Public Forum on “TORTURE LAW – AWAITING JUSTICE” At Kamonthip Ballroom 1, The Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok 29th June 2016, 13.00 hrs. – 16.30 hrs.
Agenda
13.00 hrs Registration
13.30 hrs – 14.30 hrs Panel Discussion on “Voices of Survivors and Healers”
- Family of victim of death in custody
- Family of victim of Enforced Disappearance
- Survivor of torture from the Deep South
- David Engstorms, social worker working on rehabilitation of violence survivals
- Somchai Homlaor, Human Rights Lawyer
Moderator : Pratubjit Neelapaijit
14.30 hrs – 14.50 hrs Coffee Break
14.50 hrs – 15.50 hrs Panel Discussion on “Thailand and way forward to prevent torture and provide support to survivors”
- Nongporn Roongpetchwongse, Deputy Director General of Rights and Liberties Protection Department , Ministry of Justice
- Sam Zarifi, ICJ’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
- Angkhana Neelapaijit, National Human Rights Commissioner of Thailand
- Prof. Pokpong Srisanit, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
Moderator: Dr. Wit Sittivaekin TV5 channel anchor
15.50 hrs – 16.20 hrs Q&A session
16.20 hrs – 16.30 hrs Closing Remark by Shivani Verma, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)for Southeast Asia
Note: Simultaneous translation is available