{"id":10146,"date":"2012-10-17T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T01:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shasegawa.com\/?p=10146"},"modified":"2012-10-28T10:55:30","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T01:55:30","slug":"global-governance-international-law-and-global-governance-professor-yozo-yokota-16th-october-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shasegawa.com\/ja\/archives\/10146","title":{"rendered":"[Global Governance] International Law and Global Governance (Professor Yozo Yokota) (16th October 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u3000On 16th October 2012, Professor Yozo Yokota gave a stimulating lecture on \u201cInternational Law and Global Governance\u201d. Professor Yokota had taught international law at Chuo University, University of Tokyo and International Christian University for over forty years and currently serves as President of the Center for Human Rights Education and Training, Chairperson of the ILO Committee of Experts and President of Japan Association for United Nations Studies. He began his lecture by giving his definition of \u201cGlobal Governance\u201d. He stated: \u201cGlobal governance is an ability of various responsible actors to address and manage global issues adequately in order to ensure safety, health, wellbeing and meaning life to mankind.\u201d He further analyzed the three main concepts of this definition, namely, \u201cactors\u201d, \u201cglobal issues\u201d and \u201cadequacy of addressing and management\u201d. He then explained the meaning of \u201cinternational law\u201d. According to Professor Yokota, \u201cinternational law is a system of law to regulate the relationship between States, international organizations, individuals, civil society organizations, enterprises and other actors in the world community.\u201d He further pointed out that, while international law has contributed to ensure global governance in the past, there are still serious limitations such as lack of provisions and insufficiency of enforcement. He concluded that, in order to strengthen the role of international law to promote good governance, more efforts are needed to make better use of the provision of Article 13, paragraph 1(a), of the UN Charter, which reads: \u201cencouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification.\u201d (Misa Komine)<\/p>\n