In the afternoon, Ms. Tamara Domicelj, National Policy Director, Refugee Council of Australia, Ms.
Eri Ishikawa, Secretary General of Japan Association for Refugees, Mr. Ho Taeg Lee, President of
NGO Pnan from South Korea and Ms. Christine Petrie, Deputy Director of International Rescue
Committee from Thailand took part in Panel Discussion I. The moderator was Mr. Takaaki Mizuno,
Editorial Writer of the Asahi Shimbun. The panelists talked about the current situation and challenges
for the signatory states to the Refugee Convention as well as the discussion of a model for practical
living assistance for refugee resettlement.
Panel Discussion II was with Ms. Katrina J Maliamauv, Program Office of Tenaganita from Malaysia, Mr. Rufino Seva, Program Manager of Bangkok Refugee Center, Mr. Brian Barbour, Executive
Director, Hong Kong Refugee Advice Center Ltd., Mr. Adam Zerbinopoulos, Deputy Refugee
Coordinator for East Asia, US Embassy in Thailand, and Mr. Tin Win, President of Federation of
Workers’ Union of the Burmese Citizens in Japan and a Burmese refugee, and Assistant Professor
Petrice Flowers from Political Science Department of University of Hawaii. The panelists introduced
specific challenges in the countries which are not signatories to the Refugee Convention. The Q&A
session discussed prospects for building partnership with governments, and the third country
settlement program in Japan.
In the end, Mr. Hiroshi Honma, Professor Emeritus of Hosei University and Senior Advisor of JAR
gave the closing remarks, reaffirming “the interaction with various stakeholders to develop support for
refugees” and stressing the role of the international network for refugee protection.