Dr Bekalo in LEEDS
I have expertise and first-hand experience of compiling expert witness reports and consultancy services, focusing on the people and countries of East and Horn of Africa (i.e. Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan) for legal firms as well as courts and other clients across the UK/West/Africa in the following areas/fields: • Families and minority refugee community members (e.g. domestic disputes and wider conflicts, exploitations and modern-day slavery, cultural intersections and problems of relationships with partners...
Dr Stanbury in YEOVIL
Asylum claims What risks does an individual or group claiming asylum face in their country of origin? Includes assessment of protected characteristics such as race, ethnicity and religion. Proceeds of Crime Where assets are held in problematic locations overseas, what challenges exist in recovering those assets, and how might these be overcome? Human rights Including human trafficking and modern slavery, child labour, slave labour and bonded labour. Significant experience in Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan...
Dr Hafidh in LONDON
Country researcher for Middle East and North African countries • Country reports • Document authentication • Disputed nationality • Dialect analysis • Forensic document authentication services (handwriting, tampering, alterations and translation) • Civil society in the Gulf • Islamist movements • Militia groups and radicalisation • Conflict and peacebuilding • Religious and ethnic minorities • Geopolitical trends and regional security • Diaspora and refugees • Human rights issues and modes of governance in the Middle East • LGBTQ and...