Our Activities

WSD has been involved in the following projects on:

 

Supporting Japanese-Chinese Relations

at the University of Edinburgh, UK（January 2011）

WSD Chairman, Dr. Handa, with Mr. Tarahara, the Consul General of Japan to Edinburgh

 

WSD Chairman, Dr. Handa, with University Officials after the Ceremony at the University of Edinburgh, UK

 

 

Supporting the Institute of Policy Studies（October 2009）

on Symposium for Asia Gerontology Studies

 

 

Supporting Fellowship in Medicine

at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford

Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford

 

 

Supporting research and recommendation of foreign policy and international relations

Research and recommendation of foreign policy and international relations

 

 

Supporting St. Andrews University in the establishment and operation of Handa Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence

 

Supporting the Pacific Forum CSIS Young Leaders Forum

Supporting Pacific Forum CSIS Young Leaders Forum and WSD Handa Young Leaders Forum to promote debates related to politics and international security; sponsoring conferences and forums to cultivate young people who will be active on the world stage in the future.

Pacific Forum CSIS Young Leaders Seminar

 

 

Supporting WSD Handa Center for International Justice and Human Rights at Stanford University

In 2013, the WSD Handa Center was established at Stanford University. The Center succeeds and carries on all the work of the University of California at Berkeley’s War Crimes Studies Center (‘WCSC’), which was established by Professor David Cohen in 2000. Since its founding over a decade ago, the Center has been dedicated to promoting the rule of law, accountability, and human rights around the world, particularly in post-conflict societies. We have pursued this mission through work in four general areas:

• Archival Resource Development
• Justice Sector Capacity Building
• Education and Civic Outreach
• Tribunal Monitoring

 

The WSD Handa Center continues in these core areas of work, while broadening the focus to include programs that combat human trafficking as well as projects focused on fostering respect for religious freedom, the rule of law, and conflict prevention and reconciliation in post-conflict societies.

Through our research and international programs, the WSD Handa Center supports and helps improve the work of domestic courts, international tribunals and human rights commissions around the world. The Center is further committed to increasing awareness and raising the level of discourse around new developments in the fields of human rights and international law.

To this end, the WDS Handa Center has dedicated itself to becoming a major public resource center for the study of war crimes and human rights trials, where  students, scholars, and legal practitioners can take advantage of new technologies to access unique archival resources from World War II through contemporary international criminal trials.

 

Michael Bolton 

Ambassador, WSD Handa Center for International Justice and Human Rights at Stanford University

 

Grammy award winning singer, songwriter, and humanitarian, Michael Bolton is particularly interested in human rights. Bolton's achievements include selling more than 75 million records, recording eight top 10 albums and two number one singles on the Billboard charts, as well as winning multiple American Music Awards and Grammy Awards.

 

Dr. Handa, Chairman of Worldwide Support for Development, is a board member of the Michael Bolton Fund.