Tashi Chhozom
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.humphreyfellowship.org/news/five-humphrey-alumni-featured-fulbright-foreign-scholarship-board-annual-report|title=Five Humphrey Alumni Featured in Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Annual Report|publisher=The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516224548/https://www.humphreyfellowship.org/news/five-humphrey-alumni-featured-fulbright-foreign-scholarship-board-annual-report|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|url=https://eca.state.gov/files/bureau/2011-2012_ffsb_annual_report.pdf|title=Annual Report 2011–2012|page=38|publisher=J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.qut.edu.au/news?a=404595|title=Alumni profiles|publisher=Queensland University of Technology}}
Career
Chhozom served as a judge in various district courts, the first woman to do so.{{cite web|url=https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/humphrey/intro-fellows/2005-2006/|title=Introducing the AUWCL 2005 - 2006 Humphrey Fellows|publisher=Washington College of Law}} She also served on the High Court,{{cite web|url=http://www.mountainechoes.org/speakers/justice-tashi-chhozom/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071850/http://www.mountainechoes.org/speakers/justice-tashi-chhozom/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=22 January 2018|publisher=Mountain Echoes|title=Justice Tashi Chhozom}} and as chairperson of the Royal Judicial Service Council.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/bhutan/bhutan-times/20170903/281543701072798|title=Mountain Echoes culminates with unexpected ideas and unstoppable voices|date=3 September 2017|accessdate=21 January 2018|work=Bhutan Times}} She has taken a special interest in women's issues and juvenile cases, and worked to established a separate juvenile court system in Bhutan.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.gov.bt/publication/dashotashi.pdf|title=Appointment of Dasho Tashi Chhozom to the Supreme Court of Bhutan|publisher=Judiciary of Bhutan|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004190203/http://www.judiciary.gov.bt/publication/dashotashi.pdf|url-status=dead}} She is the court's first and only female judge.{{cite book|page=126|title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2016|first=Sarah|last=Janssen|year=2015|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=9781600572005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72kMCAAAQBAJ}} She is also the youngest member of the court.{{cite web|url=http://www.writersofbhutan.com/woman-supreme-court-judge-and-more|title=Woman Supreme Court Judge and more|first=Langa|last=Tenzin|date=9 August 2012|publisher=Writers of Bhutan|accessdate=21 January 2018|archive-date=21 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121125835/http://www.writersofbhutan.com/woman-supreme-court-judge-and-more|url-status=usurped}}
In both 2013 and 2015, Chhozom received the Royal Civil Service award from Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
In 2023, Chhozom was appointed to serve as one of five eminent members of the National Council of Bhutan.{{Cite news |date=7 June 2023 |title=His Majesty The King grants Dhar to National Council members |language=en |work=Kuensel |url=https://kuenselonline.com/m-grants-dhar-to-national-council-members/ |access-date=5 November 2023}} Also in 2023, she was awarded the Council's Civil Service Gold Medal.{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-08-24 |title=Annual Civil Service Award |url=https://nationalcouncil.bt/post/annual-civil-service-award |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=National Council of Bhutan |language=en}}
Personal life
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Category:Washington College of Law alumni
Category:Queensland University of Technology alumni