Contemporary Human Rights Discourses between Hegemony, Impotence and Empowerment
28-29 December 28-29, 2013, Lebua at State Tower Hotel, Silom Road, Bangrak, Bangkok, Thailand
Agenda
28 December 2013, Aravinda room, M floor
Ratna Kapur, Jindal Global Law School, India
“Gender, Sovereignty and the Rise of a Sexual Security Regime in International Law and Postcolonial India”
Discussant:
Warawit Kanithasen, CPG Senior Research Fellow, Advisor to the Chief Ombudsman, Thailand
Hitoshi Nasu, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University, Australia
“Freedom of Information and National Security in Asia”
Robbie Shilliam, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
“Developmentalism, Human Security, Indigenous Rights”
Discussant:
Henning Glaser, Head, CPG, Thailand
Choo Zheng Xi, The OnlineCitizen, Singapore
“Human Rights in Singapore – A Critical Assessment of the Existing Hegemonic Discourse”
Rohaida Nordin, Faculty of Law, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
“Challenges to the Western Discourse on Human Rights – A Malaysian Perspective”
Discussant:
James Gomez, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand
29 December 2013, The State Tower, 67th floor
Ratna Kapur, Jindal Global Law School, India
“Gender, Sovereignty and the Rise of a Sexual Security Regime in International Law and Postcolonial India”
Discussant:
Warawit Kanithasen, CPG Senior Research Fellow, Advisor to the Chief Ombudsman, Thailand
Hitoshi Nasu, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University, Australia
“Freedom of Information and National Security in Asia”
Robbie Shilliam, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
“Developmentalism, Human Security, Indigenous Rights”
Discussant:
Henning Glaser, Head, CPG, Thailand
Hitoshi Nasu, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University, Australia
“Freedom of Information and National Security in Asia”
Robbie Shilliam, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
“Developmentalism, Human Security, Indigenous Rights”
Discussant:
Henning Glaser, Head, CPG, Thailand
29 December 2013, The State Tower, 67th floor
Sammy Adelman, School of Law, Warwick University, United Kingdom
“Universality, Universalisability and the Politics of Human Rights”
Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, College of Law, University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia (tbc)
“ASEAN Paradigm Shift From a State- to People-Oriented Organization: A Neo-Communitarian Perspective”
Discussant:
Duc Quang Ly, Project Manager, CPG, Thailand
Roman Wieruszewski, Director, Poznan Human Rights Centre, Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
“Regional Versus Universal System of Human Rights Protection. Synergy or Rivalry? – A European Perspective”
Discussant: Prasit Aekaputra, Faculty of Law, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University
Ravi Nair, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, India
“The Human Rights Movement – Dead End or Reinventing Itself. The Indian Experience”
Angkhana Neelapaijit, Head, Justice for Peace Foundation, Thailand
“The Implementation of Human Rights in Thailand – Challenges and Perspectives”
Discussant:
Chalida Tajaroensuk, Director, People’s Empowerment Foundation, Thailand