GSGS Symposium
Erosion of Human Rights:
The Individual in Crossing National Borders
People cross national borders. Some travel abroad to work, or to study; others migrate to foreign countries with hopes of a better life. These are not the only ways of crossing borders, however. Escape, forced migration, and abduction are also forms of crossing borders. The latter, away from the former, accompanies a negative tone.
The latter differs from the former in that they are often the result of an enactment of massive power that is beyond individuals’ control. Behind the presence of such power, we see the nation placed in a particular circumstance in international relations of the time. It is in this intersection of the individual and the national enactment of power that the questions of human rights arise.
Human rights is a field where the logic of the nation and of the individual collides. How does the nation expel or bring in the individual? How does the “host” society treat forced migrants? How do migrants deal with their own “destiny”? And what has become of their human rights?
This symposium will discuss ways forced migrants are treated and their human rights. With East Asia as the regional focus, we examine instances of forced migration and the question of human rights of the individual crossing borders across China, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan.
Date & Time:
January 18, 2013 (Fri.) 13:30pm~17:15pm
Place:
Sophia University Central Library 9th floor L-911
Coordinator /Chairman:
Kikkawa, Gen (Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University)
〈Program〉
13:30-13:40 Opening Remarks
Nomiya, Daishiro (Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University)
13:40-14:20 On Refugees from North Korea to China
Yoon, Ye Sang (Director, North Korea Human Rights and Information Center, South Korea)
14:20-14:45 On “Returners” from China to Japan
Araragi, Shinzou (Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University)
14:45-15:25 On Refugees from North Korea to South Korea
Park, Kwang Il (Pastor, Political Refugee from North Korea, South Korea)
Break
15:40-16:05 On Migrants from South Korea to Japan
Kim, Boong-Ang (Korean NGO Human Rights Center, Japan)
16:05-16:30 On Abduction from Japan to North Korea
Son, Hyun-Jin (Professor, Korea Legislation Research Institute)
16:30-17:15 Discussion
Sponsor & Contact:
Sophia University Graduate School of Global Studies
7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554 JAPAN
TEL: 03-3238-4075
FAX: 03-3238-3240
E-MAIL:
gds-gs@sophia.ac.jp
