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1990 Advocate Tiawan Saye Gongloe of Liberia (3rd from the left) was the keynote speaker at a public forum in September hosted by the Liberia Massacre Survivors Association with support from the Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund. During the forum, participants expressed their opinions on the establishment of a war crimes court in the country.
Pornsuk 'Pim' Koetsawang was a participant in the 1999 Human Rights Advocates Program. Pim currently works as Chairperson for Friends Without Borders Foundation.
Please tell us what you have been doing since you attended HRAP
After HRAP, I came back to Thailand and started this organization that works to promote human rights of those seen by Thai public as 'the others' : refugees, migrant workers, indigenous peoples, especially those on Thai-Burma/Myanmar border and those from Burma/Myanmar in Thailand.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and the Program of International and Comparative Education of Teachers College are glad to inform you that we are now accepting applications for the 2025 International Program on Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Policy. This program is presented in partnership with the University of Auckland (New Zealand) and the University of British Columbia (Canada).