Tashi Chhozom

Tashi Chhozom is a Bhutanese lawyer and jurist who became the first woman appointed to Bhutan's Supreme Court, in 2012. She earlier became the first woman to serve as a judge in Bhutan's district courts, went on to sit on the High Court and chair the Royal Judicial Service Council, and took a particular interest in women's issues and juvenile justice, establishing a separate juvenile court system in Bhutan. She studied as a Hubert Humphrey fellow at American University's Washington College of Law from 2005 to 2006, focusing on the juvenile court system and women's issues, and earned a Master of Laws from Queensland University of Technology in Australia in 2010, receiving the university's Special Excellence Award in 2013. In 2023 she was appointed one of five eminent members of the National Council of Bhutan.