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Participation of Civil Society in UN Human Rights Mechanisms 1 Summary Report of the Online Seminar on the Occasion of the Publication of the Book ‘United Nations Commission on Human Rights: A Very Great Enterprise’ by Dr. John Pace

On Jan. 27th,  the online seminar on the occasion of the publication of the book ‘United Nations  Commission on Human Rights: A Very Great Enterprise’ by Dr. John Pace was held online.

Now, summary report of it is available. Please check from here(PDF).

Practitioners and academics participated in the seminar, moderated by Prof. Ai Kihara-Hunt, featuring a panel discussion between Dr. John Pace, Ms. Atsuko Miwa, and Prof. Saul Takahashi.[1] Participants were welcomed by Prof. Yasunobu Sato and Mr. Osamu Shiraishi.[2] After introductions by Ms. Satoko Haru,[3] Dr. Pace began speaking about civil society actors’ role as a crucial partner for the UN in its human rights agenda…[continued]

[1] Ai Kihara-Hunt is Deputy Director at the RCSP and Associate Professor in the HSP of the University of Tokyo; Atsuko Miwa is Director at HuRights Osaka; Saul Takahashi is Professor of Human Rights and Peace Studies at the Osaka Jogakuin University. Satoko Haru from the University of Tokyo’s RCSP

[2] Yasunobu Sato is Director at the RCSP and Professor in the HSP of the University of Tokyo; Osamu Shiraishi is President of HuRights Osaka.

[3] Satoko Haru is a Research Assistant at the RSCP of the University of Tokyo.

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