APMA, The Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Asia Pacific
Lecturers and Staff
Program Chair, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr. Suphatmet Yunyasit
Ph.D in Anthropology and Sociology
Research and expertise: Conflict transformation in Thailand and Southeast Asian contexts, inter-ethnic/religious and majority-minority interaction in multicultural society, freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), and cultural rights of minority groups
Program Director, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr. Michael George Hayes
PhD Cultural and Communication Studies, Wollongong University
Research and expertise: Development, media, international relations, protection mechanisms, Southeast Asian politics, human rights education.
Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr. Bencharat Sae Chua
PhD Politics, La Trobe University
Research and expertise: Social movements, citizenship.
Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr. Coeli Barry
PhD Comparative Government, Cornell University
Research and expertise: Culture and rights, politics, history, theory of rights.
Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr. Vachararutai Boontinand
PhD in Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University
Research and expertise: Oppression and resistance, transitional justice, structural and cultural violence, human rights of non-citizens, the human right to play, business and human rights, and human rights in Burma/Myanmar.
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dr. Mark Peter Capaldi
PhD in Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University
Research and expertise: Child rights, sexual exploitation, migration, human trafficking.
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dr. Naazima Kamardeen
PhD Law, University of Colombo
Research and expertise: Public law, intellectual property law, cultural property law.
Department of Public & International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Professor Wasantha Seneviratne
Research and expertise: International Law, Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Dr. Abdul Gaffar Karim
PhD Political Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Research and expertise: Populism, social welfare, citizenship.
Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr.Naparat Kranrattanasuit
SJD, American University Washington College of Law
Research and expertise: Human trafficking, international human rights law.
Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Assoc. Prof. Ryan Jeremiah Quan
JD, Ateneo de Manila University
Research and expertise: International human rights Law, labor law, gender issues and women’s rights, international environmental law, human trafficking.
Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal
Prof. Geeta Pathak Sangroula
LLM Human Rights, University of Hong Kong
Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal
Asst. Prof. Ravi Prakash Vyas
Research and expertise: International Law, Human Rights, International Relations, International Organizations, Asian Legal Studies
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Dr. Purwo Santoso
PhD Political Science, London School of Economics
Research and expertise: Governance, public policy.
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dr. Kalana Senaratne
PhD International Law, University of Hong Kong
Research and expertise: International human rights law.
Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Prof. Amparita de los Santos-Sta. Maria
LL.M., University of Toronto
Research and expertise: Human rights, family law, women's eights.
Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr. Yanuar Sumarlan
PhD Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University
Research and expertise: Military/conflict and history, ethnic group resistance, Southeast Asia historiography and politics, Asian law and economy, statistics, and civil society.