IMADR Officers
Our team consists of officers and the board members from around the world with extensive experience and expertise.
Chairpersons
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Nimalka Fernando
Lawyer, IMADR Asia Committee -
Shigeyuki Kumisaka
Former President, Buraku Liberation League Central Executive Committee
Senior Director/ Secretary-General
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Fujihiko Nishijima
President, Buraku Liberation League Central Executive Committee
Directors
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Anastasia Crickley
Former Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Maynooth University, Ireland -
Romani Rose
Chairperson, Central Council of German Sinti and Roma -
Helene Sackstein
Child, Gender, Information and Press Freedom Specialist -
Durga Sob
Founder President, Feminist Dalit Organisation (FEDO) -
Michael O. Sharpe
Professor of Political Science, York College of the City University of New York -
Beena Pallical
General Secretary, National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) -
Atsuko Miwa
Director, Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center -
Masayuki Hattori
Executive Director, Industrial Federation for Human Rights, Tokyo -
Zenko Fujimoto
Chairperson, Joint Conference of Religious Sects on Dowa Issues -
Takashi Kajiwara
President, Japan Teachers Union -
Masaru Ohkawa
Executive Director, Ainu Association of Hokkaido -
Masahiko Tanigawa
Director, Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute -
Nanako Inaba
Professor, Sophia University -
Takashi Akai
Secretary-General, Buraku Liberation League Central Executive Committee
Advisory Panel
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Penda Mbow
Professor, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar -
Kenzo Tomonaga
Honorary Director, Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute -
Yoko Hayashi
Lawyer, former Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)