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  • Civil Society Organizations and ASEAN Forums

    At the present, there are at least two types of venues for CSO engagement with ASEAN. There are forums established by ASEAN bodies where CSOs can attend and participate in those...

  • Mekong Youth Assembly and International Rivers Submission to John Knox, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment

    The Mekong Youth Assembly and International Rivers are pleased to provide this submission to John Knox, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment...

  • Permanent mission of Lao PDR to the United Nations office and other International Organizations Geneva

    Permanent mission of Lao PDR to the United Nations office and other International Organizations Geneva presents its compliments to the office of the High Commissioner to Human R...

  • Laos to build Don Sahong dam (thanks to Chinese help)

    The Laotian government officially announces the construction of the dam. Once completed, it will likely affect the lives of at least 60 million people, damaging crops and ecosys...

  • PR | UN Envoys Report Concern over Don Sahong Dam Impacts to Human Rights Council

    he United Nations Special Procedures have raised serious concerns over the human rights impacts of the controversial Don Sahong Dam under construction on the Mekong River in Lao...

  • A Matter of Rights in the Future of the Mekong

    The United Nations Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council recently published the outcome of communications on the human rights impacts of the Don Sahong Dam. The Don Sah...

  • Special procedures of communications

    Special procedures mechanisms can intervene directly with Governments on allegations of violations of human rights that come within their mandates by means of letters which incl...

  • United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

    The special procedures of the Human Rights Council are independent human rights experts with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific pe...

  • Border economic zones: Two sides of the coin

    As the integration of Southeast Asian nations into the ASEAN Economic Community takes effect at the end of 2015, member countries are churning out policies to promote economic a...

  • A Shared Commitment to the Future of the Mekong River

    Standing under the scorching sun along the banks of the Mekong River, more than one hundred people gathered on March 14 to celebrate the International Day of Action for Rivers. ...

  • Local communities must be considered when planning special economic zones – my experience with the peoples of Boonrueng

    A Special Economic Zone in Chiang Khong, northern Thailand, could bring valuable investment into the area. But if it does go ahead, the wetland forests should be excluded to pre...

  • Protect human rights in trans-boundary investments - the message from the 2018 SEA conference on Human Rights and Business

    Delegates at the 8th Southeast Asian regional conference on Human Rights and Business in Chiang Khong, Thailand have released the Mekong Statement, committing ourselves to stren...

  • Regulatory Shortcomings Open the Way to More Dams on the Mekong

    Plans for more dams along the Mekong are causing concern among environmentalists and pressure groups. But the body tasked with overseeing such projects has limited powers to imp...

  • Equity Case Study Brief #5

    This is a constructive equity case in community-based forest governance, focusing on the development of a mechanism for community participation in natural resource management. I...

  • Nested Interconnection: Transgressing Community-Based Natural Resource Management towards Innovating Collective Landscape Mobilization

    This is a case about innovative approach of Boonrueng wetland forest conservation against land conversion for Special Economic Zone. Boonrueng wetland forest is the largest seas...

  • Investment Privileges from Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand

    Tax Privileges for investment in I-EA-T Free Zone Non-Tax Privileges for investment in I-EA-T Free Zone Investment Privileges from the Revenue Department Investment Privilege...

  • Chiang Khong focus of border SEZ

    Chiang Khong district in Chiang Rai province is highly likely to be chosen to develop a cross-border special economic zone (SEZ) in the Golden Triangle under the Lancang-Mekong ...

  • Special Economic Zones in Thailand

    In 2015, Thailand commenced the establishment of special economic zones (SEZs) in 10 provinces.

  • Chiang Rai developer unveils major project

    Trin Nakara says it is working with foreign investors to launch a Bt40 billion investment project dubbed “Trin Nakara Golden Triangle” aiming to develop over 3,139 rai in a spec...

  • Ghost town 'forgotten' in Chiang Khong border trade

    Locals protest Special Economic Zone

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