Nobuo Hayashi left PRIO in 2012. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Nobuo Hayashi
Researcher
Email: nobuo@prio.no
Work phone: 22 54 77 87
Research Interests
Background:
2006-2008: Legal Advisor at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo Law Faculty
(2004-2006): Legal Officer in the Prosecutions Division, Office of the Prosecutor (OTP), International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
2000-2003: Associate Legal Officer in the ICTY OTP Legal Advisory Section
Education:
- B.Sc. in Foreign Service in international relations, law and organisation from Georgetown University (1995)
- Diplôme d'études supérieures, an M.Phil. equivalent, in international law from the Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales (HEI) in Geneva (1998)
- LL.M. from the University of Cambridge (1999)
- Enrolled in the post-graduate School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (1995-1996)
- Hague Academy of International Law (1999)
- Doctoral programme at HEI (1998-2004).
Latest publications
All publications
Military Necessity
PhD Thesis
Military Necessity as Normative Indifference
Journal Article in Georgetown Journal of International Law
Continuous Attack Liability Without Right or Fact of Direct Participation in Hostilities – The ICRC Interpretative Guidance and Perils of a Pseudo-Status
Book Chapter in Międzynarodowe prawo humanitarne
Continuous Attack Liability without Right or Fact of Direct Participation in Hostilities – The ICRC Interpretive Guidance and Perils of a Pseudo-Status
Book Chapter in International Humanitarian Law – Antecedences and Challenges of the Present Time
Requirements of Military Necessity in International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law
Journal Article in Boston University International Law Journal
War Crimes in Internal Armed Conflicts
Book Review
The Role of Judges in Identifying the Status of Combatants
Journal Article in Acta Societatis Martensis
Multilateral Treaty-Making - The Current Status of Challenges to and Reforms Needed in the International Legislative Process
Edited Volume
Latest news
Successful Doctoral Defence by Nobuo Hayashi
Nobuo Hayashi successfully defended his doctoral thesis, 11 May, at Leiden University. The title of the thesis is “Military Necessity”.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Carsten Stahn
PRIO Contributes to Oslo University Law Students’ Victory at Prestigious Moot Court Competition
On Saturday, 28 April, four students from the Oslo University Law Faculty became the champion of the 35th Telders International Law Moot Court Competition 2012. From late January to mid-March, PRIO’s Nobuo Hayashi organised a series of oral pleading practice sessions for the competitors where they refined their skills.
Nobuo Hayashi 'Best Judge' in Law Competition
On 30 April 2011, Nobuo Hayashi was named Best Judge of the semi-final rounds for the 34th Telders International Law Moot Court Competition held at the Peace Palace in The Hague.
The Best Judge Award was spontaneously created by students in 2003 and is awarded to the best judge of the semi-finals. More than 40 academics and practitioners of international law serve as semi-final judges each year. Nobuo has been a Telders judge since 2006.
New FICHL Publication
The Forum for International Criminal and Humanitarian Law is pleased to announce its Publication Series No. 2 entitled "National Military Manuals on the Law of Armed Conflict" now available on-line [Download Report, pdf].
Nobuo lectured at the UK Defence Academy
On 9 December 2008, Nobuo gave two lectures at the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham, England. His first lecture covered substantive international criminal law generally, and his second lecture covered command and superior responsibility specifically.
Latest events
Coercive Diplomacy and Threats of Harm
Justice versus Security?
The role and integrity of the first Review Conference on the Statute of the International Criminal Court
Seminar on the military and international criminal justice
