Yuvraj Rathore

Programme Coordinator at Legal Action Worldwide (LAW)
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram, Bangladesh, BD
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Elementary proficiency
  • Hindi Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Urdu Limited working proficiency

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Credentials

  • Rights2x: Human Rights: The Rights of Refugees
    Amnesty International
    Apr, 2017
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Legal Action Worldwide (LAW)
    • Switzerland
    • Law Practice
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Programme Coordinator
      • Aug 2022 - Present

  • Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN)
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Consultant
      • Oct 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Migration & Asylum Project (MAP)
    • India
    • International Affairs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Legal Protection Officer
      • Jan 2019 - Sep 2020

      Provided legal advice and representation to asylum-seekers from conflict-affected countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia, DRC, Myanmar and Sudan, preparing asylum claims for submission to UNHCR, highlighting protection needs and appearing as the legal representative in asylum/Refugee Status Determination (RSD) hearings. Provided legal advice and representation to asylum-seekers from conflict-affected countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia, DRC, Myanmar and Sudan, preparing asylum claims for submission to UNHCR, highlighting protection needs and appearing as the legal representative in asylum/Refugee Status Determination (RSD) hearings.

  • Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
    • India
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Associate
      • Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

      Worked with the Foreign National Prisoners (FNP) unit within the Prison Reforms team; Stationed at the Kolkata field office to work on a UNHCR supported project for preventing and responding to the detention of asylum seekers in West Bengal Worked with the Foreign National Prisoners (FNP) unit within the Prison Reforms team; Stationed at the Kolkata field office to work on a UNHCR supported project for preventing and responding to the detention of asylum seekers in West Bengal

  • UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
    • Switzerland
    • International Affairs
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Refugee Status Determination unit & Protection Unit Intern
      • Nov 2017 - Jan 2018

      Worked with the Refugee Status Determination (RSD) unit, and occasionally with the Protection unit; Appointed at the Refugee Reception Centre in the Office of the Chief of Mission (OCM). Worked with the Refugee Status Determination (RSD) unit, and occasionally with the Protection unit; Appointed at the Refugee Reception Centre in the Office of the Chief of Mission (OCM).

  • National Human Rights Commission of India
    • India
    • Government Relations Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Short Term Intern
      • Jul 2017 - Jul 2017

      Completed a group project report on “Human Rights of Interstate Migrant Workers in India” and Submitted a book review of “Refugees and the State Practices of Asylum and Care in India, 1947-2000”. Completed a group project report on “Human Rights of Interstate Migrant Workers in India” and Submitted a book review of “Refugees and the State Practices of Asylum and Care in India, 1947-2000”.

  • UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
    • Switzerland
    • International Affairs
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Registration Unit Intern
      • May 2017 - Jul 2017

      Undertook the role of a caseworker in the registration unit, interviewing more than 150 asylum-seekers (mostly from Myanmar, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen), identifying vulnerabilities in the cases interviewed and drafting their claims for asylum. Undertook the role of a caseworker in the registration unit, interviewing more than 150 asylum-seekers (mostly from Myanmar, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen), identifying vulnerabilities in the cases interviewed and drafting their claims for asylum.

  • Migration & Asylum Project (MAP)
    • India
    • International Affairs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Legal Volunteer
      • Nov 2016 - Jan 2017

      Researched on country of origin information, relevant case laws and legal provisions for drafting client testimonies and legal submissions for asylum seekers' Refugee Status Determination interviews at UNHCR. Researched on country of origin information, relevant case laws and legal provisions for drafting client testimonies and legal submissions for asylum seekers' Refugee Status Determination interviews at UNHCR.

  • JSA
    • India
    • Legal Services
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Intern
      • Nov 2016 - Nov 2016

  • Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Managing Partner, Gorkela & Associates.
    • Intern
      • Nov 2015 - Dec 2015

  • Indian Oil Corporation Limited
    • India
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Intern
      • Jun 2015 - Jun 2015

  • Law Office of Mr. Mahesh Bora, Senior Advocate, Rajasthan High Court
    • Intern
      • Nov 2014 - Dec 2014

  • Rajasthan High Court
    • Legal Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Judicial Intern - Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.S. Chauhan
      • May 2014 - May 2014

  • SKSN: A Residential School for the Physically Challenged
    • Volunteer
      • Dec 2013 - Dec 2013

Education

  • Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
    B. A., LL.B. (Hons.), Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts
    2013 - 2018
  • Jodhpur Kathak Kendra (affiliated with Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal)
    Indian Classical ‘Kathak’ Dance, Dance
    2015 -
  • Delhi Public School - India
    2003 - 2013
  • St Paul's School
    1999 - 2003

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