Akiho SHIBATA CV

Name Akiho Shibata
Year of birth 1965
Sex Male
I. Professional
April 2005 - present Professor of International Law
Kobe University Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS)
April 1995 - Mar. 2005 Associate Professor of International Law
Okayama University Faculty of Law
March 2013 Invited Professor, Faculty of Law at the Centre for International Security and European Studies, Université Pierre-Mendes France (UPMF), the University of Grenoble.
Sept. 2009-Jan. 2010 Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
Faculty of Law
Dec. 2002- Nov. 2006 Member, Basel Convention Compliance Committee
April 2004 - Nov. 2010 Legal Consultant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
July 2001 - June 2003 Adviser, Permanent Mission of Japan to the International
Organizations in Geneva
II. Education and Degrees
Aug. - Sept. 1995 Center for Studies in International Law and International Relations
The Hague Academy of International Law
Aug. 1992 - May 1993 New York University School of Law, Graduate Division
LL.M. in International Legal Studies, 1993
April 1990 - Mar. 1992 Kyoto University Graduate School of Law
Master of Law, 1992
April 1985 - Mar. 1990 Kyoto University Faculty of Law
Bachelor of Law, 1990
III. Fellowship
Aug.1993 - May 1994 Senior Fellow
Center for International Studies
New York University School of Law
Aug. 1992 - Sept. 1994 Fulbright Scholar
IV. Major Publications (in English and French)

Books:

L'ETRE SITUE, EFFECTIENESS AND PURPOSES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR RYUICHI IDA, Brill, 2015, 299p.+xvii (Akiho Shibata co-editor with S. Hamamoto and H. Sakai).

INTERNATIONAL LIABILITY REGIME FOR BIODIVERSITY DAMAGE: THE NAGOYA-KUALA LUMPUR SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL, Routledge, 2014, 282p.+xviii (Akiho Shibata editor).

UNITED NATIONS PEACE-KEEPING OPERATIONS: A GUIDE TO JAPANESE POLICIES, UNU Press, 1999, 279 pp (Co-authored with L. William Heinrich and Yoshihide Soeya).

Articles:

Japan and 100 Years of Antarctic Legal Order: Any Lessons for the Arctic?, Yearbook of Polar Law, Vol.7, Year 2015 (in press).

International and Domestic Laws in Collaboration: An Effective Means of Environmental Liability regime-Making, in L'ETRE SITUE, EFFECTIENESS AND PURPOSES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (Brill, June 2015), pp.193-213.

International Environmental Lawmaking in the First decade of the Twenty-First Century: The Form and Process, Japanese Yearbook of International Law, Vol.54 (2011) (February 2012), pp.28-61.

The Court's Decision in silentium on the Sources of International Law: its Enduring Significance In THE ICJ AND THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW:
THE ENDURING IMPACT OF THE CORFU CHANNEL CASE (K. Bannelier, T. Cristakis and S. Heathcote eds., Routledge., 2012), pp. 201- 210.

Ensuring Compliance with the Basel Convention - its Unique Features In ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN PRACTITIONERS AND ACADEMIA (Ulrich Beyerlin, Peter-Tobias Stoll and Rudiger Wolfrum eds., Martinus Nijhoff Pub., 2006), pp.69-87.

Basel Compliance Mechanism, Review of European and International Environmental Law, Vol.12, Issue 2 (2003), pp.183-198.

Japan: Moderate commitment within legal stricture, in DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE USE OF FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW (C. Ku and H.K. Jacobson eds., Cambridge UP, 2002), pp. 207-230.

Creating an International Urgent Assistance Mechanism in Case of Natural and Industrial
Catastrophes, in THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF NATURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CATASTROPHES (D. Caron and C. Leben eds., Kluwer, 2001), pp.457-535.

Participation japonaise aux operations de maintien de la paix de l’ONU,Perspectic asiatiques Nos. 6-7 (1999), pp.116-127.

Japanese Peacekeeping Legislation and Recent Developments in U.N. Operations,The Yale Journal of International Law Vol.19, No.2 (1994), pp. 307-348.

International Law-Making Process in the United Nations: Comparative Analysis of UNCED and UNCLOS III,California Western International Law Journal Vol.24, No.1 (1993), pp.17-53.

V. Major Publications (in Japanese)

Books

INTERNATIONAL LAW (2nd edition), Toshindo, 2013 (Masahiko Asada edtitor; chapters 2 and 9).

BASIC DOCUMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 2014, 2015, Toshindo, 2014, 2015 (Norio Tanaka, et al editors; chapters 1 and 8).

Articles

Domestic Implementation of Antarctic Environmental Liability Annex: Japanese Problems and Prospects, ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, Edited by Jun'ichi Eto (Shinzansha, January 2015), pp.633-667.

The Significance of Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability for Biodiversity Damage arising from LMOs, Bioscience and Industry, Vol.69, No.3 (May 2011), pp.1-21.

The ILC’s Principles on the Allocation of Loss for Transboundary Harm, in INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSTION IN ITS EVOLUTION, Edited by S. Murase and K. Tsuruoka (Shinzansha, April 2011), pp.273-296.

The Antarctic Treaty System: Its Foundation and Evolution, Jurist, No.1409 (October 2010), pp.86-94.

The Consequences of Non-Compliance Procedures under MEAs and the Law of Treaties Revisited, The Journal of International Law and Diplomacy, Vol. 107, No. 3 (November 2008), pp.1-21.

"Without Prejudice to the Dispute Settlement Procedures": Its Practical Significance for MEA's Non-Compliance Procedures, INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT: ITS DIVERSITY AND LEGAL NATURE, editted by N. SHIMADA, S. SUGIYAMA and M. HAYASHI (Shinzansya, 2006), pp.65-89.

International Law-Making Activities in the Conference of the parties (COP), Yearbook of World Law No.25 (2006), pp. 43-67.

The Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: A Legal Analysis, Okayama Law Journal Vol. 53, No.3-4 (2004), pp.119-182.

The Establishment of the Compliance Mechanism under the Basel Convention: its Negotiating history and the analysis, Okayama Law Journal Vol.52, No.4 (2003), pp.47-103.

Legitimacy of Antarctic Mineral Resources Convention, LAW AND POLITICS AT THE TURN OF CENTURY: 50TH YEAR COMMEMORATION OF OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW(Yuhikaku, 2001), pp. 291-344.

Legitimacy and Justice in International Law: The Thrust and Problematique of Professor
Franck’s Fairness Discourse, Okayama Law Journal Vol.47, No.4 (1998), pp.77-133.

Creating an International Urgent Assistance Mechanism in Case of Natural and Industrial Catastrophes, Okayama Law Journal Vol.46, Nos. 3-4 (1997), pp. 347-424.

The Doctrine of “Persistent Objector” Reconsidered: Towards a Theory of Legitimate Process in International Law-Making, Okayama Law Journal Vol.46, No.2 (1997), pp.111-183

Delegation Membership / Experts

Member, Delegation of a NGO, Kobe University Research Institute on MEA’s (KURIM), Convention on Biological Diversity, 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, 7th COP-MOP of the Cartagena Protocol, Pyeonchang, Republic of Korea, September to October 2014

Member, Delegation of a NGO, Kobe University Research Institute on MEA’s (KURIM), Convention on Biological Diversity, 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Hyderabad, India, October 2012.

Observer, Dispatched by the Japanese Government, 64th Meeting of the International Law Commission, May – July 2012, Geneva, Switzerland.

Member, Japanese Delegation, Fifth Meeting of the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Nagoya, Japan, October 2010.

Head of Delegation, Japanese Delegation, Antarctic Treaty 31st Consultative Meeting, Kiev, Ukraine, June 2009.

Member, Japanese Delegation, Fifth meeting of the ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Cartagena, March 2008.

Member, Japanese Delegation, Fourth meeting of the ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Montreal, October 2007.

Alternate Representative, Japanese Delegation, Antarctic Treaty 30th Consultative Meeting, New Dehli, April - May 2007.

Member, Japanese Delegation, Third meeting of the ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Montreal, February 2007.

Member, Japanese Delegation, Basel Convention 8th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Nairobi, November - December 2006.

Member, Delegation of a NGO, Kobe University Research Institute on MEA’s (KURIM), Rotterdam Convention 3rd Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Geneva, October 2006.

Alternate Representative, Japanese delegation, Antarctic Treaty 29th Consultative Meeting, Edinburgh, June 2006.

Expert, A High Level Meeting on Envisioning the Next Steps for MEA Compliance and Enforcement, Colombo, January 2006.

Alternate Representative, Japanese delegation, Antarctic Treaty 28th Consultative Meeting, Stockholm, June 2005.

Alternate Representative, Japanese delegation, Antarctic Treaty 27th Consultative Meeting, Cape Town, June 2004

Member, Japanese Delegation, Antarctic Treaty 26th Consultative Meeting, Madrid, June 2003.

Member, Japanese Delegation, Basel Convention 6th Conference of the Parties, Geneva, December 2002.

Member, Japanese Delegation, Ramsar Convention 8th Conference of the Parties, Valencia, November 2002.

Member, Japanese Delegation, Rotterdam (PIC) Convention 9th Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, Bonn, September-October, 2002.

Member, Japanese Delegation, Antarctic Treaty 25th Consultative Meeting, Warsaw, September, 2002.

Member, Japanese Delegation, Stockholm (POPs) Convention 6th Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, Geneva, June, 2002.

Member, Japanese Delegation, Convention to Combat Desertification 5th Conference of the Parties, Geneva, October 2001.