Ai KIHARA-HUNT (キハラハント 愛)
・Professor, Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP), the University of Tokyo ・Director, Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP), the University of Tokyo ・Secretary, Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) ・Director, International Law Training and Research Hub, the University of Tokyo ・Editor, Global Governance journal ・Editor, Geografia journal ・Member of the Board of Directors, Japan Association on Human Security Studies (JAHSS)
・Director of the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (2018-2021)
・Secretary-General of the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (2017-2018)
・Professor Ai Kihara-Hunt of the University of Tokyo appointed the Secretary-General of the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (15/05/2017) ・Three Experts address UN Peace Operations and Humanitarian Issues (25/03/2017)
・Associate Professor, Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (2017-2022) ・Professor, Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (2022- ) ・Member of UN Police Doctrinal Development Group, DPKO, UN (2016) ・Lead Trainer; Security Sector Focal Point; Head of a Regional Office; Project Manager; Mapping Officer; Human Rights Officer: UN Office of the High-Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva and in Nepal (2006-2010) ・Research Officer, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex (2004-2005) ・Associate Protection Officer, UNHCR (2003) ・Community Outreach and Public Information Officer, Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste (CAVR) (2001-2002) ・Human Rights Officer, UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) (1999-2001) ・Electoral Officer/Supervisor: UN Assistance Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) (1999); OSCE (1998)
・Ph.D in Law, University of Essex, Colchester, UK ・LLM in International Human Rights Law, University of Essex, Colchester, UK ・MA in Rural Development, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK ・BA in International Politics and Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai (2021). Challenge to the Rule of Law in North-East Asia. Modesto Seara Vázquez, Pandemic: The Catastropic Crisis (English and Spanish Editions). pp.317-350. Universidad del Mar.
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai, Yasunobu Sato and Yuichi Sekiya (2021). Conclusion. Journal on Human Security Studies, Special Issue: Refugees/Migrants and Work and Education.
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai and Dos Santos, Julieta (2020). Leading People through a Fight to Freedom in Liquica District, Timor-Leste: the Story of Amadeo Dias Albino dos Santos. In Mark Dennis and Rima Abunasser eds. Voices of Freedom. Suny Publishing.
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai (2020). Security Sector as a Key in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. In University of Tokyo School of Arts and Sciences ed. A Field Guide to Wisdom: Listening to different voices. Hakusuisha.
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai (2019). Discrimination against Women in the Sphere of Marriage and Family Life. In Saul Takahashi ed. Civil and Political Rights in Japan – A Tribute to Sir Nigel Rodley. Routledge.
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai (2019) An Examination of the Force Used by Kidoutai (Riot Police) and Japan Coast Guard. In Saul Takahashi ed. Civil and Political Rights in Japan – A Tribute to Sir Nigel Rodley. Routledge.
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai (2018). Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. The Case of un Police – Recommendations. Journal of International Peacekeeping, vol.21, issue 1-2.
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai (2018). Analysis of Reasons behind Arming the UN Police. United Nations Studies, vol.19.
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai (2017). Holding UNPOL to Account: Individual Criminal Accountability of United Nations Police Personnel. Leiden: Brill. (*See also “New Book on Criminal Accountability of UN Police Personnel (09/03/2017)“)
・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. United Nations Studies, vol.17.
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai (2014). UN Peace Operations: from National Security to Human Rights and Human Security. In Saul Takahashi ed. Human Rights, Human Security, and State Security. Westport: Praeger.
・Armed Police Force (2009). Armed Police Force Human Rights Handbook. Kathmandu: APF Nepal and UN-OHCHR.
・Hampson, Françoise and Kihara-Hunt, Ai (2007). The Accountability of Personnel Associated with Peacekeeping Operations. In Chiyuki Aoi, Cedric de Coning and Ramesh Thakur eds. Unintended Consequences of Peacekeeping Operations. Tokyo: UNU Press.
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai (2005). Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Tokyo: Aoyama Gakuin University Human Rights Educational Committee.
・Kihara-Hunt, Ai and Tsugeyama, Takashi (2004). The Right to Resort to External Self-Determination Outside of the Colonial Context. In Aoyama Journal of International Politics, Economics and Business, vol.64.