Hae Bong Shin, Professor of International Law at Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan recently authored a textbook in Japanese on international human rights law.

The book is intended for Japanese students and scholars as well as practicing lawyers and judges. It covers the origins and sources of international human rights law, the status of human rights treaties in Japanese law, the obligations of States, and mechanisms of domestic and international implementation of international human rights law encompassing the UN system and treaty system. The book also examines contemporary issues in human rights law such as the rights of indigenous peoples, the rights of sexual minorities (LGBT), indirect discrimination, ethnic profiling, transitional justice and the right of access to environmental information. 

Chief for Educational Matters assisting the Dean at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Mrs Hae Bong Shin was Visiting Scholar at the Robert-Schuman University in Strasbourg in 2006-2007. She is Secretary-General of the International Human Rights Law Association in Japan and Board Member of the Japanese Association of World Law. She is also a Board Member of the International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR), lecturer to immigration officials on the observance of international human rights norms in the work of the ministries of immigration control and justice. She is a Judge at the Japan Round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and President of the Institute’s Alumni Chapter in Tokyo. She holds a bachelor of law from Aoyama Gakuin University, two masters of law, one from the University of Tokyo Graduate School and the other one from the Graduate Institute, Geneva, and a PhD in international law from the University of Tokyo.