Nationality: Japan (Asia-Pacific States)
Term: 1 June 2008 - 24 April 2009
Elected from: List A on 30 November 2007
Biography
Judge Saiga passed away on 24 April, 2009.
Press release
Elected from the Asian Group of States to fill a judicial vacancy for a term of fifteen months.
Between 2003 and 2007, Judge Saiga represented Japan as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Norway and to the Republic of Iceland, serving as Ambassador with responsibility for Human Rights from 2005. She has considerable expertise in Japan's relations with the United Nations and has been extensively involved in human rights issues, particularly gender issues. She was active in the process of ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and has legal expertise on gender issues, including violence against women.
