EVENT: "Thailand’s Overseas Investment in Southeast Asia and Transnational (In)Justice"
/Session organized at the 13th International Conference on Thai Studies
"Globalized Thailand?" Connectivity, Conflict, and Conundrums of Thai Studies
15:15-16:45, 16th July 2017, Chiang Mai International Exhibition and Convention Center
Session convened by the Center for Social Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
Our panel critically discussed Thailand’s investment role in the region through the lens of transnational social and environmental justice. Through empirical case studies on agribusiness, hydropower and special economic zones, we explored the political economy of these investments in order to understand the production of injustice and human rights violations. The panel addressed the following questions: what are the roles, opportunities and challenges for public interest law, national/ regional human rights institutions, other transnational soft law mechanisms, and civil society to protect and promote human rights on Thailand’s investments?
The paper presentations can be downloaded below.
Paper 1: Accountability Beyond the State: Extra territorial obligations in the case of the Koh Kong Sugar Industry Concession, Cambodia by Michelle D’cruz
Paper 2: Redressing transboundary environmental injustice at the Dawei Special Economic Zone and Roadlink Project by Naruemon Thabchumpon
Paper 3: Arenas of Water Justice on Transboundary Rivers: Human Rights and Hydropower Dams on the Salween and Mekong Rivers by Carl Middleton
We would like to thank the panel discussant, Walden Bellow, and chair, Daniel King, for their insightful contributions to the panel.
Chair: Daniel King