Tashi Chhozom Explained

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

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.

Chhozom has a Master of Laws from Queensland University of Technology, Australia (2010), and received the university's Special Excellence Award in 2013.[3]

Career

Chhozom served as a judge in various district courts, the first woman to do so.[4] 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.[4]

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.[3] [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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Five Humphrey Alumni Featured in Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Annual Report. The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program. 21 January 2018. 16 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190516224548/https://www.humphreyfellowship.org/news/five-humphrey-alumni-featured-fulbright-foreign-scholarship-board-annual-report. dead.
  2. Book: Annual Report 2011–2012. 38. J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
  3. Web site: Alumni profiles. Queensland University of Technology.
  4. Web site: Introducing the AUWCL 2005 - 2006 Humphrey Fellows. Washington College of Law.
  5. Web site: Justice Tashi Chhozom. Mountain Echoes.
  6. Web site: Mountain Echoes culminates with unexpected ideas and unstoppable voices. 3 September 2017. 21 January 2018. Bhutan Times.
  7. Web site: Appointment of Dasho Tashi Chhozom to the Supreme Court of Bhutan. Judiciary of Bhutan. 21 January 2018. 4 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171004190203/http://www.judiciary.gov.bt/publication/dashotashi.pdf. dead.
  8. Book: Janssen, Sarah. 126. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2016. 2015. Simon & Schuster. 9781600572005.
  9. Web site: Woman Supreme Court Judge and more. Langa. Tenzin. 9 August 2012. Writers of Bhutan. 21 January 2018. 21 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180121125835/http://www.writersofbhutan.com/woman-supreme-court-judge-and-more. dead.
  10. News: 7 June 2023 . His Majesty The King grants Dhar to National Council members . en . . 5 November 2023.

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