Protection International (PI) started working in Thailand in 2007, at first with human rights defenders (HRDs) in the Deep South. In 2010, Protection Desk (PD) Thailand was established and has run since then with a local team.
Protection Desk (PD) Thailand has been working with and supporting local grassroots initiatives, organisations and HRDs at risk for defending economic, social and cultural rights, as well as civil and political rights and freedoms, including community rights in rural and semi-rural areas.
PD Thailand is also actively working with duty bearers and stakeholders: mainly local authorities and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the Rights and Liberty Protection Department the National Commission of Human rights (NHRC), and the OHCHR.
PD Thailand is actively working with a number of organisations in regional and international level Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) and International Coalition for Women HRD. Indeed PD Thailand has become the focal point for information and strategic advice on issues concerning community based HRDs for INGOs such as Front line, ISHR, Urgent Action Fund for Women, FIDH, AHRC, FORUM-ASIA, APWLD.
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For Those Who Died Trying (TEDx)
Award-winning British freelance photographer Luke Duggleby tells the stories of people in Thailand who sacrificed their lives for their causes, who
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BBC World News "For Those Who Died Trying" photo project 2016
Protection International project "For Those Who Died Trying" commemorating the work and dedication of Thai human rights defenders on BBC World News
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Brussels, 1 July 2019 In response to the unjust prosecution of 14 land and human rights defenders in Thailand, Protection International, alongside 225 international Civil Society Organisations, has...
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25 May 2019 - Chiang Mai, Thailand The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) and Protection International (PI) strongly object to the recent decision of Chaiyaphum...
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Declaration for the Right to Land and toward the dream of Freedom and Democracy The Women’s Chapter of the Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand is part of the movement of landless workers. We...
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On 5 February 2018, eleven villagers and students from Payao, northern Thailand, were summoned and subjected to eleven hours of interrogation without legal counsel. They were accused of violating the...
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To the Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 3 July 2017 Thank you, Madam Chair, for giving us the opportunity to address the Committee on behalf of the civil...
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PRESS RELEASE Thailand: Women human rights defenders at heightened risk of attacks and intimidation Publication of a joint report Bangkok-Geneva-Paris, July 3, 2017 – Women human rights defenders (...
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Unprecedented case of judicial harassment of land rights defenders in the South of Thailand Fifteen land rights defenders members of the Nam Deang Pattana Development Community (Surathani Province),...
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Protection International welcomes the decision taken by military authorities to withdraw their claims against human rights defenders, Mr. Sarayuth Ritthipin, journalist, and Mr. Chadet (Jadet)...
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About the project: 'For those who died trying' presents the photographs of 37 murdered or abducted human rights defenders in Thailand. This project by Protection International looks to remember...
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BANGKOK (28 November 2016) - The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia expressed concern about the number of failed prosecutions involving murder cases of land rights activists in the South of...
