Profile
- Professor
ISOZAKI HIROJI
Hiroji ISOZAKI, a professor at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, teaches international environmental law. He has been a research associate at the Tokyo Metropolitan University, an associate professor and a professor at the Iwate University, and a professor at the Meiji Gakuin University. He is also a professor emeritus at Iwate University and a visiting professor at United Nations University.
Affiliated with the Japan Society of International Law, the Japan Society of World Law, the Japan Society of Environmental Law and Policy, and the Japan Society of Environmental Economics, Policy and Law, as well as serving as a member of several advisory bodies of Japanese Government and Local Authorities, and environmental NGOs or the Science Council of Japan, he has been providing relevant academic opinions on environmental issues. He also contributed as a resource person to UNU Training Course on International Environmental Law and UNITAR Training Course on Multilateral Agreements on Biological Diversity. Regarding ABS (Access to and Benefit-Sharing from Genetic Resources) issues under CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity), he has been a member of the ABS Research Group organized by METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) or MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries), and served as one of Co-Chairpersons of Technical and Expert Group on Compliance, organized by ABS Working Group under CBD.
Introduction of Research
He has mainly carried out academic researches on the North-South Problem, Law of the Sea Issues and Environmental Issues from the international law perspectives. Recent years, he has been organizing or contributing to several research programs, both national and international, on biological diversity, sustainable management of nature and natural resources, positive implementation of environmental treaties and others.
Characteristics
An investigation will be conducted, from the legal point of view, on effective implementation of international environmental law, including that implementation through domestic law. For example, an analysis on the rights and duties set out in each international environmental treaty, as well as their status of implementation, will be carried out, paying a special attention to the overall framework of the current international society and its structural problems. Relevant information on international meetings or courses to be held out side the campus will be provided, that are useful to understand the changing and evolving international environmental law. When possible, a submission of legal opinions by the seminar members will be encouraged to a public comment invited by the public entities on environmental issues.
Introduction of Seminar
The seminar will focus on the conservation of biological diversity, including necessary measures for nature protection, control on the sustainable use of natural resources, as well as framework of international environmental treaties, their implementation, relevant domestic laws, identification of gaps and problems, and practical proposal for improvements.
