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Bilingual (English, French) legal researcher with 5 years experience, 2.5 in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Experience in human rights, prevention of torture, gross human rights violations access to justice and transitional justice. Seeking new challenging opportunity. |
 Contact Susan Carr
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Area of Expertise: |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Professional Experience: |
Legal Consultant, Terai Human Rights Defenders Association, Nepal,
August 2013 – Current
• Writing and editing a report on extra judicial executions in the Terai region of Nepal.
Freelance Human Rights Researcher (French and English), CORI, London, UK
April 2013
• Country of Origin Information research on Democratic Republic of Congo
Legal Consultant/ Coordinator TRIAL, Kathmandu Nepal
March 2010 - December 2010
• Collection of supporting documentation for legal submissions to UN Human Rights Committee
• Submission of individual petitions to UN Human Rights Committee
• Taking witness statements (working with translator)
• Developing and maintaining relations with local actors
• Providing expert legal support to local partners
• Providing support to local partners with their grant/funding requests
• Donor reporting
• Programme management and co-ordination and management of two partner organisations
Legal Programme Officer, Legal Research Project Advocacy Forum, Nepal
January 2010 - May 2011
• Writing and editing reports
• Writing legal briefs and submissions to UN Human Rights Committee and Committee against Torture
• Statistical analysis of torture in detention
• Campaigning for access to justice and prevention of torture
Seedex, PA to the Director, London October 2009
Translator, REDRESS, London
August 2009 - September 2009
Legal Research Assistant, Research & Advocacy Unit, Home for Human Rights, Sri Lanka
September 2008 - March 2009
Legal Research Assistant, Legal Research Project, Advocacy Forum, Nepal
February 2008 - July 2008
• Taking preliminary witness statements, gathering documentation for a torture case being prosecuted in UK (Universal Jurisdiction)
• Legal research, editing, writing reports and submissions to UN Committees
Marketing and Administrative Assistant, NAM (For HIV Information), London
January 2007- February 2008
Research Assistant Academic Sector, Department of Education and Communication, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva
June 2004 - August 2005
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Education: |
2012-2012: BPP London Waterloo
Graduate Diploma in Law (One resit May 2014)
2005 - 2006: University of Essex Colchester
LLM (Merit) International Human Rights Law
2001 - 2004:University of Wales, Aberstwyth
BSC econ 2:1 (Hons) International Politics with Law
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
International Mooting:
Represented the University of Essex at the 2006 Pictet Competition on International Humanitarian Law in Serbia-Montenegro organised by the ICRC.
Panellist:
Panellist at the Oxford Refugee Studies Centre’s 25th Anniversary Conference, 7-8 December 2007
Publications:
“Yashoda Sharma a Wife’s fight for Justice” Advocacy Forum 2012
“Torture of Juveniles in Nepal a Serious Challenge to Justice System” Advocacy Forum 2010
“From Theory to Practice, the Development of National Protection Mechanisms for Internally Displaced Persons” Int J Refugee Law 2009 21: 34-47
“How Does Law Protect in War?” ICRC 2006 by Antoine Bouvier and Marco Sassoli.
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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