COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INFORMATION

KOSOVO

Dr Shaul Gabbay

Email: see: http://www.muslimworldexpert.com/

Dr Shaul Gabbay is Senior Research Associate at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, U.S.A.  He has published extensively on cultures and customs in Islam. He is a recognized authority on persecution issues based on family dishonor, gender and homosexuality, and sociology and politics of the Muslim world. Known for his diligent research and ability to clearly explain complicated issues, his testimony has been recognized as a pivotal turning point in successful asylum cases.

Dr Adrian R. Marsh

Researcher in Romani Studies, University of Greenwich (London)

Tel: +90 533 232 3973

Email:  romanistudies [at] mac [dot] com (romanistudies[at]mac.com)

Roma rights, Romani children's rights

Dr Marsh is based in Istanbul, Turkey where he has been working with the Romani and Gypsy communities of the region since 2002. He gained his PhD in Romani Studies from Greenwich University (London), his MA (South East European Studies) from SOAS/SSEES and completed his BA Hons (1st) in East European History at SSEES, London. He has also been a Gypsy/Traveller Education Support Teacher in London. He teaches courses on Romani history and culture, trans-national forced migration, refugee studies and human rights and children's rights in Turkey, Sweden, the UK, Albania, Kosovo, Rumania, Cyprus and Egypt. He is a frequent and accredited expert for the European Commission, Council of Europe and the European Parliament and has published widely on the issues of Roma rights and Romani children's rights, Romani history, language and cultures. He has also been a consultant for a number of major NGO's (European Roma Rights Centre, Save the Children, Helsinki Citizens' Assembly) and has produced many research reports in both capacities. He has also acted as an expert witness in a number of refugee cases involving Romani and Gypsy people from Turkey, the Balkans and Egypt seeking asylum in the UK. He is of English Romany-Traveller origins himself.

Recent Reports

• Government of Kosovo - Office on Good Governance, Human Rights, Equal Oppurtunities and Gender, Report on Activities in the Areas of Humn Right, Equal Opportunities, Minority Rights, The Rights of the Child, The Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Antidiscrimination and Anti-Corruption, July - December 2009 (Six-Month Report) No. 10, Pristina, January 2010