{"id":3716,"date":"2015-01-09T03:13:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T20:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thaivolunteer.org\/?p=3716"},"modified":"2023-01-30T17:38:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:38:03","slug":"human-right-volunteer-program-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaivolunteer.org\/en\/human-right-volunteer-program-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Right Volunteer program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Human Right Volunteer program<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thai Volunteer Service (TVS) has been recruiting human right volunteers who graduated from law and other social sciences since last eight years. The volunteers are placed in NGO\u2019s to gain experience in human right field and issues for one year. TVS aims to produce young human right volunteers and human right lawyers, motivated to be a change agent in the society with this volunteerism program.<\/p>\n

We present some of the experiences shared by the young human right volunteers who are of batch 9 and are placed in the respective NGO\u2019s.<\/p>\n

4 Months experiences as Human Rights Volunteers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Kittichai Jongkraijak<\/strong><\/p>\n

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At Law Reform Commission of Thailand, mostly I have learnt about environmental, natural resources and land law and also the problems with legal system. I found that Thailand\u2019s constitutional law and an act of legislation regarding these still lack key principle, management concept and idea and participation\/contribution in several aspects.<\/p>\n

I expect to learn more about human rights and want to have some human rights network that I can share ideas with and learn about others\u2019 who work in different areas. Joining this program, I have met my expectation.<\/p>\n

I like legal work. My field of study is law. Some laws have affected people\u2019s rights and I am interested in human beings, rights and freedom. I believe law enforcement should consider its benefits for human rights. Therefore, anything ineffective or outdated should be adjusted. I am not just interested in the enforcement but also development.<\/p>\n

As a fresh graduate with little experience, working with experienced ones, sometimes I cannot keep up with them and lack movement power. Also, because I have recently finished my study, I am enthusiastic and what I learned in the university like the core or principle of law are still clear in my head. Sometimes it makes me stick too much with it\/not flexible which can cause some conflicts with people I work with.<\/p>\n

I get to improve myself constantly. Due to my work, I need to keep myself updated at all times with the situations and some other laws. This allows me to learn and read more to gain more knowledge.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Siranan Dechakupt<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I gained handful of work experience in the court. It is totally different from the theoretical knowledge that I learned from the books with more process and detail to be considered. It is more than what I have learned and known before.<\/p>\n

In the beginning of this program, I didn\u2019t expect too much. I just want to start to get involved in environmental issue. But after I have done it, I begin to expect more. I want to learn more about how to precede a case. Environmental issues are broad and I don\u2019t have too specific expectation.<\/p>\n

In terms of work, I like it. I like new campaigns about environment. It makes me want to do something good like protecting environment. I will continue, but after this program, I want to change to other area<\/p>\n

I am a quiet person. I don\u2019t have much interaction with other people and I rarely share my opinions. I\u2019m not too stressed about that, but it makes me worried.<\/p>\n

I get to travel more. I adapt myself more quickly and become more active. When I was a student, I focused more on my study. However, since I started working, I become more practical person.<\/p>\n

Siwabhorn Fhodsungnoen<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I learned about how to make a local legislation and the importance of cooperation among NGOs, government, local people and community. I used to think that they all cannot work together, but actually they can.<\/p>\n

In the beginning, I didn\u2019t expect anything because I was afraid that if it was not as expected, I would be disappointed. But now I expect to gain some more new experience from work.<\/p>\n

As I am still young, I have this opportunity to work for other people which I might not have when I get older. Also, I like environment and I think environmental management in Thailand is not effective, so I want to take part in working on this. There are some interesting issues. I want to make a difference.<\/p>\n

There are some internal conflicts in the organization which causes problem in working. However, it\u2019s not a big issue and they can manage with it.<\/p>\n

My attitude towards the people in community has changed. I thought they were the cause of the deforestation, but in reality, it is the way they live their life.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Piyachat khamkliang<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I have learned a lot of things about consumer rights and there are many more to learn. For example:<\/p>\n