CPG Online Academy on Human Rights 2023

21-30 June 203, via Zoom

hosted by

the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University

in cooperation with the Asian Governance Foundation (AGF) and the Hanns Seidel Foundation

The Academy

In his Annual Report and Oral Update, presented in March at the 52nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk referred to the human rights situation in a high number of countries across the globe to warn of “agonizing levels” of contempt the human being in the face of daily occurrence of violence across the globe, with one quarter of the world’s population living in conflict-affected places.

Along with war and conflict, discrimination, poverty, restrictions on civic space and new digital technologies, as well as the triple planetary crisis – climate, air pollution and biodiversity loss – present unprecedented threats to human rights, urgently calling for civil society and human rights defenders, state institutions and international organizations to find solutions and take action.

Against this backdrop, the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG) invites applications for the “CPG Online Academy on Human Rights 2023”, to be held from 21-30 June 2023 to address the critical situation of human rights across the globe.

The eight-teaching day intensive certificate course is designed for students, recent graduates, activists and young professionals who are eager to deepen and enhance their knowledge and skills in the human rights field.

Bridging theoretical and practical dimensions, internationally recognized scholars and practitioners will provide courses on current issues as well as cutting-edge developments and applications.

The Academy will cover a broad range of core topics, including, among others:

• the fundamental concept and reality of human rights
• human rights critiques
• international human rights regimes and mechanisms
• institutionalized human rights defenders
• the vagaries and practices of human rights advocacy
• human rights and business
• climate change, environmental degradation, and human rights
• forced migration & human trafficking
• LGBTQ+, women and child rights
• digital security and democracy
• the tension between national security and human rights,
• challenges to human rights in an age of geopolitics and disruptive technology

The Academy will be held on eight teaching days (21-23 June, 26-30 June), with about six hours teaching and discussion time each day.

To accommodate the availability of speakers and participants from different time zones, teaching will start at around 1 pm ICT (GMT+7).

• Mark Daly, Principal, Daly & Associates, Hong Kong, China
• Henning Glaser, Director, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence, for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
• Mike Hayes, PhD, Lecturer, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
• Soraj Hongladarom, PhD, Prof., Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• Jayson Lamchek, PhD, Research Fellow, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University, Australia
• Ingrid Landau, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia
• Carl Middleton, PhD, Assist. Prof., Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• Arpeeta Shams Mizan, Assist. Prof. Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Thomas Müller, Deputy Executive Director – Network Development and External Relations, ECPAT, Thailand
• Angkhana Neelaipajit, Expert member, UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID)
• Adam Bodnar, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Law, SWPS University
• Marcus Brand, PhD, Head, Myanmar Programme in Yangon International IDEA
• Khoo Ying Hooi, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya
• Géraldine Ansart, Chief on Mission Thailand, International Organization for Migration
• Giogia Dona, PhD, Professor, Department of Social Sciences, School of Education and Communities, University of East London
• Jacqueline Ann de Guia, Executive Director, Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, The Philippines
• Jonathan Seglow, PhD, Reader, Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy, Royal Holloway University of London
• Joe Wong, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN)
• Pat Niyomsilp, PhD, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University
• Duc Quang Ly, PhD, Project Manager, CPG
• Vapida Mint Kaosala, PhD, Associate RSD Officer, Multi-Country Office for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Shweta Singh, PhD, Assoc. Prof., South Asian University
• Themba Lewis, Reginal Mixed Migration Manager, Asia, Danish Refugee Council

For the entire program, the organizers provide every selected participant with a scholarship making attendance of the program effectively free of charge.

We invite and accept applications from committed candidates from all around the world with the necessary proficiency in English and the wish to actively participate in the full program.

In order to maintain high teaching standards and to ensure genuine engagement and interaction, we will be able to accept only a limited number of participants.

Applications can only be considered if the application procedure has been completed.

1. Step: Fill out the Academy online registration form (download at https://s.surveyplanet.com/pu4gqzlu)
2. Step: Submit all required documents via email to events@cpg-online.de

• a copy of your current curriculum vitae (CV)/resumé;
• a portrait photo (jpeg); and
• a brief statement of approximately 250 words outlining your reasons for wishing to attend the program.

​Applications are open and must be submitted by 6 June 2023. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Successful candidates will be notified within 5 working days after online registration and the submission of application documents.