Dr. Nicholas Bequelin, a leading international human rights expert, joined Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center as a Visiting Scholar beginning on June 1, 2021.

Nicholas Bequelin is one of the most respected human rights experts in the world, said Professor Paul Gewirtz, the China Center's Director and also the Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law at Yale Law School. 

Dr. Bequelin has spent most of his career in Asia, working out of Hong Kong as a Senior Researcher for Human Rights Watch, and most recently as Amnesty International Asia-Pacific Regional Director, based in Southeast Asia. In addition to his major human rights reports and advocacy, his publications have appeared in scholarly journals such as The China Journal, The China Quarterly and The Journal of Asian Studies, and in many newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Policy. He is also a regular interviewee of major international media.