Richard Whitecross is a Lecturer in Law at Edinburgh Napier University. He has conducted research on law, human rights and political change in Nepal and Bhutan. A former practising lawyer, Richard has experience of providing Expert reports and is a member of the Law Society of Scotland Immigration and Asylum Committee. He has written and…
Dr Dinesh Dhakal worked as the economic advisor of Bhutan government from August 1990 to October 1991; he left the country in protest when government began to evict ethnic Nepalese in 1990, labelling them as ‘anti-national’ and ‘illegal economic immigrants’. Since then he had been working for the resolution of the two-decade old Bhutanese refugee…
Dr Gil Daryn is a social anthropologist (Ph.D. Cambridge 2002) and published scholar with expertise on the culture, society, history and politics of South Asia in general, and particular knowledge about Nepal and Bhutan. Since 1989, and until he left in June 2011, he has visited, conducted research, worked and lived in the region for…
Susan Banki is a Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at the University of Sydney. Her research on human rights violations, and the rights of refugee and migrants particularly, have focused on Burma, Bhutan, Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and Nepal. She is currently heading up a multi-year project studying the ways that precarious refugees from Bhutan…
Bhutan does not host any refugees according to UNHCR statistics. We have not yet identified any NGO or law firm that is offering refugees legal assistance in Bhutan. We would welcome suggestions of individuals or organizations.