Tashi Chhozom (Dzongkha: བཀྲིས་ཆོས་འཛོམས་) is a Bhutanese lawyer and jurist who became the first woman appointed to the country's Supreme Court in 2012.

Education

Chhozom was a Hubert Humphrey fellow at the Washington College of Law, American University in Washington, D.C. from 2005–2006.[1][2] She was hosted by Professor Stephen Wermiel and studied the juvenile court system and women's issues.[3]

Chhozom has a Master of Laws from Queensland University of Technology, Australia (2010), and received the university's Special Excellence Award in 2013.[4]

Career

Chhozom served as a judge in various district courts, the first woman to do so.[3] She also served on the High Court,[5] and as chairperson of the Royal Judicial Service Council.[6] She has taken a special interest in women's issues and juvenile cases, and worked to established a separate juvenile court system in Bhutan.[3]

Chhozom was appointed to the Supreme Court on 3 August 2012 for a ten-year term and was administered the oath of office and secrecy on 12 September.[7] She is the court's first and only female judge.[4][8] She is also the youngest member of the court.[2][9]

In both 2013 and 2015, Chhozom received the Royal Civil Service award from Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.[5]

In 2023, Chhozom was appointed to serve as one of five eminent members of the National Council of Bhutan.[10]

Personal life

Chhozom is married and has two children.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Five Humphrey Alumni Featured in Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Annual Report". The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Annual Report 2011–2012 (PDF). J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. p. 38.
  3. 1 2 3 "Introducing the AUWCL 2005 - 2006 Humphrey Fellows". Washington College of Law.
  4. 1 2 "Alumni profiles". Queensland University of Technology.
  5. 1 2 "Justice Tashi Chhozom". Mountain Echoes.
  6. ↑ "Mountain Echoes culminates with unexpected ideas and unstoppable voices". Bhutan Times. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Appointment of Dasho Tashi Chhozom to the Supreme Court of Bhutan" (PDF). Judiciary of Bhutan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Janssen, Sarah (2015). The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2016. Simon & Schuster. p. 126. ISBN 9781600572005.
  9. ↑ Tenzin, Langa (9 August 2012). "Woman Supreme Court Judge and more". Writers of Bhutan. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "His Majesty The King grants Dhar to National Council members". Kuensel. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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