Robert Dunbar is a Reader in Law and Celtic at Kings College, Aberdeen. He is also a member of Bòrd na Gàidhlig, and was formerly a Director of Comunn na Gàidhlig and Chairperson of its working group on legal status for Gaelic. As such, he helped draft CNAG's proposals for a Gaelic Language Act. An international lawyer who works primarily in the area of the protection of minority populations, he has internationally-recognised expertise on minority language law, policy and planning. Rob is an Expert of the Council of Europe, and frequently works with the Secretariat for the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. He is a Senior Non-Resident Research Associate of the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), in Flensburg, Germany, and is an expert on ECMI’s Minority Ombudsperson Project. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Unit, London Metropolitan University. He has advised governments, human rights bodies, and non-governmental organisations in a number of countries on language and human rights issues. Originally from Canada, Rob earned an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada, and an LL.M. at the London School of Economics. He worked in Toronto for several years at Fasken Martineau, one of Canadas leading law firms.


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