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Jittawadee Chotinukul

Jittawadee CHOTINUKUL

PhD Researcher in International Law
Spoken languages
English, French, Thai
Areas of expertise
  • International Refugee Law
  • International migration law
  • International Human Rights Law
  • Refugee status determination
  • Forced Migration Issues
  • Immigrants, refugees, diasporas
Geographical Region of Expertise
  • Southeast Asia

PhD Thesis

 

Title: Rescuing the International Protection Regime: Towards Enhanced Supervision of International Law concerning Refugee Rights

PhD Supervisor: Vincent Chetail

Expected completion date: 2024


 

Profile

 

Jittawadee is a PhD researcher in international law at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. She previously served as research assistant and research collaborator at the Global Migration Centre (GMC). Prior to academia, Jittawadee worked with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Thailand on refugee status determination. She also has professional experience with a Geneva-based human rights NGO and an independent think tank in Singapore. She was a legal adviser in one of the leading law firms in Southeast Asia specialising in intellectual property. Jittawadee is a research affiliate at the Refugee Law Initiative (University of London), a member of the Asia-Pacific Research Group of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law (UNSW), and a member of the Global Strategic Litigation Council for Refugee Rights (Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility and Cornell Law School). She is a qualified lawyer in Thailand.

 

Academic Work Experience

 

Research Experience

Research Assistant at the Global Migration Centre

 

Relevant Publications and Works

 

Chotinukul J, 'Thailand and the National Screening Mechanism: A Step Forward for Refugee Protection?' (2020) Global Migration Research Paper No. 25, 2020; Chotinukul J, 'The Global Compacts on Refugees and for Migration and the Future of Climate Change-Induced Displaced Persons' (Refugee Law Initiative, 27 January 2021)

 

Fellowships, Grants and Awards

 

  • Full Scholarship, PhD in International Law, Graduate Institute, Geneva
  • Graduate Scholarship for ASEAN Nationals, LL.M. in International and Comparative Law, National University of Singapore

 

Affiliation

 

Qualified lawyer and notarial services attorney

 

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