Recueil Des Cours, Collected Courses, Tome 424 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004517691)

Masahiko Asada, born in Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan, on 21 January 1958. Studied at Kyoto University Faculty of Law and Graduate School of Law, receiving LLB (1981), LLM (1983) and LLD (2016); Associate Professor at Okayama University Faculty of Law (1989); Professor at Okayama University Faculty of Law (1996); Professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Law (1999); Vice Dean at Kyoto University Graduate School of Law (2017-2019); Professor at Doshisha University Faculty of Law and Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University (since 2021).
Senior Associate at Oxford University St Antony's College (1988-1989); Visiting Lecturer at National Institute for Defense Studies, Ministry of Defense (1994, 1997, since 2005); Adjunct Research Fellow at Japan Institute of International Affairs (since 2004); Lecturer at United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law (2010); Visiting Lecturer at Foreign Service Training Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016); Visiting Scholar at University of Auckland Faculty of Law (2019-2020); Lecturer for the Fifth Hans Kelsen Memorial Lecture on International Peace and Security Law (2020).
President (2018-2020), Honorary Councillor (since 2020), Japanese Society of International Law; President, Japan Association of International Security and Trade (2009-2011); President, Japan Association of Disarmament Studies (2013-2015); Chairperson, Organizing Committee of the Biennial Conference 2020, International Law Association (2018-2020); Associate Member, Science Council of Japan (since 2020); Membre associé, Institut de Droit International (since 2021).
Chairperson, Chemical Products Advisory Council's Subcommittee on Inspection and Confidentiality, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1997-1998); Councillor, Science and Technology Agency (1998-2001); Councillor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006); Member (2009-2018), Chairperson (2015-2018), Central Council on Defense Facilities, Ministry of Defense; Member, Group of Eminent Persons for Substantive Advancement of Nuclear Disarmament appointed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (2017-2019).
Legal Adviser, Japanese Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament (1991- 1993); Legal Adviser, Japanese Delegation to the Ad Hoc Group of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (1995-2001); Adviser, Japanese Delegation to the Review Conferences of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Their Preparatory Committees (2004, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018).
Member (1997-2003, 2016-2023), Vice-Chairperson (1999-2000, 2018-2020), Commission for the Settlement of Disputes Related to Confidentiality, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW); Member, UN Panel of Government Experts on Verification (2006-2007); Member, Panel of Experts established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1874(2009) (2009-2010); Member, Advisory Board on Education and Outreach, OPCW (2016-2018); Member-elect, UN International Law Commission (2023-2027).