Received Sylff fellowship in 2024
Academic supervisor: Shuichi Furuya
Current affiliation: PhD Candidate in Public Law (International Law), Graduate School of Law, Waseda University
Yoshimi OHASHI is a Ph.D. candidate, a teaching assistant at the Graduate School of Law and a teaching associate at the Global Education Centre of Waseda University. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Law at Waseda University and LL.M. at the IHRL at the University of Essex, UK. From 2019 to 2023, she worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan by engaging in human rights diplomacy at the United Nations. Her research interests include public international law, particularly international human rights law. Her PhD thesis critically analyzes the existing framework of international human rights law for redressing human rights abuse in the transitional justice context.
Academic Achievements, Social Engagement Initiatives:
Practical Experience/Internship
- Legal Intern, International Committee of Red Cross in Japan | Tokyo, JAPAN | October 2023-March 2024
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Tokyo, JAPAN | September 2019-September 2023
- Personal Intern for Dr. Shuichi Furuya, a member of the Human Rights Committee, Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights | Geneva, SWITZERLAND | July 2019
Awards
- School of Law Best Graduation Essay Award | March 2018 | Waseda University
- 1st Prize in Memorial Award 2nd Prize in Oralist Award(Respondent)| February 2016, Kyoto | Philip C. Jessup Public International Law Moot Court Competition, Japan Round
Thesis
- Master’s Thesis: Does International Law Require States to Tackle Historical Injustice? Reconsidering Temporal Limitations by Applying Transitional Justice Initiative | September 2019 | University of Essex, UK: Published online, http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/27036
Conference Presentation/Other Academic Experience
- Commentator at the session “Integrating Children's Rights into Business Activities: Beyond Child Labor, Beyond Supply Chains | Asian Society of International Law 15th Annual Conference | June 2024 |Chuo University, Japan
- Panellist in the session ““Why International Human Rights Guarantees are Important: From the Birth of International Human Rights to the Individual Reporting System” | Japan Federation of Bar Associations Symposium | June 2024 |Waseda University, Japan
- English Presentation | Waseda-Beijing University Workshop | November 2023 | Beijing University, China
- English Presentation | Waseda Seminar Series Workshop | September 2023 | Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium
- English Presentation | Annual Postgraduate Conference ‘Redressing Historical Institutional Abuse and Sexual Violence in Transitional Societies’ | June 2019 | Queen’s University Belfast, UK
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