YOUTH MOVEMENTS AND EVOLVING DISCOURSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THAILAND

Bencharat Sae Chua

doi:10.4324/9781003413813-32

YOUTH MOVEMENTS AND EVOLVING DISCOURSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THAILAND

Bencharat Sae Chua

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This paper examines how human rights concepts in Thailand evolve through social movements’ construction of rights. In particular, it analyses how traditional Thai values of citizenship and subjecthood were significantly challenged by human rights ideas brought to Thai public discussion through youth-led pro-democracy movements of the early 2020s. Youth have both made demands based on human rights and democratic principles and invited the Thai public to engage in redesigning forms of social relationships, based on ideas of equality and sovereign power of the people.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Southeast Asia
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	341-351
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040377710
ISBN (Print)	9781032538228
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003413813-32
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2025

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