Information on Tokyo Seminar

Tokyo Seminar on Refugees and Human Rights in Asia
	Venue:	JICA Global Space - Seminar Room 301 4-2-24 Hiroo, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo JAPAN Tel: +81 3-3400-7278 Fax: +81 3-3400-7264 Click here for map
	Date:	March 14, 2009 (Saturday) 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm
	Access:	1 min. walk from exit 3 of Hiroo Station on Tokyo Metro Hibiya line
	Fee:	1000 Yen (including seminar materials and coffee)
	Inquiry:	By Email or Fax to LFNKR office to make reservation for the seminar Limited to 60 participants. Please apply early
	Secretariat:	Mr. Kato Hiroshi Exec. Dir. Life Funds for North Korean Refugees A-101, 2-2-8 NISHIKATA, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0024 JAPAN TEL / FAX +81 3-3815-8127 Email via our Contact Form

Agenda for Tokyo Seminar

	13:00	Registration "North Korean Children Beyond the Border" a documentary film (20minutes) to be played continuously as people enter...
	13:30	Welcoming Remarks Hiroshi Kato, Secretariat Director of Life Funds for North Korean Refugees (LFNKR)
	14:00	State of Human Rights in Asia Kanae Doi Tokyo Director of Human Rights Watch
	14:20	Human Trafficking Forum Stories from the victims Opening remarks - Introduction Testimony from victims Participants Q & A
	15:20	Presentation Trafficked North Korean women and their Children in China Kate Nielsen Director of International Relations, LFNKR
	15:40	Presentation The invisible trafficking to China from Kachin State in Myanmar Shirley Seng Director of Kachin Women's Association in Thailand
	16:00	Presentation Trafficking of North Koreans in China Lin Fei Representative of Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition Japan
	16:20	Presentation Reception condition of women and children asylum seekers in Japan Eri Ishikawa Secretary general of Japan Association for Refugees
	16:40	Presentation Resettlement of North Korean Women and children in Japan Kotaro Miura Representative of Society to Help Returnees to North Korea
	17:00	Panel Discussion Refugees and Human Rights in Asia
	17:40	Closing Remarks