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
9:30

Registration

10:00

Opening Remarks
Tomoyoshi Hayashi
Takuo Dome
Shun’ichi Teranishi
Tadashi Otsuka
Motoyuki Kumakura

ChairsHikaru Kobayashi
Hidetoshi Yamashita

Report 1

Noriko Okubo
10:30-10:50

Report 2

Ken-ichiro Yanagi
10:50-11:10

Report 3(20 mins)(20 mins)

Haifeng Deng
11:10-11:30(20 mins)

Dean, 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
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 Trend of Access to Justice in Environmental
Matters and EIA Litigation
Professor, Meiji University, Faculty of Law, Japan
Litigation Regarding Environmental Assessments
Associate Professor/Vice Dean, Tsinghua University, Faculty of Law,
China
The New Changes on Environmental Impact Assessment ofChina

Report 4

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

Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Administration Executive
Yuan, R. O. C.（Taiwan）
The Achievements of the Development and Tendency ofEnvironmental 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

Chairs12:10-12:40 (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 forEnvironmental Law, Indonesia
Suing Environmental Permit: Challenges in Indonesia
Administrative Litigation
Professor, University of Cebu College of Law, Philippines
Access to Justice in EIA Matters: Recent Development in thePhilippines
Environmental Lawyer, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment,
India
Environmental Democracy and the Role of the Judiciary
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)
ChairsGeneral Discussion
Tadashi 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

EXPERT MEETING on

Legal Indicators for the Participation Principle inEnvironmental Matters: Focusing on EIA in Asian Countries
Date: Monday, September 24, 2018
Venue: Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University Hall, 1st Floor, Assembly Hall
Language: English
Organisers: Osaka University, Green Access Project II "Review of Legal Indicators for the Participation
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 SDGs
Indicators”
9:00-9:30

Arrival and Distribution of Conference Information

9:30-12:30

Session I Public Participation Indicators on EIA: Country Reports from Participants
Chair: Yukari Takamura, Professor, Nagoya University, Graduate School of EnvironmentalStudies, JapanHaifeng Deng, Associate Professor/Vice Dean, Tsinghua University, Faculty of Law, China
Chacrit Sitdhiwej, Lecturer, Thammasat University, Faculty of Law, Thailand
Rika Fajrini, Head of Land and Forestry Division, Indonesian Center for Environmental Law,Indonesia
Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio, Professor, University of Cebu College of Law, Philippines
Ritwick Dutta, Environmental Lawyer, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment, India
Yayoi Isono, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan
Ming Chih Lee, Osaka University, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Research Fellowshipfor Young Scientist, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,Taiwan

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Session II Public Participation Indicators on EIA: Towards Mainstreaming Integrated
Reporting
Chair: Yukari Takamura, Professor, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Environmental
Studies, Japan

15:30-15:40

Coffee / Tea Break

15:40-17:00

Session II: Continued

17:10

Closing

17:30-20:00

Dinner in Japanese Cuisine UMENOHANA Senrichuo