A/HRC/42/64 Itsuko Nakai (Japan) Vice-President of Konan University Professor, Faculty of Law, Konan University Personal information Date of Birth: 1965 Current academic appointment 2012–Present Vice-President, Konan University 2002–Present Professor, Faculty of Law, Konan University Previous appointments 2007–2009 Dean of Faculty of Law, Konan University 1998–2002 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Konan University 1995–1998 Assistant, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University 1994–1995 Researcher, Kyoto Human Rights Research Institute 1991–1994 Human Rights Researcher, the Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva Education LL.M. Kyoto University, 1991 LL.B. Kyoto University, 1989 Research areas International Law, Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights Legal consulting activities As a member of the following central and local government councils, provide advice upon request in the areas of human rights, gender, and refugees 2018–Present Council of Osaka Prefecture for Promotion of Human Rights Measures 2016–Present Council of Experts of Osaka Prefecture for Foreigners in Japan 2014–Present Council of Sakai City for Promotion of Human Rights Measures 2010–Present Council of Experts Resettlement 2008–Present Council of Kobe City for Promotion of Gender Equality of Cabinet Secretariat for Refugee Publications Academic Articles • “Implementation of International Human Rights Conventions in Canada,” Horitsu Jiho (Law Journal), Vol. 80–5 (2008), pp. 57–60 (in Japanese) • “Meaning of International Covenants of Human Rights and its Application,” Hyogo Buraku Kaiho, Vol. 126 (2007), pp. 4–13 (in Japanese) 31