Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

Aug 29, 2024 | ipg-journal.de | Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

In der thailändischen Politik herrscht Aufregung: Am 7. August 2024 löste das Verfassungsgericht die Fortschrittspartei (Move Forward Party) auf, die bei den Wahlen 2023 noch die meisten Stimmen gewonnen hatte. Nur sieben Tage später kam es zum zweiten Paukenschlag: Das Gericht enthob den amtierenden Premierminister Srettha Thavisin von der Regierungspartei Pheu Thai seines Amtes.

Aug 29, 2024 | ips-journal.eu | Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

Once again, Thai politics finds itself in a state of upheaval. On 7 August 2024, the Constitutional Court dissolved the Move Forward Party (MFP), which had won the most votes in the 2023 election. A mere seven days later, the Court removed the sitting Prime Minister representing the ruling party, Pheu Thai, the second most popular party. In just two weeks, the highest judicial body of the country has managed to singlehandedly undermine both the legislative and executive branches.

Nov 29, 2023 | carnegieendowment.org | Steven Feldstein |Mahsa Alimardani |Afef Abrougui |Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

Across the globe, the struggle between rights and repression persists. Digital technology remains at the center of these contests. Governments continue to use censorship strategies, mass surveillance measures, disinformation campaigns, and internet shutdowns to counter political protests, rig elections, and consolidate military coups. The 2023 Freedom on the Net report reflected this, indicating thirteen consecutive years of global internet freedom declines.

Nov 29, 2023 | carnegieendowment.org | Arindrajit Basu |Mahsa Alimardani |Afef Abrougui |Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

In 1999, noted U.S. human rights scholar Louis Henkin delivered an emphatic (and now famous) lecture at Fordham School of Law calling for the erasure of “sovereignty,” or “that S word,” from international political and legal discourse. He argued that sovereignty had been used illegitimately to protect state control at the expense of human rights protection and enforcement.