Yozo Yokota (Japanese: 横田洋三, romanized: Yokota Yōzo; 17 October 1940 – 12 June 2019)[1] was a professor of Law who acted as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar from 1992 to 1996.
[4] From 1988 to 2000 Yozo Yokota was an alternate member of the UN Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.
[2] In this role, he met with the Minister of Information Brigadier-General Myo Thant and his successor Major-General Aye Kyaw.
[5][6] His reports were responsible for critical resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly against the military regime in Burma.
His reasons were said to include career plans in Tokyo and frustration at poor support from Geneva-based human rights staff.