Project focus: Expanding access to legal status, education, and protection for marginalized populations, while piloting legal and policy reforms rooted in atrocity prevention.
Lead: Dr. Gabriela Ghindea, with partners Pro Rights Foundation, Chulalongkorn University, and Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree
- Training & Capacity Building
- Workshops for journalists, law students, law enforcement personnel, immigration officers, health care professionals, educators, and political actors.
- Field “living law labs” and legal research in Chiang Rai, Phang Nga, Trat, and Bangkok.
- Direct legal support to 389 stateless individuals, with 73 citizenship applications filed.
- Coordination & Dialogue
- Engagement with government offices, universities, NGOs, and UNHCR.
- Creation of a knowledge-sharing network on inclusive protection.
- Policy & Advocacy
- Refugee protection curriculum endorsed by universities and political parties.
- Field data-informed legal briefs on civil registration reform.
- Student-led legal clinics established for refugee communities.