Symposium on Climate Protection and Law in Japan and Germany

RCLIP

 

Date　  October 13, 2023 (Fri) 9:30-17:00 (Japan Time (UTC+9h))
Venue   Waseda University, 3F Conference Room, Building No.8 (campus map)
Theme  Climate Protection and Law
Language  German / Japanese with simultaneous interpretation

Program

09:00                              Registration / Coffee

09:30 – 09:45                  Opening Remarks

                                       Prof. Dr. Aiji Tanaka  
                                       President Waseda University

                                       Dr. Jan Grotheer
                                       Honorary President DJJV, Hamburg

09:45 – 10:30                  Welcome Remarks

                                       Ryuji Kawahara   
                                       Vice-Minister of Justice

                                       Dr. Clemens von Goetze 
                                        Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany

                                       Prof. Dr. Sven Saaler 
                                       FES Tokyo, Sophia University

                                        Axel Karpenstein 
                                       Director DAAD Tokyo / DWIH Tokyo

                                       Dr. Julia Münch 
                                       Secretary General, Japanese-German Center Berlin

Moderator:                     Prof. Dr. Christoph Rademacher
                                      Waseda University

 

 Keynote Speech       The Federal Ministry of Justice’s Response to the Legal Challenges of Climate Protection

 10:30 – 11:00               Dr. Angelika Schlunck
                                     State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Justice

 11:00 – 11:15               Discussion

Moderator:                   Dr. Jan Grotheer
                                    Honorary President DJJV

 

Part I                           Climate Protection in Civil and Commercial Law

11:15 – 11:45               in Japan
                                    Prof. Tadashi Otsuka
                                    Waseda University

11:45 – 12:15              in Germany
                                   Prof. Dr. Marc-Philippe Weller
                                   University of Heidelberg

12:15 – 12:30             Discussion
Moderator:                 Dr. Mahito Shindo, Waseda University

12:30 – 13:45              Lunch Break

 

Part II                         Climate Protection in Public and International Law                     

13:45 – 14:15              in Japan
                                    Prof. Yukari Takamura,
                                    Tokyo University                      

14:15 – 14:45               in Germany
                                    Prof. Dr. Silja Vöneky 
                                    University of Freiburg

14:45 – 15:00              Discussion
Moderator:                  Prof. Mariko Kawano, Waseda University

15:00 – 15:30             Coffee/Tea Break

 

Part III                        Climate Protection in Criminal Law

15:30 – 16:00              in Japan
                                   Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Makoto Ida
                                   Chuo University

16:00 – 16:30              in Germany                 
                                   Prof. Dr. Helmut Satzger
                                   University of Munich

16:30 – 16:45              Discussion

Moderator:                 Junko Yamanaka, LL.M. (LMU Munich and HU Berlin),
                                  Tokai University

16:45                        Closing Remarks

                                 Attorney-at-law Hironaga Kaneko, 
                                 President DJJV, Dusseldorf
Co-hosts 

DJJV, DWIH Tokyo, Friederich Ebert Foundation, Japanese-German Center Berlin, Waseda University School of Law, Waseda University Institute for Comparative Law, Waseda Research Center for the Legal System of Intellectual Property

 

Supported by the Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
Cost   Free (registration required)

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