Dr Chris Smith has completed over 2,000 expert witness reports on Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan since 2005, primarily for the UK courts but also in Australia, Canada and the USA.
Most recent one month research visit to Northern Sri Lanka in March 2019 (Northern and Eastern Provinces). Will visit again later in 2019 for Country Guidance research.
Oral expert evidence in all recent Sri Lankan Country Guidance cases from LP to GJ and Others. Commissioned for forthcoming CG on sur place activities.
Also, India, especially Tamil Nadu and Khalistan and LGBTQ. Research visits to India and Pakistan are planned for early-2020.
Extensive field work and publications record in India from 1983, including PhD on India’s defence industry and security sector (1988) and two year tenure at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies/United Nations University (Delhi) (1983-85).
Expert witness research trip planned for early-2020 (Chandigarh, Delhi, Chennai etc). Focus upon LGBTQ, anti-terrorist operations, security sector,
Also, extensive fieldwork on Pakistan, especially illegal weapons proliferation, security sector, governance, human rights. Further field research on Ahmadi, Christian, LGBTQ planned for early-2009.