Richard is a qualified lawyer in California (current practicing certificate), England and Wales (unregistered barrister), as well as Cambodia. He worked for several years as a commercial lawyer in San Francisco, California, dealing with complex intellectual property disputes. He later held senior positions in the UN and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), dealing with war crimes, human rights and legal development. He was the OSCE’s Chief legal system monitor in post-conflict Kosovo, the Principal Defender at the UN’s Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), and the head of legal support for the Appeals Chamber at the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY).Richard has applied his human rights expertise and field experience to the area of ‘business and human rights’ and offers a range of services to businesses operating in unstable environments.Richard’s recent clients include: the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office; the Transitional Government of Tamil Eelam; the Libyan Ministry of Justice; the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad; the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh; the president of the Burundi opposition party; and a group of Cambodian victims who lodged a case before the International Criminal Court. Richard has provided training on human rights throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe. He is currently the Secretary and Member of the Sri Lanka Monitoring and Accountability Panel.Richard has testified before the US Congress House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and spoken to human rights issues before European Parliamentary committees and the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has UK Government security clearance. Moreover, he has commented in various media including: Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, The Diplomat, The Economist, Financial Times, El Pais, Forbes, The Guardian, Le Figaro, Le Monde, Liberation, Phnom Penh Post and Cambodia Daily, RFA, RFI, VOA, Washington Post