:Yoko Hayashi

Yoko Hayashi was born on June 9, 1956{{Cite web |date=11 June 2023 |title=Hayashi - Biographical Data |url=https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/HRBodies/CEDAW/CVMembers/Hayashi.pdf |access-date=11 June 2023 |website=The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights}} in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan{{cite book|title=Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory: Vol. 1: Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East & Africa|date=2003|publisher=Martindale-Hubbell|location=New Providence, NJ|isbn=978-1-56160-588-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mE4eAQAAMAAJ}} and attended Waseda University, where she graduated with an LL.B. in law in 1979.{{cite web|title=Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women|url=http://www.bayefsky.com/general/cedaw_sp_2010_3.doc|publisher=United Nations Headquarters|access-date=2 March 2015|location=New York|date=28 June 2010}} She was admitted to the Daini Tokyo Bar Association in 1983 and served as the Deputy President of the Women’s Bar Association of Japan from 2002 to 2004.

Hayashi served as legal counsel for the Tokyo Rape Crisis Centre from 1983 to 1997 and in 1995, served as an adviser to the Japanese Government on the UN 4th World Conference on Women, held in Beijing. In 1996, her commentary entitled "Policies of the Japanese Government Toward Women" was published in a compendium entitled Voices from the Japanese Women's Movement. The commentary was critical of the lack of equality and protection for women in Japan.{{cite book|editor=AMPO, Japan Asia Quarterly Review |author1=Hayashi, Yoko|title=Voices from the Japanese Women's Movement|date=1996|publisher=Sharpe|location=Armonk, NY |isbn=1-56324-725-9|pages=82–89|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5fVOVc11BnoC|chapter=Policies of the Japanese Government Toward Women}}

She has been a member of the Expert Committee on Violence against Women (from 2000–2013) and the Specialist Committee on Basic Issues (from 2009–present) for the Gender Equality Bureau of the Japanese Cabinet. Between 2011 and 2012 she served on the Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company.{{cite web|title=Final Report: Investigation Committee on the Accident at Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company|url=http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/icanps/eng/01finaltableofcontents.pdf|website=www.cas.go.jp/|publisher=Japanese Cabinet, Deputy Director General Affairs Office|access-date=2 March 2015|page=4|date=July 23, 2012}}

In 2004, she was selected as an alternate member to the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights{{cite web|title=Subcommission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Concludes Fifty-Sixth Session|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2004/hrcn1101.doc.htm|publisher=United Nations|access-date=2 March 2015|location=New York|date=13 August 2004}} on which she served until 2006. In 2008 she became a member of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW){{cite web|title=Meeting of States Parties Elects 11 Expert Members to Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2008/wom1698.doc.htm|publisher=United Nations|access-date=2 March 2015|location=New York|date=30 July 2008}} and has served as an expert on the Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee throughout her tenure. The committee is responsible for completing human rights reviews of member countries and evaluating their performances on women's inclusion and protection.{{cite news|last1=Makino|first1=Catherine|title=RIGHTS-JAPAN: Get Cracking on Gender Equality|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2009/10/rights-japan-get-cracking-on-gender-equality/|access-date=2 March 2015|publisher=Inter Press Service News Agency|date=3 October 2009}}{{cite web|title=As Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee Begins Review of Country Reports, Spain Boasts Sweeping Legislative Changes, Facing Problems 'Without Embarrassment'|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2009/wom1739.doc.htm|publisher=United Nations|access-date=2 March 2015|location=New York|date=22 July 2009}}{{cite news|last1=Cusack|first1=Simone|title=CEDAW Committee member Yoko Hayashi (Japan) calls for greater education about CEDAW and its Optional Protocol|url=https://opcedaw.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/cedaw-committee-member-yoko-hayashi-japan-calls-for-greater-education-about-cedaw-and-its-optional-protocol/|access-date=2 March 2015|publisher=Optional Protocol to CEDAW|date=15 June 2012}} Hayashi served as the Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (2015-2016).{{Cite web |title=HAYASHI Yoko {{!}} アテナ法律事務所 |url=http://athena-law.com/en/lawyer_hayashi.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=athena-law.com}}

• "Review on Child Abuse Prevention Law", Child Abuse and Neglect Vol. 2 No. 2, (2000) (in Japanese).
• "What is 'Discrimination Against Women'?: Unfair treatment of women for reasons of pregnancy and birth and the equal opportunity law", Josei to Rodo 21 Vol. 15 No. 58, pp. 7–16 (2006) (in Japanese).
• "Discrimination against children born out of wedlock in terms of inheritance", Handbook on Practice of International Human Rights Law (2007) (in Japanese).
• "The Human Rights Council from the viewpoint of the Subcommission on Human Rights", Human Rights International No. 18, pp. 107–109 (2007) (in Japanese).
• "Protection for victims under the revised anti-domestic violence law, the human rights mechanism in prospect", Yushindo-Kobunsha (Tokyo) (2007) (in Japanese).
• "Women’s Rights are Human Rights—issues surrounding the contemporary women’s rights", The memorial publication of 60th anniversary of Japan Civil Liberties Union, Shinhyoron (2007) (in Japanese).
• "The 30th anniversary of CEDAW, the achievements and challenges”. Human Rights Monthly No. 251, (2009) (in Japanese).
• "CEDAW –State Responsibility and Remedies to Victims", Gender and Law Society, Vol. 1 pp 139–153 (2012) (in Japanese).
• "Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Japan", Journal of East Asia and International Law, Vol. 6 No. 2 (30 September 2013): pp 341–366 (in English). Database: DBpia

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