Keynote Lecture 1:
Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Chairperson of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
"No Justice No Peace: Human Rights in an Age of Globalization"
Keynote Lecture 2:
Prof. Yozo Yokota, Chuo University; Special Adviser to the Rector of the United Nations University
“Human Rights and State Rights”
[Outline - English, Japanese]
Session I: Concepts and Norms of Human Rights
Lecture 1: "Concepts and Norms of Human Rights"
Dr. Deepika Udagama, University of Colombo
[ English outline ] [ English full text]
Session II: Human Rights in Practice
Working Groups:
(a) Women's Rights
Prof. Mari Osawa, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo
[Abstract - English, Japanese]
(b) Children’s Rights
Dr. Kaoru Ashimine, Director, Okinawa Chubu Hospital
[Abstract - English, Japanese] [Full Text Japanese]
(c) Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Prof. Yutaka Takamine, University of the Ryukyus
[Outline - English, Japanese] [Full Text Japanese]
(d) Minority Rights
Prof. Yozo Yokota, Chuo University; Special Adviser to the Rector of the United Nations University
[Outline - English/Japanese]
Session III: Working for Human Rights
Lecture 2
“United Nations Advocacy and Monitoring Bodies”
Dr. Hazel Smith, Senior Academic Programme Officer, United Nations University
[Outline - English]
Lecture 3
“Non-governmental Actors”
Mr. Makoto Teranaka, Secretary-General, Amnesty International Japan
[Outline - English]
Lecture 4
“Media and Human Rights: Cultivating a Culture of Human Rights”
Mr. Masato Tanaka, Executive Director of the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan; Former Deputy Managing Editor of the Yomiuri Shimbun
[Abstract - Japanese]
