Phitikarn Sittidej, deputy director of the
ministry’s Department of Rights and Liberties Protection, chaired the
Justice Ministry seminar in Pattaya.
Urasin Khantaraphan
Thai law-enforcement and government officials learned about human
rights, governance and crime suppression under the ASEAN Economic
Community at a Justice Ministry seminar in Pattaya.
Phitikarn Sittidej, deputy director of the ministry’s Department of
Rights and Liberties Protection, chaired the Sept. 10 program at the
Sandalay Resort, one of five education meetings planned by the
department. About 100 government and law-enforcement officials attended.
The objective of the meeting was to educate people about the ASEAN
Economic Community. Topics included an overview on the AEC’s governance
by Usana Peeranon, director of the Political and Security Division at
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and “Human Rights in the Context of the
AEC” by Saree Nontasut, Thailand’s representative to the ASEAN
Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights.
The afternoon session covered crime suppression in the ASEAN region by
employees of the Financial Assistance Department for Victims of Crimes
and the Division of Rights and Freedom.
