UNCITRAL Japan Seminar 2014
The Development of Investor State Dispute Settlement from a viewpoint of Asia
(Co-organized by UNCITRAL-RCAP & AIBT)
Date: October 25. 2014
Venue: Doshisha University, Imadegawa Campus, Ryoshin Kan
9:30~9:40 Opening Address
9:40~10:20
Mr. Renaud Sorieul (Secretary of UNCITRAL and Director of the International Trade Law Division, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations)
Keynote Lecture:
Session1: General View of Investor State Dispute Settlement
10:25~10:45
Prof. Dai Tamada (Professor of Law, Kobe University)
ISDS from a viewpoint of Public International Law and International Public Policy
10:45~11:05
Mr. Tony Andriotis (Special Counsel at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Tokyo Office)
The Reality of ISDS: What we can learn from YKOS Case
<11:05-11:20 Break>
11:20~11:40
Mr. Masaharu Onuki (JCAA Osaka)
ISDS from a viewpoint of Arbitration Institution in Asia
11:45~12:30 Q&A + Discussion
<Lunch Break 12:30~14:00>
Session 2: UNCITRAL Texts and the Practice of Investment Treaty Arbitration
14:00~14:05 Introduction
14:05~14:25 Prof. Shotaro Hamamoto (Professor of Law, Kyoto University)
UNCITRAL Rules and Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration
14:25~14:45 Mr. Changkuk Lim (Legal Officer, UNCITRAL-RCAP)
UNCITRAL Tools for ISDS and the Future
14:45~15:05 Professor Cai Congyan (Professor of Law, Xiamen University School of Law)
Recent Development of International Investment Law and ISDS: From a viewpoint of China
<15:05~15:20 Break>
15:20~15:40 Mr. Soohyun Lee (Fellow Researcher, UNCITRAL-RCAP)
Public Interest Provisions and their Implications for Investor-State Disputes
15:40~16:00 ISDS from a viewpoint of Government Policy in Japan
16:00~16:20 Recent Development of ISDS from a viewpoint of Korea
Discussion 16:30~17:10
Closing 17:10~17:20
Supporting Institutions
Osaka Bar Association
Japan Commercial Arbitration Association
Doshisha University Research Center for International Transactions and Law [RECITAL]
Kobe University Graduate School of Law (Situational Training Program)
Kobe University Center for Asian Studies
Registration
Please register from AIBT website soon: http://aibt.jp
