from the University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Laws and Politics with a thesis
on international regulation of economic crimes, which was published as
International Regulation of Transnational Crimes (Yuhikaku 2017).
Yongming Jin Ph.D. in Law, is a professor at the School of International Affairs
and Public Administration, a Senior Researcher of Institute of Marine
Development, Ocean University of China. He holds LL.M. (Kansai University of
Japan 2001) and Ph.D. (East China University of Political and Law 2005). His
previous researching experience includes Research Professor of Shanghai Academy
of Social Sciences. He is mainly engaged in teaching and researching international
law of the sea, and his major academic books include: Study on the Solution to the
Issues of the East China Sea (2008), Theoretical Study on Ocean Law of China
(2014), Ocean Power Strategy of China in the New Era (2018) and Study on the
Ocean Policy and Legal System of New China (2020).
Bo Qu is a professor of international law at the Law School of Ningbo University,
and Vice Director of the East China Sea Institute of Ningbo University, China. Her
expertise includes various areas of the law of the sea, and more broadly covers
acquisition of territories, state responsibility, sources of and dispute settlement in
public international law. She has been in charge of many funded research projects
on subjects including maritime delimitation, disputes over islands, maritime security and maritime dispute settlement mechanisms. Professor Qu has published about
50 journal articles on public international law. She is a member of the Chinese
Society of International Law and the Chinese Society of Law of the Sea.
Shigeki Sakamoto is Professor of the Faculty of Law, Doshisha University.
Professor Emeritus of Kobe University. Doctor of Laws (Kobe University).
Member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council (2008–
2013). He served as an Advocate for the Government of Japan in “Southern Bluefin
Tuna” Cases (Australia and NZ v. Japan) under UNCLOS Part XV. Former
President of the Japanese Society of International Law, President of the Japanese
Institute for the Law of the Sea. His research interests cover law of treaties, law
of the sea and international human rights law. His recent publications include
Japan’s Ocean Policy and the Law of the Sea (Shinzansha, 2nd ed., 2019),
Interpretation and Application of International Human Rights Treaties (Shinzansha,
2017), Theory and Practice of the Law of Treaties (Toshindo, 2004).
Makoto Seta is an Associate Professor of International Law at Yokohama City
University, Japan. He holds Ph.D. in Law, Waseda University (Japan); LL.M.
London School of Economics and Political Science (UK); LL.B. Waseda
University (Japan). He worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of
Comparative Law at Waseda University from April 2013 to March 2015. He
interned at Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court in 2009. In 2013,
his article “Regulation for Private Maritime Security Companies and Its
Challenges” received an award by the Yamagata Maritime Institute. His primary
interest is the law of the sea, especially ocean governance and universal jurisdiction
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on international regulation of economic crimes, which was published as
International Regulation of Transnational Crimes (Yuhikaku 2017).
Yongming Jin Ph.D. in Law, is a professor at the School of International Affairs
and Public Administration, a Senior Researcher of Institute of Marine
Development, Ocean University of China. He holds LL.M. (Kansai University of
Japan 2001) and Ph.D. (East China University of Political and Law 2005). His
previous researching experience includes Research Professor of Shanghai Academy
of Social Sciences. He is mainly engaged in teaching and researching international
law of the sea, and his major academic books include: Study on the Solution to the
Issues of the East China Sea (2008), Theoretical Study on Ocean Law of China
(2014), Ocean Power Strategy of China in the New Era (2018) and Study on the
Ocean Policy and Legal System of New China (2020).
Bo Qu is a professor of international law at the Law School of Ningbo University,
and Vice Director of the East China Sea Institute of Ningbo University, China. Her
expertise includes various areas of the law of the sea, and more broadly covers
acquisition of territories, state responsibility, sources of and dispute settlement in
public international law. She has been in charge of many funded research projects
on subjects including maritime delimitation, disputes over islands, maritime security and maritime dispute settlement mechanisms. Professor Qu has published about
50 journal articles on public international law. She is a member of the Chinese
Society of International Law and the Chinese Society of Law of the Sea.
Shigeki Sakamoto is Professor of the Faculty of Law, Doshisha University.
Professor Emeritus of Kobe University. Doctor of Laws (Kobe University).
Member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council (2008–
2013). He served as an Advocate for the Government of Japan in “Southern Bluefin
Tuna” Cases (Australia and NZ v. Japan) under UNCLOS Part XV. Former
President of the Japanese Society of International Law, President of the Japanese
Institute for the Law of the Sea. His research interests cover law of treaties, law
of the sea and international human rights law. His recent publications include
Japan’s Ocean Policy and the Law of the Sea (Shinzansha, 2nd ed., 2019),
Interpretation and Application of International Human Rights Treaties (Shinzansha,
2017), Theory and Practice of the Law of Treaties (Toshindo, 2004).
Makoto Seta is an Associate Professor of International Law at Yokohama City
University, Japan. He holds Ph.D. in Law, Waseda University (Japan); LL.M.
London School of Economics and Political Science (UK); LL.B. Waseda
University (Japan). He worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of
Comparative Law at Waseda University from April 2013 to March 2015. He
interned at Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court in 2009. In 2013,
his article “Regulation for Private Maritime Security Companies and Its
Challenges” received an award by the Yamagata Maritime Institute. His primary
interest is the law of the sea, especially ocean governance and universal jurisdiction
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