Kyoichi Sugino
Discussion Panelist
Rev. Kyoichi Sugino
President, Gakurin Seminary
[Biography]
Rev. Kyoichi Sugino
President, Gakurin Seminary
After nearly 30 years of experience at the intersection of humanitarianism, conflict resolution, and multi-stakeholder diplomacy in peacebuilding based in New York and Geneva, Rev. Kyoichi Sugino became the 5th President of Gakurin Seminary on December 1, 2021.
In his earlier career, Rev. Sugino worked at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and was appointed as the Deputy Secretary General at the WCRP International Executive Committee meeting held in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 18, 2011. Rev. Sugino facilitated the formation and equipping of representative and action-oriented Interreligious Councils in 90 countries across the globe, including those in conflict situations, as instruments of mediation, reconciliation, peace-building and integral human development. Rev. Sugino also served as a member of the U.S. Department of State’s Religion and Diplomacy Taskforce, a member of the international eminent persons’ group on Sri Lanka, and served on advisory boards of gov-ernments, UN agencies, and other organizations as a civil society representative.
Rev. Sugino graduated from Gakurin Seminary in Tokyo (1991) to become an ordained Dharma Teacher in Rissho Kosei-kai, an international Buddhist movement headquartered in Japan. Rev. Sugino received his LL.B from Chuo University in Tokyo (1989) and M.L.I. in International Law and International Human Rights Law from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1993). His recent pub-lication includes “Buddhism and the Common Good” in “Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development”, forward by Pope Francis and edited by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University Press, December 2022. A well-cited historical perspective on the role of humani-tarian agencies in complex emergencies (The “Non-Political and Humanitarian” Clause in UNHCR’s Statute, Refugee Survey Quarterly, UNHCR/Oxford University Press, Volume17, no.1 [1998]) is one of his many articles on humanitarianism and peacebuilding.
President, Gakurin Seminary
[Biography]
Rev. Kyoichi Sugino
President, Gakurin Seminary
After nearly 30 years of experience at the intersection of humanitarianism, conflict resolution, and multi-stakeholder diplomacy in peacebuilding based in New York and Geneva, Rev. Kyoichi Sugino became the 5th President of Gakurin Seminary on December 1, 2021.
In his earlier career, Rev. Sugino worked at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and was appointed as the Deputy Secretary General at the WCRP International Executive Committee meeting held in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 18, 2011. Rev. Sugino facilitated the formation and equipping of representative and action-oriented Interreligious Councils in 90 countries across the globe, including those in conflict situations, as instruments of mediation, reconciliation, peace-building and integral human development. Rev. Sugino also served as a member of the U.S. Department of State’s Religion and Diplomacy Taskforce, a member of the international eminent persons’ group on Sri Lanka, and served on advisory boards of gov-ernments, UN agencies, and other organizations as a civil society representative.
Rev. Sugino graduated from Gakurin Seminary in Tokyo (1991) to become an ordained Dharma Teacher in Rissho Kosei-kai, an international Buddhist movement headquartered in Japan. Rev. Sugino received his LL.B from Chuo University in Tokyo (1989) and M.L.I. in International Law and International Human Rights Law from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1993). His recent pub-lication includes “Buddhism and the Common Good” in “Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development”, forward by Pope Francis and edited by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University Press, December 2022. A well-cited historical perspective on the role of humani-tarian agencies in complex emergencies (The “Non-Political and Humanitarian” Clause in UNHCR’s Statute, Refugee Survey Quarterly, UNHCR/Oxford University Press, Volume17, no.1 [1998]) is one of his many articles on humanitarianism and peacebuilding.