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Rikkyo University International Law Research Center (Annex NI)

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Name

Naoki IWATSUKI (Mr.)

1973	Born in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
1992	Graduated from Okazaki High School, Aichi Prefecture
1996	Received LL.B from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
1998	Received LL.M from the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law and Politics
2000	Received D.E.A. from the University of Paris 1(Panthéon-Sorbonne)
2002	Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo
2003	Lecturer at Faculty of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
2005 ~	Associate Professor at Faculty of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University
2010.9 ~ 2011.3	Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute
2011.4 ~ 2011.9	Visiting Fellow at Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, the University of 　Cambridge
2011.10 ~ 2012.9	Visiting Scholar at the University of Rome "La Sapienza"

　Fields of Interest

　
One of his main concerns lies in the linkage of countermeasures and amicable dispute settlement procedures. In order to complete this project, he is now conducting an in depth study of the institutional mechanisms of the European Union on the export/import control. In particular, he is much interested in the European Union’s policy concerning economic measures as stipulated in Agreements on Partnership and Cooperation concluded by the EC/EU.

- Development of International Law as an Integral Legal Order (constitutionalization, legalization, changing conception of States and their sovereignty, etc.) and Its Impact on the Process of International Dispute Settlement.

- Countermeasures/Economic Sanctions

- Enforcement of International Law (Peaceful Settlement of International Dispute, International Responsibility, Implementation of International Law by States and through Compliance Mechanisms).　

Articles

1.	"Reconstuction of the Law of State Responsibility as a System for Ensuring Legality in International Legal Order " in Shinya Myrase and Koji Tsuruoka (eds.), International Law Commission at Time of Reform: Festschrift for Ambassador Chusei Yamada (Shinzansha, 2011), pp.163-192 [in Japanese].
2.	"Chapter 81 Procedural Conditions of Countermeasures," J. Crawfords et als (eds.), The Law of State Responsibility (Oxford UP, 2010), pp. 1149-1156 (in collaboration with Yuji IWASAWA) [in English].
3.	“Securing Proportionality of Countermeasures in Contemporary International Law: Principles and Its Interpretation in the light of Peaceful Dispute Settlement Process,” Rikkyo Law Review, vol. 78 (2010), pp. 206-299 [in Japanese].
4.	"Chapter 12 Jurisdiction and Admissibility of International Investment Arbitrations" in Kotera Akira (ed.), International Investment Agreements － Legal Protection of Investments through Arbitration (Sanshodo, 2010), 214-241 [in Japanese].
5.	“Legal Structure of International Dispute Settlement and Countermeasures: A Reflection on the Legal Basis of Countermeasures in Contemporary International Law,” Journal of International Law and Diplomacy, vol. 107 (2008), pp. 204-237 [in Japanese with English summary].
6.	“Legal Foundation of the Notion of Reprisals in Traditional International Law,” Rikkyo Law Review, vol. 67 (2005), pp. 23-83 [in Japanese].
7.	“The Significance of ‘Peaceful’ Settlement of Disputes: The Gap between Reprisals and Countermeasures,” Hongo Journal of Law and Politics, vol. 7 (1998), pp. 383-426 [in Japanese].