Dr Binota Moy Dhamai

Dr Binota Moy Dhamai is a Research Fellow at the School of Law, College of Law, Governance & Policy, Australian National University, working under the supervision of Distinguished Professor Asmi Wood. His current research explores comparative legal issues affecting Indigenous Peoples living under colonised conditions. With over 24 years of experience working with Indigenous Peoples' organisations in Asia regionally and globally, Binota focuses on Indigenous Peoples' rights and the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Binota specialises in Indigenous Peoples: politics, empowerment, and global governance.

Dr Dhamai has served as a United Nations mandate holder appointed by the Human Rights Council and the Secretary General. He is a former Chair of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) and ex-Chair of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples. In 2024, he became the first Indigenous Co facilitator appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to lead intersessional meetings on concrete measures to enhance Indigenous Peoples’ participation in the work of the Human Rights Council, working alongside the State Co facilitators, Australia and Canada. He is also a Taskforce member of the Indigenous and Local Knowledge body that is created under the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), contributing to the global assessments on biodiversity conservation.