INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on
Theory and Practice on EIA Litigation in Asia:Towards Establishing Indicators on Access to JusticeDate: Sunday, September 23, 2018
Venue: Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University Hall, 1st Floor, Assembly Hall
Language: English / Japanese with simultaneous interpretation
Organisers: Osaka University, Green Access Project II "Review of Legal Indicators for theParticipation Principle in Environmental Matters: Promotion of an International Cooperation
towards Strengthening the Environmental Democracy", Osaka University, Social Solution
Initiative “Project to Promote Environmental Sustainability through Improvements of SDGsIndicators”
Conference Programme Draft
9:30

Registration

10:00

Opening Remarks

Tomoyoshi Hayashi
Takuo Dome
Shun’ichi Teranishi
Tadashi Otsuka
Motoyuki Kumakura
ChairsDean, Osaka University, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Japan
Director, Osaka University, Social Solution Initiative, Japan
President, Japan Environmental Council, Japan
President, Japan Association for Environmental Law and Policy, Japan
Director, Environmental Impact Assessment Division, Ministry of theEnvironment, Japan

Hikaru Kobayashi
Hidetoshi Yamashita

Report 1

Noriko Okubo
10:30-10:50

Report 2

Ken-ichiro Yanagi
10:50-11:10

Report 3(20 mins)

Haifeng Deng
11:10-11:30

Report 4(20 mins)(20 mins)

Thomas Shun-Kuei Chan
11:30-12:10 (40 mins)

Specially Appointed Professor, Keio University, Graduate School ofMedia and Governance, Japan
Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School ofEconomics, JapanProfessor, Osaka University, Graduate School of Law and Politics,
Japan
International Trends of EIA Litigation
Professor, Meiji University, Faculty of Law, Japan
Experiences and Challenges of EIA Litigation in Japan
Associate Professor/Vice Dean, Tsinghua University, Faculty of Law,
China
Experiences and Challenges of EIA Litigation in China
Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Administration Executive
Yuan, R. O. C.（Taiwan）
Experiences and Challenges of EIA Litigation in Taiwan

Japanese –Taiwanese Consecutive Interpretation - Ming Chih Lee, Osaka University, Graduate School of Law andPolitics, Research Fellowship for Young Scientist, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,Taiwan

Chairs

12:10-12:40 (30 mins)
12:40-14:00 (80 mins)

Q & A Discussion
Lunch

Mitsuo Matsumoto

Associate Professor, Osaka University, Osaka School of International
Public Policies, Japan
Lawyer, Board Member, Japan Federation of Bar Associations,
Committee on Environmental Protection and Pollution Control, Japan
Lecturer, Thammasat University, Faculty of Law, Thailand
Experiences and Challenges of EIA Litigation in Thailand
Head of Land and Forestry Division, Indonesian Center for
Environmental Law, Indonesia
Experiences and Challenges of EIA Litigation in Indonesia
Professor, University of Cebu College of Law, Philippines
Experiences and Challenges of EIA Litigation in Philippines
Environmental Lawyer, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment,
India
Experiences and Challenges of EIA Litigation in India
Q & A Discussion
Coffee / Tea BreakIzumi Nishijima
Report 5

Chacrit Sitdhiwej
14:00-14:20 (20 mins)

Report 6

Rika Fajrini
14:20-14:40 (20 mins)Report 7

Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio
14:40-15:00 (20 mins)

Report 8

Ritwick Dutta
15:00-15:20 (20 mins)

15:20-15:50 (30 mins)
15:50-16:20 (30 mins)
General Discussion
ChairsTadashi Otsuka
Yukari Takamura
16:20-18:20 (120 mins)
18:20-18:30 (10 mins)
18:30-20:00 (90 mins)

Professor, Waseda University, Law School, Japan
Professor, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Environmental
Studies, Japan
General Discussion
Group PhotographConference Reception in Assembly Hall