Prof. Hiromi Ichikawa
Professor Hiromi Ichikawa studied international relations and peace studies. She then worked for 15 years at a junior college training kindergarten teachers and geriatric nurses. This experience deepened her thoughts on peace research, and since 2011 Hiromi Ichikawa has been teaching specialised courses at the Faculty of Law at Kyoto Women’s University. Kyoto Women's University is the only women's university in Japan with a law faculty that emphasises gender perspectives. Her research interests include the study of war from an individual perspective. She is particularly interested in conscientious objection to military service.
Areas of Research
- Background and theory behind the decision of the European Court of Human Rights to recognise the right to conscientious objection to military service
- The right to conscientious objection to military service in the context of increasing military tensions
Managed Projects
04/2025 - 03/2028 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)
- Expansion and Deepening of the Movement for Conscientious Objection to Military Service.
04/2021 - 03/2025 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)
- A Comparative Study of Conscientious Objection Movements in Germany and South Korea - a Constitutional Perspective.
04/2016 - 03/2018 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)
- Basic Research on the Problem of Aporia in International Relations and its Solutions: Bridging Epistemology and Practical Theory.
Publications
Book Chapters & Articles
- Hiromi Ichikawa (2023), Denial of service, Conscientious Objection and Desertion after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine - from the Perspective of Guaranteeing the Right to Conscientious Objection, Parliament and Local Government, No.305, 24-29 [Japanese]
- Hiromi Ichikawa (2022), Historical Development of Conscientious Objection and its system: An Analysis from the Perspective of Aporia, Hiroshima Peace Science (The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University), No.43, 67-87 [English]
- Hiromi Ichikawa (2022), Draft Dodgers in Japan - As an Objection to the State-, Kyojo Hougaku (Kyoto Women's University Faculty of Law), Vol.22, 1-32 [Japanese]
- Hiromi Ichikawa (2020), Conscientious Objection to Command - Philosophy and Practice of ‘Thinking Obedience’ in the Armed Forces, Kenkyu Kiyo (Kyoto Women's University Research Institute for Religion and Culture), No.33, 17-33 [Japanese]
- Hiromi Ichikawa (2016), The East German ‘Peace Revolution’ and the Church: Focus on the Activities of the “Bausoldaten”, in Osamu Kawagoe and Nobuharu Kawai (eds.), Socialism as History: The East German Experience, Nakanishiya Publishing House, Kyoto, 166-192 [Japanese]
- Hiromi Ichikawa (2015), Soldiers and Families in the ‘War on Terror’ in Ryuhei Hatsuse, Satoshi Matsuda (eds.) , International Relations Theory of Human Existence: Thinking in the Midst of Globalisation, Hosei University Press, 51-73 [Japanese]
- Hiromi Ichikawa (2013), Regional Conflicts from a Micro-Perspective: The Carriers of Regional Conflicts and the ‘Post-War Period’ in Taro Tsukimura (ed.), Composition of Regional Conflicts, 263-286 [Japanese]
- Hiromi Ichikawa (2011), Civil Disobedience by Soldiers at the Age of War on Terror, Kyojo Hougaku (Kyoto Women's University Faculty of Law), Vol.1, 227-243 [Japanese]
- Hiromi Ichikawa (2009), Families acting as ‘semi-concerned persons’ to protect Soldiers, Peace and Human Security: IPHU English Research Report Series, No.23 :Revista CS No.3, 73-89 [English]
- Hiromi Ichikawa (2007), The idea of conscientious objection - the philosophy and development of civil disobedience. Akashi Publishing House, Japan, 272 pages [Japanese]