“75 Years of UDHR: Assessing the FOUR Freedoms and Trends in the Next 25 Years” Part 2

Commemorating a historic occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand, Thailand Development Research Institute, and the Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism, is hosting a Law Chula Seminar Series that reflects on the past progress and the journey ahead of human rights promotion.
21 December 2023: Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University75 YEARS OF THE UDHR
Assessing the Four Freedoms (and trends in the next 25 years)
🔹4 Inspiring Keynote Speakers:
Assessing the Landscape of Freedom of Religion and Belief

• Prof. Dr. Nazila Ghana (Faculty of Law, Oxford University, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief)
  The Cost of Defending Freedom of Expression
• Atty. Rico Domingo (Movement Against Disinformation, the Philippines)
  Poverty, Populism and Freedom from Want
• Dr. Somkiat Tangkitvanich (President of the Thailand Development Research Institute – TDRI)
  Feeling of (in)security: Freedom from Fear
• Ms. Pinnapa “Muene” Prueksapan (the Wife of Karen Activist, Porlajee ‘Billy’ Rakchongcharoen)
  🔹 Engaging Panel Discussions:

1. Freedom from Want and Freedom from Fear

• Sumitha Shaanthinni Kishna (Founder, Our Journey)
• Boonthan Tansutehpverawongse (NHRC, Thailand)
• Maita Gonzaga (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Rafendi Djamin (Former Indonesian Representative to AICHR)
  Moderated by: Sriprapha Petcharameesree (Law Chula)

1. Freedom of Worship and Freedom of Speech

• Shanthi Dairiam (IRWAW, former CEDAW Committee Member)
• Emilie Palamy Pradichit (Manushya Foundation)
• Khoo Ying Hooi (University of Malaya)
• Fuadi Pitsuwan (Surin Pitsuwan Foundation)
  Moderated by: Pawat Satayanurug (Law Chula)

1. Promoting and Protecting the FOUR Freedoms in ASEAN

• Kasit Piromya (Former Foreign Minister of Thailand)
• Seree Nonthasoot (Former Thai Representative to AICHR, Member of the UN ESCR Committee)
• Edmund Bon (Former Malaysian Representative to AICHR)
• Dominique Virgil (Human Rights Researcher, Indonesia)
  Moderated by: Rayj Paolo J. Santiago (WGAHRM)
  🔹 Prologue
  Our-Human-Rights-Journey: Long March to the Four Freedoms?
• Professor Emeritus Vitit Muntarbhorn (Law Chula)
  UN Special Rapporteur