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Profile Information

Affiliation: Faculty of Law , Department of Law, Musashino University
: Center for International Law and Policy, Tohoku University

Degree: LL.D.(Tohoku University)

Researcher number: 10612533
J-GLOBAL ID: 201401038305059400
researchmap Member ID: B000243348

External link: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/d/r/10612533.ja.html

Research Interests

Research Areas

Major Research History

Nov, 2022 - Present

Organization for International Initiatives, Center for International Law and Policy, Tohoku University
Apr, 2020 - Present

Associate Professor, Faculty ot Law, Musashino University
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2020

Lecturer, Center for Liberal Arts Education, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Feb, 2019 - Mar, 2019

Visiting Researcher, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Sep, 2015 - Mar, 2016

Visiting Researcher, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2016

Tohoku University

Education

Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2011

Doctor Course, Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University
Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2008

Tohoku University
Apr, 2002 - Mar, 2006

Faculty of Law, Tohoku University

Committee Memberships

Apr, 2025 - Present

Research Planning Committee, Member, The Japan Association of International Economic Law
Aug, 2024 - Present

Japanese Society of International Law, Member, Committee on the Annual Meeting
Aug, 2023 - Present

Member, Committee for Japanese Digest of International Law
Nov, 2021 - Present

Member, Secretariat, International Human Rights Law Association, Japan
Jul, 2022 - Aug, 2024

Member, Secretariat, Japanese Society of International Law
Jan, 2023 - Sep, 2023

Member, Working Group on the Task Force Report for Strengthening and Reforming the Role of the Japanese Association for the United Nations Studies, Japanese Association for the United Nations Studies
Mar, 2015 - Jul, 2023

Member of Secretariat, Study Group on the BBNJ Agreement
Sep, 2020 - Aug, 2022

Vice-treasurer, Japanese Society of International Law
Dec, 2019 - Aug, 2022

Member of the Research Planning Committee, Japan Association for United Nations Studies
Sep, 2018 - Aug, 2020

Member of Editorial Board, Assistant to Editor in Chief (2018-2020), Japanese Society of International Law
Sep, 2016 - Sep, 2018

Member, the Committee for Young Researchers, Japanese Society of International Law
Apr, 2012 - Sep, 2018

Member, Organizing Committee for the International Law Moot Court Competition "Asia Cup"
Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2016

Member, Penal Institution Visiting Committee, Miyagi Prison

Major Papers

世界銀行と国際法――アカウンタビリティ・メカニズムの導入とその法的な意義

佐俣紀仁

国際法研究, (15) 84-99, Mar, 2025 Invited
On Proposals for a "Moratorium" on Deep-Seabed Mineral Exploitation: Focusing on Article 145 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the "Two-Year Rule"

State, Ocean and International Law: Essays in Honor of Judge Shunji Yanai's 88th Birthday, Vol.2, 329-344, Mar, 2025 Invited
Whaling and Japan: A Legal Assessment of "Cooperation" with the International Whaling Commission (IWC) as a Non-Member State

SAMATA Norihito

SAKAMOTO Shigeki, UEKI Toshiya, and NISHIMOTO Kentaro eds., Trends in Modern Law of the Sea: Prospects for Japan's Legal System on the Law of the Sea, 241-261, Sep, 2024 InvitedLead author
Dispute Resolution in International Development Projects: An Analysis of the World Bank Accountability Mechanism

Norihito SAMATA

(20) 153-178, Mar, 2024 Invited
UN Peace Operations and International Human Rights: The Human Rights Obligations of the United Nations

SAMATA Norihito

Theories of International Human Rights Law, 185-205, Dec, 2023 Invited
The Impact of SDGs on the World Bank's Legal System: Assessing the Changes Brought by the Environmental and Social Framework

International Economic Law, (32) 83-99, Oct, 2023 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author
The Common Heritage of Humankind Principle and Marine Genetic Resources: A Critical Assessment of the BBNJ Process

Norihito SAMATA

Australian Yearbook of International Law, 41 101-126, Oct, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
The Accountability Mechanism of the World Bank: its procedural characteristics

Musashino Law Review, (18) 149-127, Mar, 2023 Lead author
Resolution establishing the World Bank Accountability Mechanism

Norihito SAMATA

Oxford Public International Law, Oxford International Organizations, OXIO 686, Sep, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead author
Resolution on The World Bank Inspection Panel

Norihito SAMATA

Oxford Public International Law, Oxford International Organizations, OXIO 668, Sep, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead author
Addressing the Issue of Marine Plastic Waste through the SDGs: The Interrelationship between 'Goal-Based Governance' and Law

SAMATA Norihito

Environmental Management, 2022年(3月号) 15-18, Mar, 2022 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author
The WHO's Power and Accountability: To What Extent Should the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee Be Transparent?

SAMATA Norihito

120(1・2号) 87-97, Oct, 2021 Peer-reviewedInvited
Principles Governing Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

SAMATA Norihito

SAKAMOTO, YAKUSHUJI, UEKI, NISHIMOTO (eds.), New Developments in the Law of the Sea Regarding Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, 108-139, Jun, 2021
Reconsidering Access to Justice within the Broad Range of Accountability of International Organizations

Norihito Samata

Journal of International Peacekeeping, 23(3-4) 149-175, Dec 18, 2020 Peer-reviewed
A New Phase of Accountability at the World Bank: The Adoption of the Environmental and Social Framework and Its Impact on the Inspection Panel

SAMATA Norihito

ASADA, KiIRIYAMA, TOKUGAWA, NISHIMURA, HIGUCHI (eds.), Trends in Contemporary International Law I(2020, Toshindo), 299-312, Sep, 2020 Invited
The Diminished Role of the "Common Heritage of Mankind" Principle in the Law of the Sea : with Special Reference to Discussions of the BBNJ Preparatory Committee

佐俣紀仁

国際法外交雑誌 = The Journal of international law and diplomacy, 117(1) 108-130, May, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Accountability of the World Bank and the Legal Role of its Inspection Panel : Towards Reconsideration of "Accountability of International Organizations" in International Law

佐俣紀仁

国際法外交雑誌, 113(4) 620-646, Jan, 2015 Peer-reviewed

Major Misc.

International Law of Assistance from a Japanese Perspective

Jun MATSUKUMA, Satoshi KODERA, Emika TOKUNAGA, Norihito SAMATA

ANZSIL Perspective, Edition 44, Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, 13 May 2025, 44, May, 2025 Peer-reviewed
国際司法裁判所：国際農業開発基金に対する異議申立に関する国際労働機関行政裁判所判決2867号

佐俣紀仁

国際法外交雑誌, 124(2) 62-76, Sep, 2024 Peer-reviewed

Major Books and Other Publications

日本の海洋法制度の展望

坂元, 茂樹, 植木, 俊哉, 西本, 健太郎

有信堂高文社, Sep, 2024 (ISBN: 9784842040554)
Law of the Sea

(Role: Joint author)

Aug 30, 2024 (ISBN: 4797228822)
SDGs・ESGとビジネス法務学 (武蔵野大学法学研究所叢書 1)

池田眞朗 (Role: Joint author, 第11章SDGsと法の相互作用（佐俣紀仁）)

エムユービジネスサポート, Apr 6, 2023 (ISBN: 4903281590)
国際秩序が揺らぐとき: 歴史・理論・国際法からみる変容 (法政大学現代法研究所叢書 50)

森聡 (Role: Contributor, 国際保健衛生分野を分担執筆)

千倉書房, Apr 4, 2023 (ISBN: 480511293X)
SDGsの基礎: みずから学ぶ世界の課題

武蔵野大学教養教育部会

武蔵野大学出版会, Mar 1, 2023 (ISBN: 4903281566)
Encyclopedia of Ocean Law and Policy in Asia-Pacific

Norihito SAMATA (Role: Contributor, Japan, 3 Main Ocean and Ocean-related Treaties, 5-4 Extension of Continental Shelf beyond 200 nm)

Brill, Nov, 2022 (ISBN: 9789004506299)
国際法判例百選

森川, 幸一, 兼原, 敦子, 酒井, 啓亘, 西村, 弓

有斐閣, Sep, 2021 (ISBN: 9784641115552)
国家管轄権外区域に関する海洋法の新展開

編集代表, 坂元茂樹, 藥師寺公夫, 植木俊哉, 西本健太郎 (Role: Contributor, 第５章「国家管轄権外区域を規律する法原則」の執筆および編集作業の補助)

有信堂高文社, Jun, 2021
国際環境法講義

西井正弘, 鶴田順, 佐俣紀仁ほか (Role: Contributor, コラム①、基本判例④、⑦)

Apr, 2020
サブテクスト国際法 : 教科書の一歩先へ = Advanced readings in international law

森, 肇志, 岩月, 直樹

日本評論社, Mar, 2020 (ISBN: 9784535524729)
もっと知りたい大学教員の仕事 : 大学を理解するための12章

羽田貴史

ナカニシヤ出版, 2015 (ISBN: 9784779510045)
小田滋・回想の法学研究

小田滋

東信堂, 2015 (ISBN: 9784798912790)
国際法の現場から

小田滋

ミネルヴァ書房, 2013 (ISBN: 9784623065349)
小田滋・回想の海洋法

小田, 滋, 佐俣紀仁

東信堂, May, 2012 (ISBN: 9784798901084)
グローバル化時代の国際法

植木, 俊哉

信山社, Mar, 2012 (ISBN: 9784797254617)

Major Presentations

How to engage and motivate students in learning in law & policy

SAMATA NORIHITO

Special Seminar "Law and Policy in the International Context”, School of Administrative Studies, Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Aug 19, 2024 Invited
Exploring Japan’s ODA Policies: Potential Impacts on International Law for Development Assistance

Norihito SAMATA

ANZSIL, the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, Annual Conference 2024, Jul 4, 2024
On the World Bank and International Law: The Impact of the new Accountability Mechanism

Norihito SAMATA

Dec 16, 2023 Invited
International Organizations and Dispute Settlement

Norihito SAMATA

Tohoku-Warsaw International Law Seminar, University of Warsaw, Nov 14, 2023 Invited
19

Progress or Regress of the Self Control at the World Bank : An Assessment of the Shift from the Inspection Panel to the Accountability Mechanism

Accountability and Power in the Law of the International Organizations, Teikyo University, Kasumigaseki-Campus, Nov 4, 2023 Invited
Principles and Approaches in the BBNJ Agreement: What is the relevance of Articles 7(b) and (c) for the entire Agreement?

2023 KIOST-JAILOS Workshop on ISA and BBNJ, Aug 30, 2023 Invited
深海底鉱物開発のモラトリアム提案について ――UNCLOS145条と「2年ルール」に注目して

佐俣紀仁

日本海洋法研究会, Feb 4, 2023
An Analysis of the “Precautionary Pause” or “Moratorium” of Deep-Sea Mining in Response to the Invocation of the so-called “Two-Year” Rule

SAMATA Norihito

Korea-Japan Experts Workshop on ISA and BBNJ, 5-6 December 2022, Dec 5, 2022 Invited
世界銀行融資を規律する法とSDGs――環境社会枠組(ESF)を素材に――

佐俣紀仁

日本国際経済法学会第32回(2022年度)研究大会シンポジウム「国際的な経済活動と持続可能な開発目標(SDGs)――資本主義の新たな挑戦――」, Nov 19, 2022 Invited
開発協力と法―世界銀行の融資基準を例に

佐俣紀仁

アジア国際法学会日本協会国際法研究者・実務家勉強会, Aug 31, 2022 Invited
Is the ‘Common Heritage of Mankind’ a General Principle applicable to the Global Commons? An assessment of the controversy over marine genetic resources in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

The Eighth International Four Societies Conference Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, Aug 16, 2022 Invited
Access to Justice and Accountability of International Organizations

佐俣紀仁

Holding UN Peacekeeping Operations Accountable, Kobe University, Nov 7, 2019 Invited
The Diminishing Role of the “Common Heritage of Mankind” Principle in the Law of the Sea --with Special Reference to Discussions of the BBNJ process

佐俣紀仁

The 8th Sino-Japanese Workshop on the Law of the Sea China Institute for Marine Affairs, Sep 11, 2019 Invited
The “Fragmentation” of International Law Regulating BBNJ: Is it the Fragmentation between the Law of the Sea and the International Environmental Law or Fragmentation within the Latter?

佐俣紀仁

the 7th Sino-Japanese Joint Workshop on law of the sea, Ritsumeikan University, Jan 15, 2018 Invited
「人類の共同財産」概念の現代的展開 ――BBNJ新協定交渉をめぐる「人類の共同財産」に焦点を当てて

佐俣紀仁

国際法学会2016年度研究大会, Sep 11, 2016
世界銀行のアカウンタビリティ―インスペクション・パネルの意義と機能

佐俣紀仁

国際法学会2013年度研究大会, Oct 12, 2013

Teaching Experience

Oct, 2023 - Present

国際社会と法（ゲスト講義） (中央大学総合政策学部)
Jun, 2023 - Present

国際組織法（ゲスト講義） (中央大学総合政策学部)
Apr, 2021 - Present

International Lectures (Law) (Musashino University)
Apr, 2021 - Present

SDGs基礎 (武蔵野大学)
Apr, 2020 - Present

プレゼミ（2年生配当） (武蔵野大学法学部法律学科)
Apr, 2020 - Present

ゼミナール（3・4年生配当） (武蔵野大学法学部法律学科)
Apr, 2020 - Present

International Lectures (Law) (Musashino University)
Apr, 2020 - Present

国際機構論 (武蔵野大学)
Apr, 2020 - Present

国際法 (武蔵野大学)
Apr, 2016 - Present

国際法 (東京外国語大学)
Aug, 2022 - Mar, 2025

日本国憲法a (宮城教育大学)
Mar, 2022 - Mar, 2025

環境法・政策（国際環境法） (東北大学大学院環境科学研究科)
Feb, 2024 - Mar, 2024

国際法B (岩手大学人文社会科学部)
Nov, 2020 - Nov, 2020

国際空間秩序と国際法（ゲスト講義） (法政大学法学部)
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

The Constitution of Japan (Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University)
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

大学基礎論（初年時のアカデミックスキルに関する教育） (東北医科薬科大学)
Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

政治学 (東北医科薬科大学)
Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2019

法学 (東北大学, 東北医科薬科大学, 宮城大学, 仙台白百合女子大学)

Professional Memberships

Major Research Projects

海洋法における国際裁判機関の役割に関する包括的研究

科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(A), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2029

酒井啓亘
国際法における私的・商業的なるものの位置づけに関する研究

科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(B), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2028

岡田陽平
国際組織の責任法理の再検討―国際組織責任条文への批判と採択後の展開を踏まえて

科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(C), 基盤研究(C), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025

佐俣紀仁
国際組織を通じた海洋法秩序の展開

科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(A), 基盤研究(A), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2024

植木俊哉, 深町公信, 佐古田彰, 竹内真理, 坂巻静佳, 佐俣紀仁, 坂元茂樹, 加々美康彦, 薬師寺公夫, 西本健太郎, 加藤信行, 高村ゆかり, 田中清久, 下山憲二, 酒井啓亘, 浅田正彦, 河野真理子, 鶴田順, 瀬田真, 本田悠介
国際組織・私的アクター間の「官民パートナーシップ」が国際法学に及ぼす影響

科学研究費助成事業若手研究, 若手研究, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2021

佐俣紀仁
Comprehensive reserch on the regime of the UNCLOS

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2019

YAKUSHIJI Kimio
Formation and Evolution of "Accountability of International Organization" in International Law

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017

SAMATA Norihito
A Study on Teaching Methods for Law Lectures as Part of the General Education for Undergraduate Students

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

OKA Michihiro, ITOH Yoshihiro, INOSE Takamichi, IWAMOTO Manabu, ONO Shohei, KAWAKITA Yousuke, SAKURAI Hiroko, SAMATA Norihito, TSUDA Masaya, HORIMI Hiroki

Major Academic Activities

Symposium on the 100th Anniversary of Judge Shigeru Oda “New Trends and Challenges in International Dispute Settlement and Compliance”

Planning, management, etc.

Centre for International Law and Policy (CILP), Tohoku University, Oct 24, 2024 - Oct 26, 2024
3rd JAILOS-KIOST Workshop on the Law of the Sea

Planning, management, etc., Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

Aug 28, 2024 - Aug 29, 2024

Social Activities

北タイ・アグロフォレストリー・センター（AFC）顧問

Logistic support

Dec, 2024 - Present
国際協力ボランティア現地研修「AFC2025」参加

Other

北タイ・アグロフォレストリー・センター AFC2025, Feb 27, 2025 - Mar 6, 2025
International NGO Volunteer Activity, "AFC2024-X"

Other

Agroforestry Center Northern Thailand (AFC), Aug 13, 2024 - Aug 18, 2024
International NGO Volunteer Activity, "AFC2024"

Other

Agroforestry Center Northern Thailand (AFC), Mar 10, 2024 - Mar 16, 2024
JICA課題別研修(国際公法）

Lecturer

国際協力機構, Jan 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023
国際法模擬裁判アジア・カップ2021裁判官(書面・弁論）

Other

Aug, 2021
法務省矯正研修所仙台支所講師

Lecturer

Apr 1, 2014 - Mar 31, 2020
国際法模擬裁判アジア・カップ2019裁判官（書面・弁論）

Other

Aug, 2019
Lecturer, Police Academy of the Miyagi Prefectural Police

Lecturer

Apr 1, 2011 - Sep 30, 2015

Other

河合塾みらいぶっく学問・大学なび：国際法学

May, 2024 - Present

https://miraibook.jp/researcher/k23133
武蔵野大学SDGs取り組み事例――学生がタイの山村で国際協力ボランティアに参加――

Apr, 2024 - Present

https://sdgs.musashino-u.ac.jp/product/20240426/
武蔵野大学研究者紹介：学問の地平から――教員が語る、研究の最前線インタビュー記事

Apr, 2024 - Present

https://www.musashino-u.ac.jp/research/introduction/
武蔵野大学サスティナビリティレポート2024

May, 2024

取材協力
コモンズ国際法「国際組織」

Apr, 2021

オンラインで利用できる国際法教材の執筆を担当した。https://commonskokusaiho.wixsite.com/commons-il
東北大学新任教員プログラム（東北大学NFP）

Sep, 2012 - Mar, 2013

高等教育論に基づく大学教員の初期キャリア研修（英語での授業実施を含む）を修了した。東北大学およびメルボルン大学よりcertificateを授与（メルボルン大学での研修も修了）。