New Mandala readers who take an interest in the human rights situation in Thailand will be keen to learn about an innovative blog project. In the run-up to the appointment of a new batch of National Human Rights Commissioners it is asking for ideas on who should be given the nod. The current group of Commissioners were appointed with little, if any, public consultation. So any discussion of the merits of various appointments is surely a step in a more participatory direction. Most of the site is in Thai only. However for readers who can’t follow the discussion of คณะกรรมการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งชาติ ชุดต่อไป there is an interesting interview with Prof. Saneh Chamarik, the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission.
Who should be on Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission?
May 21st, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · 1 Comment
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1 sueksit nanhuay // May 26, 2008 at 1:16 pm
It is pointless to have the so-called human rights when certain groups of Thai nationals are exempted from the enforcement of these rights.
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