Tomoya Obokata

Profile

Biography

I hold BA in International Relations (University of Southern California), MA in Theory and Practice of Human Rights (University of Essex), LLM in International Criminal Law (University of Sussex), and PhD in Law (University of Nottingham). 

I am an expert on transnational organised crime and modern slavery and have a number of publications in these areas. In the past I worked as an independent expert for entities including the UK Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, the International Organisation for Migration, the European Union, and the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. 

Currently I serve as Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms Slavery for the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. In this role, I produce thematic reports to the Council and the United Nations General Assembly, conduct country visits, respond to allegations of human rights violations and engage with a number of stakeholders formally and informally with a view to enhancing responses to contemporary forms of slavery globally.

Research

Overview

My main research interests include human rights, transnational crime, modern slavery and refugee/migration law.  

Publications

Full publications list

A full list of publications is available on my profile page in the York Research Database (please click on the link above).

Teaching

Undergraduate

Human Rights Law and Transnational Crime