The United Nation Convention Against Torture in Asia – Recent Developments, Current Issues and Future Prospects

26 August 2016, SD Avenue Hotel, Bangkok

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

Agenda

Panel presentations

Kingsley Abbot, Senior International Legal Adviser for Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific Programme, International Commission of Jurists

Porpen Khongkaconkiet, Director, Cross Cultural Foundation

Preeda Nakpiew, Legal officer, Cross Cultural Foundation

Report

On 26 August 2016, CPG and The Rights Practice, United Kingdom, jointly hosted the seminar “The United Nation Convention Against Torture in Asia – Recent Developments, Current Issues and Future Prospects”. The event provided a platform for exchange and discussion amomng experts and practitioners from involved international organizations and NGOs on the implementation of international and national laws pertaining to the protection against torture. Among the speakers of the seminar were Kingsley Abbot, Senior International Legal Adviser for Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific Programme, International Commission of Jurists; Porpen Khongkaconkiet, Director, Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF); and Preeda Nakpiew, legal officer at CrCF.

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