Puangrat Patomsirirak
Dr.
Puangrat Patomsirirak
Dr.
Education
- PhD in Law, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Thesis: Pandemics Induced Semi-Citizenship: The Right of Thai Nationals Abroad to Return - LLM in Immigration Law (with Merit), Queen Mary University of London, UK
Dissertation: The Protection of the Fundamental Rights of Non-Removable Returnees: The Obligation of EU Member States (Distinction) - LLM in International Law, Thammasat University, Thailand
Thesis: People Who Fled the Death Persecution to Thailand: The Study of the Thai State’s Management (Very Good Thesis award) - LLB (Second Class Honours), Thammasat University, Thailand
Selected Publications
RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE
- Country Expert (Thailand) for the Project of Global Citizenship Observatory, at the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute (May 2023- Present)
Publications (Selected)
- Paisanpanichkul, Darunee; Patomsirirak, Puangrat et al. Legal Analysis and Law Enforcement through a Human Rights Framework: A Case Study of the Right to Work of Stateless Persons in Thailand. King Prajadhipok’s Institute, January 2025. (Co-researcher)
- Patomsirirak, Puangrat. Report on Citizenship Law: Thailand. Global Governance Programme, GLOBALCIT Country Report 2023/1, European University Institute, 2023.
- Patomsirirak, Puangrat. “International Responsibility of Thailand towards Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children.” (2022) 2 Thammasat Law Journal 424–450.
- Patomsirirak, Puangrat (Principal Researcher). Analysis of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and Its Relevance to Thai Labour Law. Research grant from the Ministry of Labour, Thailand, 2020.
- Patomsirirak, Puangrat. Legal Problems and Reconsideration of Thai Nationality Granted to Surrogate Children Born in Thailand. Research Department, Thammasat University, 2019.
- Patomsirirak, Puangrat. “Migrant Workers: Thailand’s Necessity in the Context of an Ageing Society.” (2019) Special Issue in Honour of Prof. Phuntip Saisoonthorn, Thammasat University, 194.
- Patomsirirak, Puangrat. “Thailand’s International Obligations on Refugee Protection.” (2017) Special Issue in Honour of Prof. Narong Jaiharn, Thammasat University, 81.
- Patomsirirak, Puangrat. “Experience from the EU to the ASEAN Community: Harmonisation of Rules on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Family Matters.” (2017) Special Issue in Honour of Asst. Prof. Piruna Tingsabadh, Thammasat University, 125.
- Patomsirirak, Puangrat. Research on Legal Advocacy for Transnational Disadvantaged Children and Their Families along the Thailand–Myanmar Border. Faculty of Law Research Department, Thammasat University, 2013.
- Patomsirirak, Puangrat (Co-author). Analysis and Synthesis of Petitions Concerning Legal Status and Rights Submitted to the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (before 2010 and from 2010 to 10 January 2011). National Human Rights Commission of Thailand, 2011.
Academic Presentation (Selected)
- Presenter, Transnational Ties and Tensions: Revealing Thai Emigrants’ Semi-Citizenship, 19th Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies, National university of Singapore, Singapore, June 2024.
- Presenter, Intensifying Crimmigration against Nationals: being Excluded during the COVID-19 Pandemic [Thailand and Australia], Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference, UK, April 2023.
- Presenter, Intensifying Crimmigration against Nationals: being Excluded during the COVID-19 Pandemic, SLS-sponsored Collaborative Workshop for PGR and ECR in Labour Law, Migration & Asylum, Human Rights, and Public Law, UK, 2022.
- Selected Presenter, The Unintentionally Forgotten Ethnic Native Thais and their Statelessness in the Postcolonial Citizenship Law of Thailand, European Consortium for Political Science (ECPR), Joint Session of Workshops, UK, 2022.
- Presenter, The Paradox Ideas of Extra-Immigration Control during the COVID-19 Crisis: Focusing on the Effects on Migrant Workers of Thailand, Mini-Conference on Migration and Human Rights, Kyoto Human Rights Research Institute (KHRR), Japan, 2021.
- Keynote speaker, Thailand’s Progress on Mechanisms to Manage Migrants and Refugees, Conference on the National Screening Mechanism Report (Soft Launch), organised by Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network, CRSP Thailand and The U.S. Embassy, 2021.
- Speaker, International and National Refugee Legal Framework, International Workshop on Thailand Refugee Screening Mechanism, organised by Asylum Access, CRSP Thailand and the Embassy of Canada, Thailand, 2017.
- Speaker, Legal and Policy Frameworks Addressing Stateless Persons, Refugees and Migration in Thailand, International Symposium on Statelessness, organised by Hanns Seidel Foundation (Germany), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Waseda University and Rikkyou University (Japan), Thailand, 2016.
