Mrs. Chatvadee Chindawongse, Deputy Director-General of the Department of ASEAN Affairs delivered the welcome remarks, and Assistant Professor Dr. Bhanubhatra Jittiang, Thailand’s Representative to the AICHR, provided a briefing on AICHR’s missions for the year 2025.
Priority Program 2026
Ms. Supaanong Panyasirimongkol, APCD Networking & Collaboration Officer give inputs and suggestions for AICHR Thailand 2026 Priority Program
Ms. Siriporn Praserdchat, and Ms. Supaanong represented APCD.
APCD Representative featuring group photo with Assistant Professor Dr. Bhanubhatra and Ms. Saowalak Thongkuay, Chairperson, ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF)
On 20 January 2026, APCD attended the annual consultative meeting between Thailand’s Representative to AICHR and civil society at Eastin Grand Hotel Phayathai. The annual consultative meeting chaired by Mrs. Chatvadee Chindawongse, Deputy Director-General of the Department of ASEAN Affairs, and Assistant Professor Dr. Bhanubhatra Jittiang, Thailand’s Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), for the 2025 - 2027 term, co-chaired the annual consultative meeting. The meeting was attended by over 80 participants from government agencies, civil society, academia, and partner organisations.
The meeting aimed to review AICHR’s work and key developments in ASEAN in 2025, exchange views on the work plan and ways to advance ASEAN’s human rights agenda in 2026, as well as strengthen the role of Thailand’s AICHR Representative. Participants discussed key human rights issues, including environmental issues and the protection of children, women, persons with disabilities, older persons, migrant workers, and preparations for Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2028.
The meeting is an annual activity co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and AICHR Thailand to promote exchanges between the government sector and civil society in advancing the human rights agenda within ASEAN, in a manner that reflects the need of Thai people and the interests of the ASEAN Community in a comprehensive manner.
