Thanapat Chatinakrob
Assistant Professor Dr.
Thanapat Chatinakrob
Assistant Professor Dr.
Profile
Assistant Professor Dr. Thanapat Chatinakrob is the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, the Director of the LLB (Evening Degree Program), Tha Prachan, and a lecturer at the International Law Center and the Civil Law Center at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Law from Thammasat University, an LLM in International Law (Public International Law) from Queen Mary University of London, UK, and a PhD in International Law from the University of Manchester, UK. His academic work includes various articles on international law, particularly on treaty interpretation and international law in relation to digital technology.
Education
- LLB, Thammasat University, Thailand
- LLM in International Law (top 1%), Thammasat University, Thailand
- LLM in Public International Law (merit), University of London (Queen Mary), UK
- PhD in International Law, University of Manchester, UK
Thesis Topics
- The Use of Practice in Treaty Interpretation (PhD Manchester)
- The Jurisdiction and Admissibility of the ICJ’s Request for Interpretation Judgments: Do We Need Reform? (LLM Queen Mary)
- The Evolutionary Interpretation of Treaties: A Study on Decisions rendered by the WTO Dispute Settlement Organs and International Investment Tribunals (LLM Thammasat)
Work Experience
- Legal expert, Office of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (Jul 2024-present)
- Sub-committee Member, Sub-committee for the Review and Revision of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code, Books 5 and 6, within the Committee for the Review and Revision of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the Code, Ministry of Justice (July 2024-present)
- Member of the Advisory Committee of the Commission for the Study and Problem Solving of Refugee Combatants in Myanmar within the National Security, Thai Border Affairs, National Strategy, and State Reform Committee of the House of Representatives (2024)
- Member of the Advisory Committee of the Commission for the Study of Sustainable Solutions to Irregular Relocation Issues within the Legislative, Judicial, and Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives (2023-2024)
- Assistant Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Thailand (Mar 2023-present)
- Assistant Dean for Education and Director of LLB (Evening Degree Program), Tha Phrachan, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Thailand (Jul 2022-present)
- Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Thailand (2021-present)
- Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany, Research Assistant (Intern), Summer 2018
- International Law Researcher, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, Thailand (Oct 2016-May 2017)
- International Economic Law Researcher, Thailand Development Research Institute, Thailand (Jul 2015-Sep 2016)
- Research Assistant, Law Reform Commission of Thailand, Thailand (Nov 2014-Jun 2015)
Areas of Interest
- International Law
- Law of Treaties
- Treaty Interpretation
- International Economic Law
- European Union Law
- ASEAN Law
- Comparative Law
- Family and Succession Laws
Courses Taught
LLB program
- Public international law 1 (2021-present)
- Public international law 2 (2022-present)
- International organisations law (2022-present)
- European Union law (2022-present)
- International humanitarian law (2022-present)
- International human rights law (2023-present)
- Legal English (2022-present)
- International community and international law (2021)
- Law and international relations (2022-present)
- Moot court (2021-present)
- Current legal issues (2021)
- Independent legal study (2022-present)
- Legal writing (2023-present)
- Legal writing 1 (2022-present)
- Legal writing 2 (2021-2023)
- Family law (2023-present)
- Law of succession (2021-present)
- Introduction to law and legal systems (2024-present)
- Comparative private law (2024-present)
LLM program
- Advanced international law (2022-present)
- International economic law (2023-present)
- International organisations law (2022-present)
- Selected problems in the law of treaties (2022-present)
- Selected problems in international law (2021-present)
- Business and human rights (2024-present)
- International law seminar (2021-present)
- Private law theory (2023-present)
- Comparative private law (2567-present)
- Advanced family and succession law (2023-present)
- Private law seminar (2022-present)
LLD program
- Research methodology (2022-present)
- Research seminar (2023-present)
Publications
Researches
- Thanapat Chatinakrob, Consultancy for Feasibility Study and Suitable Model for Establishing the National Contact Point (NCP) Mechanism of Thailand (September 2023), 264 pages. (in Thai)
- ________, The application of international law to cyberspace: the dilemma of state sovereignty violation, extraterritorial effects and cyberspace sovereignty (2023), 129 pages. (in English)
- ________, Information operations and state responsibility: case studies of the claim of Myanmar’s (alleged) genocide intent towards the Rohingyas and military-linked influencing operations in Thailand (2022), 112 pages. (received an award for outstanding research work from the National Research Council of Thailand for the fiscal year 2024) (in English)
Theses
- The Use of Practice in Treaty Interpretation, PhD Thesis, University of Manchester, 2021
- The Jurisdiction and Admissibility of the ICJ’s Request for Interpretation Judgments: Do We Need Reform?, LLM Dissertation, University of London (Queen Mary), 2018
- The Evolutionary Interpretation of Treaties: A Study on Decisions rendered by the WTO Dispute Settlement Organs and International Investment Tribunals (LLM Thesis, Thammasat, 2014
Book
- Thanapat Chatinakrob, Law of Succession in accordance with Thai Civil and Commercial Code (TU Law Publications, forthcoming 2023), 378 pages. (in Thai).
Book Chapters
- Thanapat Chatinakrob, Unravelling Treaty Interpretation: A Comprehensive Analysis of Judicial Practice and Interpretation in the Thai Legal Landscape, in Bimal N Patel (ed), Asian and African Treaty Law and Practice: Implications for Foreign Policy (ILC 2024), forthcoming 2024.
- ________, Regulations relating to the use of force and the use of firearms by legal enforcement officers, Prosecution Affairs Institute, Royal Thai Police, Guidance on the use of force and the use of firearms (Royal Thai Police Press, 1st ed) 18-93 (2022). (in Thai).
- ________, Happiness-sharing Pantries: an effective weapon to ease hunger for the needy during the pandemic in Thailand, in Hyun Bang Shin, Murray Mckenzie and Do Young Oh (eds), Southeast Asia: Insights for a post-pandemic world (LSE Press), 249-256 (2022).
บทความ
- Thanapat Chatinakrob, ‘Legal Risks and Challenges of Unregulated AI: An Analysis of International Legal Frameworks for Mitigating Risks and Ensuring Ethical and Legal Compliance in the Development and Deployment of AI’, Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, forthcoming 2024.
- ________, ‘Interplay of International Law and Cyberspace: State Sovereignty Violation, Extraterritorial Effects, and the Paradigm of Cyber Sovereignty’, 23 (1) Chinese Journal of International Law, 25-72 (2024).
- ________, ‘Because Thailand is not just Thailand: The Next Chapter of Democracy and ASEAN in the Era of Globalisation’ in Raphi Vichakarn Book 2023, 72-81 (2024) (in Thai).
- ________, ‘Hostage-Taking: A Key Concern in International Humanitarian Law’, TU LAW E-Newsletter, No.10, 1-7 (October 2023).
- ________, ‘Preliminary chapter regarding (eternal) legal prescription in the request for interpretation judgment of the International Court of Justice: a case study of the request for interpretation of the Temple of Preah Vihear judgment’ in Associate Professor Nophanidhi Suriya’s Funeral Book, 160-166 (Duan Tula Printing House, 2022) (in Thai).
- ________, ‘Rethinking the scope of international law regulating information operations: lessons learned from a crime of online genocide in Myanmar’ 11 (2) Cambridge International Law Journal, 243-267 (2022).
- ________, ‘Internship Experience at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany’ in Liber Amicorum in Honour of Professor Dr Jaturon Thirawat, 391-421 (2022) (in Thai).
- ________, ‘Problems of Uniform Interpretation of the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods’ in Liber Amicorum in Honour of Professor Dr Kumchai Jongjakapun, 191-202 (2021) (in Thai).
- ________, ‘Facebook Online Censorship: the Study on the Possibility of Facebook taking Legal Action against the Thai Government and Affected Users taking Legal Action against Facebook’ in Thammasat Law Journal 3, 351-387 (2021) (in Thai).
- ________, ‘Happiness-sharing Pantries: an effective weapon to ease hunger for the needy during the pandemic in Thailand’ LSE Southeast Asia Blog (LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre) (2020), available at https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/seac/2020/09/16/happiness-sharing-pantries/.
- ________, ‘Treaty Interpretation in International Law’ in Liber Amicorum in Honour of Associate Professor Dr Phunthip Kanchanachittra Saisoonthorn, 378-405 (2020) (in Thai).
- Thanapat Chatinakrob, ‘Possible Reforms of ISDS: Some Considerations on the ICS in CETA’ Cambridge International Law Journal (2019), available at http://cilj.co.uk/2019/01/29/possible-reforms-of-isds-some-considerations-on-the-ics-in-ceta/.
- ________, ‘Material Breach and Its Exception: An Analysis of ‘A Humanitarian Character’’ Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) Student Law Review 5(2), 43-54 (2018).
- ________, ‘Illegal Trade of Elephant Ivory and Implementation of CITES by Thailand’ Mae Fah Luang University Rapee Law Journal 61, 131-156 (2018).
- ________, ‘The Significance of Subsequent Agreements and Practice of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in the Development of International Law’: The Analysis of the Notable Navigational and Related Rights and Whaling decisions’ Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization 74, 26-36 (2018).
- ________, ‘From Stockholm to Rio: The Contribution of Soft Law to the Deployment of International Environmental Law’ Journal of Legal Studies & Research 4(3), 538-559 (2018).
- ________, ‘Justifying Jurisprudence Constante as Interpretative Instrument of Investment Treaty Arbitration’ Journal of Legal Studies & Research 4(2), 188-198 (2018).
- ________, ‘Conceptual and Strategic Framework for the Development of Rule of Law Index/Indicators’ TDRI Quarterly Review 31(3), 14-18 (2016).
- ________, ‘E-court: A Way to Increase Courts’ Effectiveness’ in Bangkokbiznews (19 Nov 2015) (in Thai).
- ________, ‘Evolutionary Interpretation of Treaties: A Study on Decisions Rendered by the WTO Dispute Settlement Organs and International Investment Tribunals’ in Graduate Law Journal, 308-320 (2015) and Thammasat Graduate Law Thesis, 1-179 (2015) (in Thai).
- ________, ‘Is there an Effective Dispute Settlement Mechanism in the ASEAN?’ (2015) 2015 ECHO Magazine 42.
Book Reviews
- Book Review ‘Book Review: Rights Refused: Grassroots Activism and State Violence in Myanmar by Elliott Prasse-Freeman’. In: LSE Southeast Asia Blog (LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre) (2023), available at https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/seac/2023/10/23/book-review-rights-refused-grassroots-activism-and-state-violence-in-myanmar-by-elliott-prasse-freeman/.
- Book Review ‘Citizen Designs: City-making and Democracy in Northeastern Thailand by Eli Elinoff’. In: LSE Southeast Asia Blog (LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre) (2023), available at https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/seac/2023/05/25/book-review-citizen-designs-city-making-and-democracy-in-northeastern-thailand-by-eli-elinoff/.
- Book Review ‘Treaty Interpretation by Richard Gardiner, second edition’. Thailand Journal of International Law 2, 79-81 (2017-2018).
Conference Presentations
- 21 August 2024: Techniques for Writing Articles for International Database Publication” at the Faculty of Law Conference Room, 4th Floor, Ratchanakarin Building, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, Thailand.
- 30 July 2024: Roundtable discussion on the topic “Thailand’s Direction on the Global Radar: IPEF, OECD, and BRICS,” organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at Grand Eastin Hotel, Phayathai, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 21 June 2024: Promotion, Protection, and Coping with Potential Impacts from Cross-Border Business Operations at the seminar on “Business and Human Rights: Thailand’s Direction with Mechanisms for Overseeing International Investments and Multinational Corporations” during the Business and Human Rights Week 2024, organised by the Department of Rights and Liberties Protection, Ministry of Justice, at Best Western Plus Wanda Grand Hotel, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
- 15 May 2024: Protection of Fishery Workers in Supply Chains and Amendments to the Fisheries Act B.E. 2558, organised by the Human Rights and Development Foundation at the Amari Don Muang Airport Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 28-29 Feb 2024: Unravelling Treaty Interpretation: A Comprehensive Analysis of Judicial Practice and Interpretation in the Thai Legal Landscape, 2024 Conference on Asian and African Treaty Law and Practice: Implications for Foreign Policy, Rashtriya Raksha University, India.
- 2 Feb 2024: Thailand’s Road to the UN Human Rights Council: Yay or Nay?, The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT), Bangkok, Thailand.
- 3-4 Dec 2023: Legal Risks and Challenges of Unregulated AI: An Analysis of International Legal Frameworks for Mitigating Risks and Ensuring Ethical and Legal Compliance in the Development and Deployment of AI, 2023 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum, Taiwan.
- 30 Nov – 1 Dec 2023: Dialogue with Thai Justice Sector Actors, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Ayutthaya, Thailand.
- 8 Nov 2023: Rights and Returns: The Intersection of Human Rights and Investment Arbitration under the theme ‘The Interaction between Human Rights and Investment Arbitration’, Thailand ADR Week 2023, Thailand Arbitration Center, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 22 Sep 2023: Suitable Model for Establishing the National Contact Point (NCP) Mechanism of Thailand, Ministry of Justice, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 21-22 June 2023: UNGA and UNSC Mechanisms for ICJ Oversight: Balancing Independence and Accountability in the Face of Legal Limitations, Conference ‘Who Judges the Judges? Oversight Mechanisms in International Dispute Resolution, PluriCourts Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, University of Oslo and Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- 10 February 2023: The Application of International Law to Cyberspace: the Dilemma of State Sovereignty Violation, Extraterritorial Effects and Cyberspace Sovereignty, Digital in Law: International Scientific Conference on International, EU and Comparative Law Issues ‘Law in the Age of Modern Technologies’, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
- 13 January 2023: United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee (Legal): Establishing Protocols for International Crime; Revisiting Criminal Jurisdiction of the Rome Statute, TU Model United Nations Conference, UN Conference Center (UNCC), UNESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 6 September 2022: ICC and Accountability for War Crimes, Accountability for Ukraine event, Netherlands Residence, Netherlands Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 21 June 2022: Guidance on the use of force and the use of firearms, Workshop on the Framework of the Use of Force and the Use of Firearms for Legal Enforcement Officers: Responses to Challenges of Domestic Law and International Standard for the Legal Protection and Assistance, Royal Thai Police and International Committee of the Red Cross, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 28-29 May 2022: State Responsibility for Information Operations: a Case Study of Myanmar’s Crime of Online Rohingya Genocide, 19th ASLI Conference, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, Japan.
- 26-27 March 2022: Rethinking the Scope of International Law regulating Information Operations: Lesson Learned from a Crime of Online Genocide in Myanmar, 11th Annual Conference of the Cambridge International Law Journal, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, UK.
- 7 February 2022: State Responsibility under International Law during a Pandemic, TU Law Special Lecture Series 2022, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 14-18 June 2021: A Haunted Judgment without a Dead End?: A Lesson Learned from the ICJ Preah Vihear Request for Interpretation Judgment, Intensive Doctoral Week, 10th Online Edition, SciencesPo Law School, Paris, France.
- 20-21 May 2021: The Use of Practice of International Investment Law in Treaty Interpretation, PhD Student Workshop, Asian Society of International Law Biennial Conference, University of New South Wales, Canberra.
- 12 May 2021: The Use of Practice in Treaty Interpretation, Law PGR Conference, Manchester, UK.
- 26 Feb 2021: Has ASEAN Prepared Enough for Treaty Interpretation?: Some Perspectives on the Dispute Settlement under RCEP and Other ASEAN Economic Agreements, ASEAN Law Academy Conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
- 27 Oct 2020: ASEAS UK-SEAC Panels on Southeast Asia Research, Annual LSE Southeast Asia Forum (SEAF), London, UK (online).
- 13-14 July 2020: Expanding the Horizon of Legal Hermeneutics: Does There Exist a ‘True Meaning’ in Treaty Interpretation?, 17th Annual International Conference on Law, Athens Greece (Paper is accepted for presentation, however, due to COVID-19 pandemic, only paper is submitted).
- 17 Mar 2020: Expanding the Horizon of Legal Hermeneutics: Does There Exist a ‘True Meaning’ in Treaty Interpretation?, PGR Law Conference, Manchester, UK.
- 14 Jul 2019: Looking Back while Moving Forward: the (Almost) Hundred Years Development of the Theory of Legal Argumentation by the ICJ and its Predecessor, 10th Anniversary Annual Conference of the Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL), Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan.
- 9 Feb 2019: Applying the Theory of Legal Argumentation as a Legitimate Reasoning for Treaty Interpretation in the ICJ Proceedings, Trinity College Dublin Law Colloquium, Dublin, Ireland.
- 13 Oct 2018: The Asians in the World Court: Same Problems, New Solutions and Further Reforms? A Lesson Learned from the Preah Vihear Interpretation Judgment, AsianSIL Regional Conference, Beijing, China.
- 5 Jun 2018: Effect of CJEU’s Achmea Judgment, Roundtable Discussion, European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA), NautaDutilh, Brussels, Belgium.
- 8 Mar 2018: Statelessness and rights among the Rohingya in Thailand, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
- 12 Jan 2018: The Significance of Subsequent Agreements and Practice of the VCLT in the Development of International Law, Junior International Law Scholars Association Annual Meeting, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, USA.
- 11 Feb 2016: Applying Rule of Law as a Legal Instrument to Assess Political Situation: World Justice Project, Office of Law Reform Commission of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand.
TV and Radio Interviews
- 21 August 2024: Posts falsely claim top UN court ‘took up’ Thai opposition party’s appeal against its dissolution, AFP Fact Check (Agence France-Presse – AFP). Access here: https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.363B89K.
- 21 May 2024: Walls or Dead Ends Before Thailand Reaches the Goal of ‘Master of the Seas’: The Risk of a Yellow Card for Human Trafficking in the Swirling Waves of (Draft) Fisheries Law Amendments, Crack Politics by Decode, a media network of the Public Media Organization of Thailand (ThaiPBS) (Thai Public Broadcasting Service – ThaiPBS Channel), Bangkok, Thailand. Access here: https://decode.plus/20240511-risks-of-modern-slavery-in-fisheries-law/.
- 17 December 2021: Assessment of the Myanmar’s Army Civil War and War Crimes, Here, ThaiPBS (Thai Public Broadcasting Service – ThaiPBS Channel), Bangkok, Thailand.
- 17 December 2021: Argentine Court to Investigate Myanmar War Crimes Against Rohingyas, International News (Thai Public Broadcasting Service – ThaiPBS Channel), Bangkok, Thailand
- 27 August 2021: Beat-Carry-Kill: When the Law Enforcer…Becomes the Criminal, Clubhouse Nitihub (Nitihub and Prachathai), Bangkok, Thailand.
- 6 August 2021: When Criticism is Forbidden, the Praise is a Lie, Commentator, Clubhouse Nitiseuksa Seminar, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 3 March 2021: Safe Mob?!: When Peaceful Assembly is not Protected (Part 2), Clubhouse Nitihub (Nitihub), Bangkok, Thailand.
- 26 October 2020: Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty entries into force: what’s next?, International News (Thai Public Broadcasting Service – ThaiPBS Channel), Bangkok, Thailand.
- 8 June 2020: 8 Years Waiting for Thailand’s Ratification of Enforced Disappearance Convention, International News (Thai Public Broadcasting Service – ThaiPBS Channel), Bangkok, Thailand.
- 8 Feb 2016: Traffic Police Corruption: Problems and Solutions, Thinking Radio FM 96.5 (Mass Communication Organisation of Thailand – MCOT Radio Network), Bangkok, Thailand.
Awards
- Research Achievement Award, National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Bangkok, Thailand, 2024
- School of Social Sciences, Postgraduate Research Award, University of Manchester, UK, 2021
- PhD School of Law Scholarship (PhD School of Social Sciences Scholarship), University of Manchester, UK, 2018-2021
- Scholarship, ASEAN Law Academy Advanced Programme (Educator Programme), Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2021
- Most Outstanding International Law Thesis Prize, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Thailand, 2014
