Ai Kirara-Hunt
Ai Kihara-Hunt is a Japanese jurist and former international civil servant. She specializes in international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international organization law, and the rule of law. She is a professor at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo; the Director of the Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP) at the Institute for Advanced Studies of Global and Area Studies (IAGS), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo; Secretary of the Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS); and Former Secretary General of the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan.
Education[編集]
B.A. in International Political Economy, Aoyama Gakuin University, 1997
M.A. in Rural Development, University of Sussex, 1998
M.A. in International Human Rights Law, University of Essex, 2004
Ph.D., University of Essex, 2015
Former positions[編集]
Human Rights Officer/Security Sector Focal Point, Nepal Office, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Electoral Supervisor, Bosnia and Herzegovina Office, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
District Electoral Officer, Dili District Office, United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor (UNAMET)
Human Rights Officer, Human Rights Office, United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
Public Information and Community Outreach Officer, Public Information and Community Outreach, Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR)
Mine Risk Education Material Development Consultant, Afghanistan/Japan, United Nations Mine Action Centre/Association for Aid and Relief, Japan(AAR Japan)
Associate Protection Officer, Killinochchi Office, Sri Lanka, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees
Research Officer, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
Country Director, Timor-Leste Office, Organization of International Support for Dental Education(OISDE)
Associate Human Rights Officer, Special Procedures Branch, OHCHR
Head of the Office, Dangadhi Regional Office, Nepal, OHCHR
Lead Trainer/Security Sector Focal Point, Capacity Building Unit, Nepal Office, OHCHR
Project Manager, Nepal Office, OHCHR
Mapping Officer, Nepal Office, OHCHR
Human Rights Consultant, Self-Employed
Member of UN Police Doctrinal Development Group, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
Associate Professor, Graduate Program on Human Security, The University of Tokyo
Publications[編集]
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2023, "Holding Individuals Serving the United Nations to Account for Wrongdoing," Alistair D. Edgar ed., Handbook on Governance in International Organizations, Edward Elgar Publishing, 232-48, (https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800884939.00029).
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai & Róisín Burke, 2023, "An Alternative Approach: The African Union’s SEA Regulatory Framework," Alexander Gilder, David Curran, Georgina Holmes & Fiifi Edu-Afful eds., Multidisciplinary Futures of UN Peace Operations, Springer, 245-72, (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38596-4_12).
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2021, "Challenge to the Rule of Law in North-East Asia," Modesto S. Vázquez ed., Pandemic: The Catastrophic Crisis, Universidad del Mar.
- Sato,Yasunobu, Ai Kihara-Hunt & Yuichi Sekiya, 2021, "Challenges of Securing Human Security for ‘People on the Move’: As Conclusion of Special Issue," Journal of Human Security Studies, 10(2): 171-87, (https://doi.org/10.34517/jahss.10.2_171).
- キハラハント愛，2020，「紛争後の平和構築の鍵を握る治安部門」東京大学教養学部編『異なる声に耳を澄ませる』白水社．
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2019, "Discrimination against Women in the Sphere of Marriage and Family Life," Saul J. Takahashi ed., Civil and Political Rights in Japan, Routledge, 68-83, (https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781351180030-6/discrimination-women-sphere-marriage-family-life-ai-kihara-hunt).
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2019, "An Examination of the Force Used by Kidoutai (Riot Police) and Japan Coast Guard," Saul J. Takahashi ed., Civil and Political Rights in Japan, Routledge, 42-54, (https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781351180030-4/examination-force-used-kidoutai-riot-police-japan-coast-guard-ai-kihara-hunt?context=ubx&refId=921ce7d9-4893-4919-9e93-91dc9c5ad0b0).
- キハラハント愛，2018，「国連警察の武装化の要因分析」『国連研究』(19): 165-90．
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2017, "Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: The Case of UN Police – Recommendations," Journal of International Peacekeeping, 21(1-2): 62-82, (https://doi.org/10.1163/18754112-02101002).
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2017, Holding UNPOL to Account: Individual Criminal Accountability of United Nations Police Personnel, Leiden: Brill Nijhoff.
- キハラハント愛，2017，「国連システム学術評議会（ACUNS）2016年度年次研究大会に参加して 」『国連研究』(18): 269-280．
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2016, "Why Does the Immunity Afforded to UN Personnel Not Appropriately Reflect the Needs of the Organization?: The Case of the UN Police," 国連研究, (17): 269-80.
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2015, "Individual Criminal Accountability of UN Police Personnel," University of Essex Ph.D. thesis, (http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/16022).
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2014, "UN Peace Operations: From National Security to Human Rights and Human Security," Saul Takahashi ed., Human Rights, Human Security, and State Security: The Intersection Volume 3, Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
- Hampson, Francoise J. & Ai Kihara-Hunt, 2007, "The Accountability of Personnel Associated with Peacekeeping Operations," Chiyuki Aoi, Cedric De Coning & Ramesh C. Thakur eds., Unintended Consequences of Peacekeeping Operations, Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 195-220.
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai & Tsugeyama Takashi, 2004, "A Study of the Right to Resort to External Self-Determination Outside of the Colonial Context," 青山国際政経論集=The Aoyama Journal of International Politics, Economics and Communicationn, (64): 79-110.
MISC[編集]
- キハラハント愛，2022，「平和の主語」『群像』77(3): 182-4．
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2023, "Violating Peace: Sex, Aid and Peacekeeping: by Jasmine-Kim Westendorf, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2020, 232 pp., $29.95 (hardcover), ISBN 9781501748059," International Peacekeeping, 30(4): 534-6, (https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2022.2154207).
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2020, "Contributions to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for Its Report to the UN Human Rights Council Regarding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Enjoyment of Human Rights around the World," (https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Events/HRCReport/UNs/University-of-Tokyo.pdf).
- Kihara-Hunt, Ai, 2020, "Myths about Legal Obstacles to Pursuing Individual Criminal Accountability for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse," Women, Peace and Security, (https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/wps/2020/09/09/myths-about-legal-obstacles-to-pursuing-individual-criminal-accountability-for-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse/).
Awards[編集]
2023[編集]
- Runner-Up Prize, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court National Round 2023 in Japan
- Runner-Up Prize, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Role Play National Round 2023 in Japan
2022[編集]
- First Prize, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court National Round 2022 in Japan
- Best Four, the 20th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot 2022 Hong Kong (An Inter-University Competition for Asia-Pacific Region)
2021[編集]
- First Prize, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court National Round 2021 in Japan
- First Runner-Up Prize, the 19th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot 2021 Hong Kong (An Inter-University Competition for Asia-Pacific Region)
2020[編集]
- First Prize, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court National Round 2020 in Japan
2019[編集]
- First Prize, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court National Round 2019 in Japan
2018[編集]
- First Prize, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court National Round 2018 in Japan
- Runner-Up Prize, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Role Play National Round 2018 in Japan
External links[編集]
- reserchmap（https://researchmap.jp/aikiharahunt?lang=en）
- The University of Tokyo（https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/people/k0001_00160.html）
- Ai Kihara-Hunt's website（https://aikiharahunt.com/）
- The Research Center for Sustainable Peace（https://rcsp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/member/detail/531）
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