Machiko Kanetake
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Utrecht University
Machiko Kanetake is an Associate Professor in Public International Law at Utrecht University. She is the Director of the Master’s Programme in Public International Law in Utrecht. Her research interests lie at the intersection of security and human rights. She is also interested in interfaces between domestic and international law. She served as an editorial board member of the Leiden Journal of International Law. Machiko contributed to the ESIL as a Coordinating Committee member of the Interest Group on International Courts and Tribunals in 2018-2023. In addition, she co-organised the 2022 ESIL Annual Conference in Utrecht. In 2022-2024, she served as a member of the ESIL’s Diversity Advisory Body.
Machiko was previously a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam. She has held visiting fellowships at the NYU School of Law and the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School. She obtained her PhD degree from Kyoto University.
