He holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in political science from Aoyama Gakuin University and a Masters degree and a PhD in law from the University of Sydney. He is the author of International Law on Peacekeeping: A Study of Article 40 of the UN Charter (Martinus Nijhoff, 2009) and a co-author of Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region: Towards Institution Building (Routledge, 2011). He is currently the lead investigator on a Discovery Grant funded by the Australia Research Council for the project titled Developing Australia’s Legal Response to Military and Security Applications of Nanotechnology, with Professor Tom Faunce and Dr Margaret Kosal. Email Hitoshi