Law)

Panel Speakers:

Arnulf BECKER LORCA  [PDF 200KB]

(Lecturer, King's College London)

Diane DESIERTO  [PDF 710KB]

(Professional Lecturer, University of the Philippines)

James GREEN  [PDF 2.7MB]

(Lecturer, University of Reading)

Kate MILES  [PDF 239KB] / PPT  [PDF 42KB]

(Lecturer, University of Sydney)

A-4

Asian Perspectives on Conflict of Laws and Choice of Court

(Sanjo Conference Hall, Large Conference Room)

Moderator/Chair:

Alejandro CARBALLO

(Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law)

Panel Speakers:

CHEN Weizuo  [PDF 304KB]

(Associate Professor, Tsinghua University)

Graeme JOHNSTON

(Managing Partner, Herbert Smith Shanghai)

TEZUKA Hiroyuki

(Partner, Nishimura & Asahi)

A-5

Oceans and the Law of the Sea  [PDF 35KB]

(Law Faculty Room 27)

Moderator/Chair:

MIYOSHI Masahiro

(Professor Emeritus, Aichi University)

Panel Speakers:

Mohd Nizam BASIRON

(Research Fellow and Head, Centre for Maritime Security and Environment, Malaysia)

Mary GEORGE

(Professor, University of Malaya)

Mary Ann PALMA

(Research Fellow, Australian National Centre for Ocean)

Robin WARNER

(Senior Research Fellow, Australian National Centre for Ocean)

A-6

From Rule Takers, Shakers to Makers: How Japan, China and Korea Shaped New Norms in International Economic Law 
[PDF 284KB]

(Yasusda Auditorium)

Moderator/Chair:

MATSUSHITA Mitsuo

(Former Member of the WTO Appellate Body )

Panel Speakers:

AHN Dukgeun

(Associate Professor, Seoul National University)

Henry GAO

(Associate Professor, Singapore Management University)

Saadia PEKKANEN

(Professor, University of Washington)

Commentator:

FUKUNAGA Yuka

(Associate Professor, Waseda University)

11:15-13:00

Panel Session B (5 parallel panel sessions)

B-1

Investment Treaty Arbitration

(Yasusda Auditorium)

Moderator/Chair:

HAMAMOTO Shotaro

(Professor, Kyoto University)

Main Speaker:

Michael HWANG  [PDF 592KB]

(Senior Counsel and Chartered Arbitrator; President of the Law Society of Singapore)

Panel Speakers:

Omar GARCIA-BOLIVAR  [PDF 190KB]

(President, BG Consulting)

HAYAKAWA Yoshihisa  [PDF 54KB] / PPT  [PDF 74KB]

(Professor, Rikkyo University)

Romesh WEERAMANTRY  [PDF 199KB]

(Assistant Professor, City University Hong Kong)

B-2

Asian Perspectives to the International Criminal Court

(Law Faculty Room 21)

Moderator/Chair:

LIU Daqun

(Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia)

Main Speaker:

Raul PANGALANGAN

(Professor, University of the Philippines)

Panel Speakers:

Neha JAIN  [PDF 100KB]

(Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law)

NOGUCHI Motoo

(International Judge, Supreme Court Chamber, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC))

B-3

Constitutionalism and Functionalism in International Law

(Law Faculty Room 26)

Moderator/Chair:

AGO Shin-ichi

(Professor, Kyushu University)

Panel Speakers:

Simon CHESTERMAN

(Associate Professor, National University of Singapore)

Tom GINSBURG

(Professor, University of Chicago)

* Professor Martti Koskenniemi will take part in the discussion.

B-4

International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in National Courts

(Law Faculty Room 22)

Moderator/Chair:

SHIN Hae Bong

(Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University)

Panel Speakers:

PARK Chan Un  [PDF 490KB]

(Associate Professor, Hanyang University)

Paul RISHWORTH  [PDF 471KB]

(Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland)

WANG Zhi An  [PDF 200KB]

(Professor, Komazawa University)

B-5

International Climate Regime and Sustainable Development in Asia

(Sanjo Conference Hall, Large Conference Room)

Moderator/Chair:

TAKAMURA Yukari

(Professor, Ryukoku University)

Main Speaker:

WANG Xueman

(Senior Legal Adviser, World Bank)

Panel Speakers:

David LEARY  [PDF 198KB]

(Senior Research Fellow, University of New South Wales)

OTA Minoru

(Attorney-at-Law, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)

13:00-14:15

Lunch

(Box lunched provided at Sanjo Conference Hall and Faculty of Law & Letters Bldg1 (Room 21/22/25)

14:15-16:15

Panel Session C (3 parallel panel sessions)

C-1

Transparency in International Trade and Investment Dispute Settlement

(Yasuda Auditoirum)

Moderator/Chair:

NAKAGAWA Junji

(Professor, University of Tokyo )

Main Speaker:

Florentino P. FELICIANO

(Former Member of the WTO Appellate Body; Former Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines )

Panel Speakers:

Peter LALLAS  [PDF 391KB]

(Executive Secretary, World Bank Inspection Panel)

Federico ORTINO  [PDF 236KB]

(Reader, King's College London)

Commentator:

Daniel MAGRAW

(Director, Center for International Environmental Law, Wachington D. C.)

C-2

Feminist International Legal Studies and the Thirty Years of the CEDAW Convention

(Sanjo Conference Hall, Large Conference Room)

Moderator/Chair:

ABE Kohki

(Professor, Kanagawa University)

Main Speaker:

Hilary CHARLESWORTH

(Professor, Australian National University)

Panel Speakers:

Cecilia Rachel (Coco) QUISUMBING

(Commissioner, Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines)

SHIN Heisoo

(Former Member of the CEDAW)

C-3

Human Security in Asia

(Law Faculty Room 21)

Moderator/Chair:

Markandey KATJU

(Justice, Supreme Court of India)

SATO Yasunobu

(Professor, University of Tokyo )

Main Speaker:

Tom FARER  [PDF 277KB]

(Dean, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver)

Panel Speakers:

ASAHI Hideaki  [PDF 120KB]

(Professor, University of Tokyo; Former Ambassador to Timor Leste)

Thi Thuy Van DINH  [PDF 95KB]

(Interdisciplinary Centre on Environmental and Planning Law, Limoges)

KUONG Teilee  [PDF 111KB]

(Associate Professor, Nagoya University)

Allan MACKEY  [PDF 112KB] / PPT  [PDF 96KB]

(Chairman, Refugee Status Appellate Authority of New Zealand)

Sharon ONG Su Min  [PDF 209KB]

(State Counsel, Attorney-General's Chambers, Singapore)

16:30-17:00

General Meeting of the Asian Society of International Law

(Yasuda Auditoirum)

17:00-18:30

Plenary Session II : Conclusions and Perspectives

(Yasuda Auditoirum)

Moderator/Chair:

R.P. ANAND

(Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Executive President, Indian Society of International Law)

Panel Speakers:

Hilary CHARLESWORTH

(Professor, Australian National University)

Tommy KOH

(Professor, National University of Singapore; Vice-President, Asian Society of International Law)

Abdul G. KOROMA

(Judge, International Court of Justice)

NAGAHAMA Tsuyoshi

(Attorney-at-Law; Member of the Foreign Lawyers and International Legal Practice Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations)

Hélène RUIZ FABRI

(Professor, Université de Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne); President, European Society of International Law)

18:30-18:40

Closing Remarks 

(Yasuda Auditoirum)

HAMADA Kunio

(Co-President, Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Conference)

19:30-21:30

Gala Dinner

(Garden Restaurant Chinzan-so : 2-10-8, Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)