Professor Shotaro Hamamoto
Profile
Education
- Japan-Illini Club Scholarship Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA, 1991-1992)
- LL.B. (Kyoto University, Japan, 1993)
- LL.M. (Kyoto University, Japan, 1995)
- Docteur en droit (Université de Paris II - Panthéon Assas, France, 2007)
Academic Experience
- Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1995-1998)
- Assistant, Kyoto University (1998-2000)
- Associate Professor, Kobe University (2000-2006)
- Professor, Kobe University (2006-2009)
- Professeur invité, Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (2009)
- Professor, Kyoto University (2009-)
Other Professional Activities
- Advocate for the Japanese Government in the cases of “Hoshinmaru” (Japan v. Russia) and “Tomimaru” (Japan v. Russia) before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (2007)
- Assistant for the Spanish Government in the Fisheries Jurisdiction case (Spain v. Canada) before the International Court of Justice (1997-1998)
- Vice-president, EU Institute in Japan, Kansai (2007-2009)
- Arbitrator, Japan Sports Arbitration Agency (2008-2009)
- Japanese Representative (observer), Advisory Group on Legal Issues (T-DO LI), Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention, the Council of Europe (2010- )
- Japanese Representative, UNCITRAL Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation) (2010- )
- Japanese Representative, OECD Investment Committee (2011)
Professional Associations and Activities
- American Society of International Law (member, 1989- )
- Japanese Society of International Law
- member (1993- )
- member of the General Council (2003- )
- member of the Steering Committee (2006-2009)
- member of the Committee on International Law Education (2009- )
- Japanese Association of World Law (member, 1993- )
- Société française pour le droit international (membre, 1997- )
- International Law Association
- member (2006- )
- alternate member, Committee on Recognition/Non-recognition in International Law (2009- )
- International Law Association, Japan Branch
- member of the Board of Editors of the Japanese Annual of International Law (2006-2008)
- member of the Board of Editors of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (2008- )
- Asian Society of International Law
- member (2007- )
- member of the Research Committee of the Japan Chapter (2008- )