Thomas Baty (1869-1954) received law degrees both from Oxford and Cambridge, and served as Honorary Secretary of the International Law Association in 1905-1916. He served as legal advisor to the Japanese Foreign Ministry in 1916-41 and 1952-54. He had a double identity, a prolific and controversial writer on international law and also a feminist writer and commentator in the pseudonym of Irene Clyde. Baty, as a transgender person, often expressed hostility to the distinction of sexes and believed that if feminist characters prevailed, the world would have been led to pacifism.
Shinya Murase is Professor Emeritus of Sophia University, Tokyo, and former Member of the UN International Law Commission (2009 - 2022).