Yasunobu Sato
Former Professor of University of Tokyo / Special Researcher, Waseda University / Visiting Professor of Vietnam Japan University / Partner Attorney-at-law admitted in Japan and New York
Yasunobu Sato, Special Researcher of Waseda Uni. Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, Visiting Professor of Vietnam Japan University, Former Professor of The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts& Sciences, Graduate Program on Human Security, Director, Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Advanced Global Studies (2005-2023); Ph.D. in law (University of London 2000), LL. M. (Harvard 1989), B.A. in political science (Waseda University 1982). As Attorney-at-Law (admitted in Tokyo in 1984 and in New York in 1991), he practised law in Japan, the U.S. and Europe and is currently an advisor to Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu. After working for refugee protection, peace keeping/building and law & judicial reform with international organizations:UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) as legal officer in Canberra, Australia in 1991-92, UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia) as Human Rights Officer in Cambodia in 1992-93 and EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) as Counsel in London in 1995-97, he joined Nagoya University, Graduate School of International Development in 1999 and moved to The UoT in 2005. He has represented the Peace-building Study Group, researching on Peace-building and Business, since 2002 and been a Council of the Centre of International Assistance for Judicial Reform, the Committee of International Relations, Japan Federation of Bar Associations since 2006.
