{"id":41544,"date":"2025-02-02T22:04:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T22:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=41544"},"modified":"2025-02-02T22:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T22:04:44","slug":"sri-lanka-and-thailand-strengthen-legal-and-human-rights-cooperation-through-high-level-diplomatic-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/sri-lanka-and-thailand-strengthen-legal-and-human-rights-cooperation-through-high-level-diplomatic-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka and Thailand strengthen Legal and Human Rights Cooperation through High-Level Diplomatic Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41545\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sri-Lanka-Thailand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sri-Lanka-Thailand.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sri-Lanka-Thailand-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Bangkok: Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka in Bangkok Wijayanthi Edirisinghe met with the Chairperson Kamonsk Leewamoh and Vice Chairperson Kannavee Suebsang of the House Committee on Legal Affairs, Justice, and Human Rights of the Parliament of Thailand , which aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in legal and human rights matters.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The engagement also provided an opportunity to exchange views on regional and global legal challenges and the importance of mutual support in upholding justice and human rights.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Chairperson expressed appreciation for the longstanding ties between Thailand and Sri Lanka and emphasized the importance of continued dialogue and collaboration in legal affairs. The Committee acknowledged Sri Lanka\u2019s efforts in legal and judicial reforms and expressed interest in deepening inter-parliamentary relations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Ambassador highlighted the alarming rise in cases of Sri Lankan nationals falling victims to trafficking schemes related to cyber scams in Southeast Asia with a particular focus on operations along the Thai border. Over the past two years, many Sri Lankans alongside victims of other nationalities have been lured into exploitative situations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Acknowledging the gravity of the situation, the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson expressed their awareness and concern of human trafficking activities in the region and affirmed that the Royal Thai Government will continue to support to rescue Sri Lankan victims.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Vice Chairperson further reported that their office is in the process of identifying locations of the victims of human trafficking and assured the commitment of the Royal Thai Government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The meeting concluded with a renewed pledge of cooperation between Sri Lanka and Thailand in addressing these critical issues and working towards protecting the rights of victims and detainees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangkok: Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka in Bangkok Wijayanthi Edirisinghe met with the Chairperson Kamonsk Leewamoh and Vice Chairperson Kannavee Suebsang of the House Committee on Legal Affairs, Justice, and Human Rights of the Parliament of Thailand , which aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in legal and human rights matters. The engagement also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6709,140,6711,2537,2536,1411,6710],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41547,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41544\/revisions\/41547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}