Cross-Cultural Foundation are collaborating with OHCHR’s Regional Office for South-East Asia, the European Union, the Nelson Mandela Center of Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University (@คณะรัฐศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย), Border Voices , and ALTSEAN-Burma to organize a public seminar ‘Justice has no Boundary: Uniting Against Enforced Disappearance and Confronting Transnational Repression’
‘Justice has no Boundary: Uniting Against Enforced Disappearance and Confronting Transnational Repression’
5 September 2024
At the Alliance Française, Bangkok,
From 9.00 a.m. – 7.30 p.m.
Join us for panel discussions and many more activities…
9.00 – 9.30 a.m. Opening remarks
- Associate Professor Dr. Prakorn Siriprakob, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
- Representative, the Delegation of European Union to Thailand (TBC)
- Katia Chirizzi, Deputy Regional Representative, OHCHR Regional Office for South-East Asia
10.00 – 10.10 a.m. Video message from Member of WGEID
10.10 – 10.30 a.m. Keynote speech by • Professor Emeritus Dr. Vitit Muntarbhorn, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia
10.45 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. Panel discussion # 1 – “Transnational repression and enforced disappearances: A global and regional phenomenon, with a focus on trends in South-East Asia”
Moderated by Assistant Professor Dr. Bhanubhatra Jittiang, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
- Associate Professor Dr. Kasira Cheeppensook, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
- Ms. Angkhana Neelapaijit, Senator and former member of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance (TBC)
- Phil Robertson, Director, Asia Human Rights and Labour Advocates
- Pornpen Kongkachornkiat, Director, Cross-Cultural Foundation
- Representative, the family of the enforced disappearance victim in the Deep South
1.30 – 2.00 p.m. Dance performance by Chulalongkorn University Alumni
2.00 – 4.30 p.m. Panel discussion #2: “Addressing transnational repression and enforced disappearances: Challenges and way forward”
Moderated by Pawat Satayanurug, Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University
- Ms. Nareeluc Pairchaiyapoom, Director, Division of International Human Rights, Department of Rights and Liberties Protection, Ministry of Justice
- Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University
- Ms. Sayamol Kraiyurawong, Commissioner, National Human Rights Commission of Thailand
- Mr. Gorgarn Buppawath, the family of a victim of transnational repression
4.30 p.m. Closing remarks by Dr. Bhanubhatra Jittiang, Nelson Mandela Centre, Chulalongkorn University
How to get to Alliance Française Bangkok
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5q3f2C6woax57Tpq7 (The location link may take you to an alley behind the building that is not accessible to the building. The only entry is through “Soi ArunMcKinnon”)
MRT Lumpini Exit 3 (750 meters; 10 minutes walking distance)
Private car (**Limited parking available; parking accessible nearby, such as Lumpini Park and The Prelude One Bangkok)
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