Experts on countries of origin by surname

The Expert is a UK-educated Barrister (NP) with extensive fieldwork experience in Bangladesh and the UK. He is a Lecturer at BAC International Study Centre based in Bangladesh. An expert on Bangladeshi society and culture, with particular expertise in Bangladeshi politics, human rights (gender and sexuality), religious minorities (Hindus, Christians, Atheists), he has conducted research, advisory and consultancy work in Bangladesh on the formal and informal justice systems, freedom of speech and other political rights, anti-corruption, violence against women, minority rights, etc. There is a strong network of experts all over Bangladesh to verify legal and other documents as required. In addition, the expert is available and able to give oral testimony before any court and tribunal if necessary to support his opinion.

Region Covered: South & Central Asia — including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan.

Country Witness Expert on South & Central Asia, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan.

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Expert at the international agency The Human Rights:
We provide expert witness reports for asylum cases worldwide, covering human rights violations, political persecution, and systemic oppression. Our reports are trusted by lawyers, courts, and immigration authorities in the UK, USA, Canada, and the EU.

Dr. Guita G. Hourani is an independent consultant following an academic career as a professor and researcher. She is a recognized migration specialist and expert witness in legal migration cases, holding a Ph.D. from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Dr. Hourani currently serves as an Expert on Citizenship for the European Union Democracy Observatory and holds senior research appointments at her alma mater in Japan and at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) in Lebanon. As a consultant, she worked on projects for ILO, IOM, UNDP, the EU among others. Her research is widely recognized for spotlighting marginalized populations—such as Kurds in Lebanon, Ukrainian women in Lebanon, Lebanese migrants in Gulf countries, Lebanese returnees, Syrian refugees, and parents of Lebanese emigrants—and for shaping migration policy through grounded, field-based scholarship. She was also the founding director of the world’s first academic center dedicated to Lebanese migration and diaspora studies.

C. Julia Huang is until recently a Professor of Anthropology at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Huang’s specialty includes religion, gender, and migration. She has done fieldwork in Taiwan, Malaysia, the United States, and shorter periods of research in Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, and China.  Huang has published articles in the Journal of Asian Studies, Ethnology, Positions, Nova Religio, the Eastern Buddhist, and the European Journal for East Asian Studies. She is the author of Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement (Harvard University Press, 2009) and a co-author of Religion and Charity: The Social Life of Goodness in Chinese Societies (co-authored with Weller and Wu)(Cambridge University Press, 2017).

Third-generation Senior Legal Practitioner and Managing Partner of Credence LP, one of Bangladesh’s leading law firms, with over 15 years of experience. Regularly provides expert legal opinions and appears in proceedings from lower courts and tribunals to the Appellate Division, with expertise spanning constitution, fundamental rights, criminal law, maritime, commercial, and Islamic inheritance law.