SHINOHARA Tsubasa

Affiliation
Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
Official title
Assistant Professor
ORCID
0000-0002-2972-7460
URL
Research fields
International law
New fields of law
Research keywords
International Law
International Human Rights Law
Sports and Human Rights
Esports and Human Rights
Esports Law and Governance
Sports Law
Swiss Law
Comparative Law
Technology and Law
Career history
2024-10 -- (current)University of TsukubaFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesAssistant Professor
2019-12 -- (current)Swiss Esports FederationHuman Rights Officer / Executive Board Member / Legal Team Member
2024-02 -- 2024-10Field-R Law OfficesParalegal
2024-04 -- 2024-08University of TsukubaFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences非常勤講師
2020-02 -- 2024-02Oxford Reports on International LawECtHR Case Reporter
2018-03 -- 2018-06European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)Research Division and Public Relation UnitTraineeship (Study Visit)
2016-04 -- 2018-03Meiji UniversitySchool of LawTeaching Assistant
Academic background
2020-09 -- 2024-02University of Lausanne Ecole de droit Ph.D in Law (Doctorat en droit)
2018-09 -- 2020-06University of Lausanne Ecole de droit Master en droit (MLaw)
2016-04 -- 2018-03Meiji University Graduated School Graduate School of Law Public Law
2013-08 -- 2013-09University of Cambridge Summer Programme (British Law)
2012-04 -- 2016-03Meiji University School of Law 法律学科
Degree
2024-02PhD in Law (Doctorat en droit)Université de Lausanne
2020-06Master en droit (MLaw)Université de Lausanne
2018-03修士（法学）明治大学大学院法学研究科
2016-03学士（法学）明治大学法学部
Academic societies
2025-02 -- (current)Swiss Japan Research Association
2023-06 -- (current)Association pour la Recherche et les Études Francophones sur l’Esport (AREFE)
2023-04 -- (current)Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law
2021-04 -- (current)Research Center for Esports Law (Forschungsstelle für eSport-Recht)
2021-02 -- (current)Esports Research Network (ERN)
2021-02 -- (current)International Human Rights Law Association
2016-03 -- (current)Japan Sports Law Association
2022-02 -- 2023-12European Society of International Law
2021-01 -- 2023-12International Association of Sports Law
Honors & Awards
2022-12JSLA Young Researcher's AwardThe Emergence of New Legal Dispute Resolution for Sports Athletes - Consideration of Linkage between the European Court of Human Rights and Sports Legal Regime - (3)
Refereed academic journal/Refereed international conference paper
  • The Role of National Esports Federations for Integrity Issues in Esports
    SHINOHARA Tsubasa
    UNLV Gaming Law Journal/15(1)/pp.89-103, 2025-04
  • The Gender Equality in Esports Through the Lens of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
    SHINOHARA Tsubasa
    Arizona State Sports and Entertainment Law Journal/14(1)/pp.19-42, 2024-12
  • Fairness or Equality? Participation of Esports Players with Disabilities in Esports Competition
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Marquette Sports Law Review/34(2)/pp.503-537, 2024-09
  • The Role of the European Union for the Governance of the Esports Society?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Sports Law and Governance Journal/1(1)/pp.1-16, 2024-08-27
  • Human Rights in Sports Arbitration: What Should the Court of Arbitration for Sport do for Protecting Human Rights in Sports?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Liverpool Law Review/45/pp.185-207, 2024-08
  • The road to a common framework for the esports society through the lens of international law
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Journal of Sports Law Policy and Governance/IV((I))/pp.1-21, 2023-12
  • Global Governance in International Esports Society?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Gaming Law Review/27(4)/pp.173-183, 2023-04-20
  • Brief Overview of the New Youth Protection Law and Esports in Switzerland
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Gaming Law Review/28(1)/pp.2-7, 2023-03-24
  • The Protection of Professional Esports Players Against Physical and Mental Health Problems under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    UNLV Gaming Law Journal/13(1)/pp.1-19, 2023-03-08
  • The Protection of Esports Players against the Use of Doping Substances and Methods under the European Convention on Human Rights: The Swiss Example
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    International Journal of Esports/1(1)/pp.1-14, 2021-12-22
  • スポーツ選⼿への新しい法的救済⼿段の出現可能性についての⼀考察 ―ヨーロッパ⼈権裁判所とスポーツ法秩序との関係性の考察を通じて―（三・完）
    篠原 翼
    日本スポーツ法学会年報/(28)/pp.140-163, 2021-12
  • Which states parties should be held responsible for the implementation of positive obligations under the ECHR in sports-related disputes?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    The International Sports Law Journal/22(4)/pp.332-342, 2021-11-10
  • Physical and sexual abuse against young athletes in sport in light of article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    The International Sports Law Journal/22(1)/pp.51-61, 2021-08-02
  • スポーツ選⼿への新しい法的救済⼿段の出現可能性についての⼀考察 ―ヨーロッパ⼈権裁判所とスポーツ法秩序との関係性の考察を通じて―（二）
    篠原 翼
    日本スポーツ法学会年報/(27)/pp.80-97, 2020-12
  • スポーツ選⼿への新しい法的救済⼿段の出現可能性についての⼀考察 ―ヨーロッパ⼈権裁判所とスポーツ法秩序との関係性の考察を通じて―（一）
    篠原 翼
    日本スポーツ法学会年報/(26)/pp.124-141, 2019-12
Other articles
  • 欧州司法裁判所Diarra判決と移籍制度の転換点
    篠原 翼; 杉山翔一
    公正取引2025年4月号（No. 894)/(4)/pp.40-46, 2025-04-15
  • Book Review: ‘Defending Athletes, Players, Clubs and Fans’ by Daniel Rietiker
    SHINOHARA Tsubasa
    Football Legal/21/pp.17-19, 2024-12
  • Consideration on the Legal Nature of International Sports Law : A Law of Coexisting Public and Private Law Nature?
    篠原 翼
    Tsukuba Hosei/93/pp.1-10, 2024-11
  • Regulatory Presumption of Bridge Transfer in Football: Rebuttable or Irrebuttable?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Football Legal/(20)/pp.10-12, 2024-05-31
  • <判例研究> 女子陸上競技会におけるインターセックス女子選手の 出場可能性について ―Semenya v. Switzerland 判決の分析と考察
    篠原 翼
    Tsukuba Hosei/93/pp.111-117, 2024-11
  • Safeguarding in Esports
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Esports Legal Wiki, 2024-02-05
  • Human Rights in Esports
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Esports Legal Wiki, 2024-02-05
  • Caster Semenya v. Switzerland: eligibility of intersex female athlete in female athletic events
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Strasbourg Observers, 2023-09-27
  • Kotilainen and ors v Finland, Merits and just satisfaction, App no 62439/12, IHRL 4260 (ECHR 2020), 17th September 2020, Council of Europe; European Court of Human Rights [ECHR]
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Oxford Reports on International Law [ORIL]: App no 62439/12 (Application No) IHRL 4260 (ECHR 2020) (OUP reference), 2023-04-02
  • The Protection of Intersex and Transgender Athletes from Discrimination under the European Convention on Human Rights
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    International Sport Law Review Pandektis/14(1-2)/pp.193-212, 2022-06-24
  • スイス連邦裁判所におけるスポーツ仲裁判断の取消事由 ―スポーツ仲裁裁判所（CAS）とスイス国際私法（LDIP）第190条2項に関する若干の検討―
    篠原 翼
    国際商事法務/50(1)/pp.4-14, 2022-01-15
  • Analysis of the ECtHR’s Nuclear-related Jurisprudence
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    SAFNA Blog, 2021-12-05
  • Ali Rıza and Others v. Turkey, nos. 30226/10 and 4 others, Judgment of 28 January 2020, ECtHR - Ali Rıza and Others v. Turkey判決
    篠原 翼
    日本スポーツ法学会年報/(28)/pp.182-195, 2021-12
  • TF 4A_612/2009, Claudia Pechstein v. International Skating Union (ISU) & Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V (DEG) – Pechstein判決
    篠原 翼
    日本スポーツ法学会年報/(27)/pp.164-173, 2020-12
  • Le Traite d’interdiction des armes nucléaires: quelques considérations juridiques et analyse de la question de savoir si la Suisse peut ratifier ce traité?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    SAFNA Blog, 2020-09-23
  • Child rights and sports law: how can we protect young athlete’s human rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    I.S.L.R. Pandektis, Volume 13, Issues 1-2, 2020, pp. 136-154./13(1-2)/pp.136-154, 2020
  • L’analyse de la jurisprudence pertinente pour le désarmement nucléaire dans le cadre juridique du Traité sur l’interdiction des armes nucléaires (TIAN)
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    SAFNA Blog, 2020-02-12
  • TF 4P.172/2006, arrêt du 22 mars 2007 X. c. ATP Tour
    篠原 翼
    日本スポーツ法学会年報/(26)/pp.222-233, 2019-12
  • Interpretation of Articles 11 and 97 of the Japanese Constitution – do they guarantee effective rights to “future generations”?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    SAFNA Blog, 2019-10-12
  • Khan, Defender of Rights (Défenseur des droits) (intervening) and ors (intervening) v France, Merits and just satisfaction, App No 12267/16, IHRL 4052 (ECHR 2019), 28th February 2019, Council of Europe; European Court of Human Rights [ECHR]
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Oxford Reports on International Law [ORIL]: App No 12267/16 (Application No) IHRL 4052 (ECHR 2019) (OUP reference), 2019-02-28
Books
Conference, etc.
  • [Presentation] Right of Access to Esports for Young Gamers? Age Restriction vs. Access to Video Games
    SHINOHARA Tsubasa
    UiA Academic Esports Seminar 2025/2025-05-21--2025-05-23
  • [Presentation] An Interaction Between International Law and Self-Regulations within the Sports Society?
    SHINOHARA Tsubasa
    2025 Legal Pluralism Course and Conference/2025-01-14
  • [学会報告] ｅスポーツと人権：ｅスポーツ界における人権問題についての若干の検討
    篠原 翼
    日本スポーツ法学会第３２回大会/2024-12-7
  • [学会報告] 国際法の観点から検討するスポーツにおける「国籍」について
    篠原 翼
    第36回国際人権法学会大会/2024-11-16--2024-11-17
  • [Presentation] The Identification of Legal Risks within the Video Games and Esports Industries under International Law: International Trade in Goods and Services?
    SHINOHARA Tsubasa
    Esports Research Network Conference 2024: Where Worlds Collide/2024-10-30--2024-11-01
  • [Presentation] The Qualification of Professional Esports Players under the National Labour Law: Japanese Example
    SHINOHARA Tsubasa; KOBAYASHI Daisuke
    Esports Research Network Conference 2024: Where Worlds Collide/2024-10-30--2024-11-01
  • [Presentation] The Rejection of the Legal Aid by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in light of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights
    SHINOHARA Tsubasa; SUGIYAMA Shoichi
    Empowering athletes’ human rights: Global research conference on athletes' rights/2024-10-23
  • [Panel Speaker] "Transgender Athletes - Under what Conditions is Inclusion Possible?" with Maike Herrlein (Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein)
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Junges Netzwerk Spotrecht/2024-04-26
  • [Presentation] Safeguarding in Esports?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Play the Games 2024/2024-02-04--2024-02-07
  • [Presentation] "Paving the Way for the Protection of Human Rights in Sports: The Case of Intersex and Transgender Female Athletes"
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    The Centre for Olympic Studies and the Globalisation of Sport (CEOGS)/UNIL Webinar/2023-12-07
  • [招待報告] 女子陸上競技会におけるインターセックス・女子アスリートの出場可能性について - Caster Semenya v. Switzerland判決の分析と考察
    篠原 翼
    JSLA・JSSGS第２回合同勉強会/2023-11-13
  • [Guest Speaker] Panel Session: GOVERNANCE - Who is really governing sport?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    LawInSport Global Summit 2023/2023-10-23
  • [Presentation] The Precautionary Principle For the Use of Facial Recognition Technology in Esports
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Conference "Next Democratic Frontiers for Facial Recognition Technology: The Legal, Ethical and Democratic Implications of FRT"/2023-09-29
  • [Panel Speaker] "Esports Integrity Forum"(Invitation)
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    The Sports Integrity Week 2023/2023-09-06
  • [Presentation] What Is A Role of the European Union for the Governance of the Esports Society?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Sports & EU 17th Annual Conference/2023-07-06--2023-07-07
  • [Presentation] The Gender Equality in Esports Through the Lens of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law 10th Annual Conference 2023/2023-06-28--2023-06-30
  • [Presentation] La protection de droits humains dans l’esport
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Colloque International Esport & Gaming (5-6 juin 2023)/2023-06-14
  • [Presentation] The Conflict Between the Olympic Charter and SNS Companies’ Regulations for the Prohibition of Propaganda in Social Media
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    SLS funded conference ‘Contemporary Social and Legal Issues in a Social Media Age'/2023-06-14
  • [Presentation] Facial Recognition Technology in Esports? Youth Protection vs. Human Rights Risks
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    DIGinLaw Final Conference on “Law in the Age of Modern Technologies"/2023-02-10
  • [Panel Speaker] The Role of International Law, Human Rights Law and Young Generation in the Field of Nuclear Disarmament
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    2023 Basel Peace Forum/2023-01-20
  • [Presentation] The Road to A Common Framework for the Esports Society through the lens of International Law
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    ERN Conference 2022 “Sustainable Esports in the Digital Society”/2022-11-21--2022-11-23
  • [Presentation] The Protection of Esports Players against Toxic Behaviours during Esports Competition by the Artificial Intelligence Technology From A Human Rights Perspective
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    European Human Rights Protection – Twenty Years from Now/2022-09-14
  • [Presentation] Resolution of International Business and Human Rights Disputes in Sports by International Arbitration Tribunal?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    ESIL IG Pre-Conference/2022-09-01
  • [Presentation] 'Procedural aspects of the protection of substantive human rights in sports: The case of gender identity and sex characteristics'
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    11th Edition Intensive Doctoral Week 2022/2022-06-13--2022-06-17
  • [Présentation] Sports et Droits Humains : La protection des droits substantiels dans le sport par la prise en compte de la discrimination à l’égard des athlètes intersexuées et transgenres dans le droit international des droits humains
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Journée de la recherche sur le genre 2022/2022-04-08
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Teaching
2025-10 -- (current)European Human Rights LawUniversity of Tsukuba
2025-10 -- (current)Swiss LawUniversity of Tsukuba
2025-04 -- (current)Contract LawUniversity of Tsukuba
2025-04 -- (current)Seminar on International Law I・IIUniversity of Tsukuba
2025-04 -- (current)Introduction to Research MethodsUniversity of Tsukuba
2024-10 -- (current)Current Topics in LawUniversity of Tsukuba
2024-04 -- (current)Digital Society and LawUniversity of Tsukuba
Talks
  • [Guest Lecture] Introduction to Esports and Human Rights
    SHINOHARA Tsubasa
    Online Summer Programme "International Sports and Human Rights"/2025-05-21--2025-05-28
  • [Guest Lecture] La gouvernance et le droit de l'esport
    SHINOHARA Tsubasa
    Séminaire en Gouvernance et Régulation du sport (UNIL IDHEAP)/2025-03-11--2025-03-11
  • [Guest Lecture] Esports Governance and Law: Does "Esports Law" Exist?
    SHINOHARA Tsubasa
    ERN Lecture Series/2025-01-15--2025-01-15
  • 講演会「テクノロジー・スポーツ・E スポーツと法」
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    筑波大学/2024-02-15--2024-02-15
  • [Guest Speaker] Professional Experience in the Swiss Esports Federation
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Online Workshop "Gaming, Esports and Education”/2023-03-30--2023-03-30
  • [Guest Speaker] Comment garantir la sécurité internationale face à la menace et l'utilisation des armes nucléaires ?
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    La Conférence de l'Association Mosaïque - UNIL/2023-03-21--2023-03-21
  • [Guest Lecture] Non-Discrimination in Sports under the ECHR
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Séminaire bloc: la lutte centre la discrimination des persons vulnérables par le Conseil de l'Europe, compris la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme/2023-02-13--2023-02-17
  • [Guest Lecture] Case Study - Caster Semenya case
    Shinohara Tsubasa
    Séminaire bloc: la lutte centre la discrimination des persons vulnérables par le Conseil de l'Europe, compris la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme (Dr. Daniel Rietiker)/2022-02-07--2022-02-11
Professional activities
2025-02 -- (current)Swiss Japan Research AssociationCo-President / Founder
2022-04 -- (current)Japan Sports Law AssociationDiversity & Inclusion Research Committee
2023-10 -- (current)Esports Research Network (ERN)ERN Diversity and Inclusion Sub-Committee

(Last updated: 2025-04-17)