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The Confederation of Lawyers of Asia Pacific (COLAP) will hold the COLAP Conference on August 29-31, 2024 at the University of the Sacred Heart, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, Japan. This conference is held based on the COLAP constitution. Asia and Pacific lawyers will gather to discuss and exchange developments with our activities.
COLAP was founded on June 18, 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Confederation’s mandate is to promote peace and lawyering for people, and to uphold human rights and the right of people to self-determination.
The Conference’s main theme is “Peace, Human Rights, and the Role of Law in the Asia Pacific”. The genocidal attack against Gaza and the prolonged Ukraine war have not been solved. In Asia, recent military tension in East Asia has enhanced. We need to strengthen international solidarity and regional perspective. We also deal with human rights violations such as attacks on lawyers, crackdown against people under the name of security and terrorism, and climate change and environmental destruction by our solidarity and international law.
Tentative Program (As of July 13th)
DAY 1 | Thursday, August 29 |
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10:00- 12:00 | Registration at the reception |
13:00-15:00 | Opening Plenary Greetings from Guests Opening Remarks – from COLAP – Secretary General report – Rajinder.S.Cheema (India) – Akihiko Kijimima (Japan) – Hasan Tarique Chowdhury (Bangladesh) |
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
Workshop 1-3 15:30- 18:00 | Workshop 1 Peace and Imperialism Workshop 2 Human Rights in Asia, Human Rights of Women and Minorities Workshop 3 Climate Justice, Environmental Protection and Lawyers |
18:30- 20:30 | Forum on “How to build peace in Asia?- U.S. imperialism and Asia – U.S. and NATO military bases and military exercises” Invitee: David Vine, Lecturer (American university) Interpreter: Rachel Clark(VFP) (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) |
DAY 2 | Friday, August 30 |
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9:30 -15:00 | COLAP EC Meeting (Organizational) *** Participants other than EC members have free time during that period. |
15:00 – 15:30 | Plenary Session |
Workshops 4-7 15:30 – 18:00 | Workshop 4 Lawyers in Crisis and Extrajudicial killing / Independence of justice Workshop 5 Fight against security legislation, the An -Terrorism Act and the National Security Act Workshop 6 Realization of Workers’ Rights, Economic, Cultural and Social Right Workshop 7 Migration and Refugee in Asia / Rohingya Refugees |
18:30- 20:30 | Seminar on the Culture of Impunity on State- sponsored repression of citizens (Extra Judicial Killing, wrongful arrest and detention in the Philippines Invitee: Leila De Lima (Philippines) Organized by Japan NGO, SAC (Stop the Attack Campaign) (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) |
DAY 3 | Saturday, August 31 |
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9:30 -12:00 | IADL Academy International law perspective Topics: – UN Charter for people’s power in Asia (Marjorie Cohn) -Illegality of UN Command in Korea(Lee Jang Hie) -Gaza-Pales ne ruling (Harchand Singh Bah) – International law viola on of military alliance |
12:00 -13:00 | Lunch |
13:00 -15:00 | JAPAN events Article 9 and Militarism in Japan No Nuclear weapon movement Article 9 Charter movement OPEN to the Public |
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
15:30 – 17:00 | Reports of workshops Adoption of Tokyo Declaration of COLAP Announcement of officers and closing ceremony |
17:00-18:00 | Press conference, etc. |
18:30-21:00 | Solidarity Night (All general participants) |
DAY 4 | Sunday, September 1 |
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9:00-18:00 | Study Tour US military base in Yokosuka |