6 June 2006

Human trafficking expert at the University of Dundee

Dr Tomoya Obokata, a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Dundee, is available for expert comment on the subject of human trafficking.

Dr Obokata is a specialist adviser on human trafficking to the Joint Committee on Human Rights at Westminster and a researcher for the International Human Rights Network. He also recently served as an expert for a joint European Union/Council of Europe project on human trafficking and illegal immigration.

He has published extensively in the area of human trafficking and his latest book Trafficking of Human Beings from a Human Rights Perspective: Towards a Holistic Approach is due to be published later this summer.

Dr Obokata also consults for Iselin Consulting, which specialises in criminal intelligence, human rights protection and international law enforcement co-operation.

He holds a first degree in international relations, an MA in Theory and Practice of Human Rights, an LLM in International Criminal Law and a PhD in Law. He has also worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Office of Japan and the Republic of Korea.

Dr Obokata can be contacted via the University of Dundee press office.

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