Name:             Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha

Present Position:    Ambassador-designate of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Republic of Austria, Chairperson of the 21st Session of the Commission

                                     on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)

Date of Birth: December 7, 1978

Education

2005:               S.J.D. Cornell University,New York,USA.

Doctorate thesis: “Towards Equal Justice: Protection of the Rights of the Accused in the Thai Criminal Justice Process – A Comparison with France and the United States.”

2004:               Barrister at Law, the Thai Bar.

2002:               LL.M. Cornell University,New York,USA.

2000:              ThammasatUniversity, LL.B (Second Class Honor)

SukhothaiThammathiratUniversity, B.A. in International Relations     (First Class Honor)

Professional Experiences

Present                       Ambassador-designate of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Republic of Austria

2011                            Ambassador, Chairperson of the 21st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice  (CCPCJ)

2011                            Deputy Provincial Chief Public Prosecutor (Civil Rights Protection and Legal Aid), Office of Nong Bua Lam Phu Provincial Public Prosecution

2010                            Deputy Provincial Public Prosecutor, Office of Pattaya Public Prosecution

2009                            Deputy Provincial Public Prosecutor, Office of Udon-Thani Public Prosecution

2008                            Assistant Provincial Public Prosecutor, Office of Udon-Thani Public Prosecution

2007                            --Divisional Public Prosecutor, Executive Director’s Office of Narcotics Litigation 1

                                    --Assistant Public Prosecutor, Executive Director’s Office of Criminal Litigation 3

2006 – 2007                Assistant Public Prosecutor, the Training and Development Institute.

2005 – 2006                First Secretary, PermanentMissionofThailandto the United Nations,New York.

Summer 2004              Intern Diplomat, PermanentMissionofThailandto the United Nations,New York.

Summer 2003              Intern Prosecutor, New York County District Attorney’s Office,New York.

Summer 2002              Intern Legal Consultant, Baker &McKenzie,           WashingtonD.C.

2000 – 2001                Joint Prosecutor, Department of Judge Advocate General of Thailand, Bangkok.

Summer 2000              Apprentice, Monkolnavin Law Office,Bangkok.

Summer 1999              Legal Education Program,Aix-en-ProvenceandMarseille,France

International Conferences

2005                            60^th United Nations General Assembly,New York.

--served as Thai delegate to the Third and Sixth Committees, responsible for issues of crime prevention and criminal justice, human rights, migration, maritime law, international trade law, and counter-terrorism.

--led the negotiation of Thailand’s draft resolution “Follow-up to the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice” in the Third Committee, which was adopted as General Assembly resolution 60/177

2006                            --15^th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ),Vienna.

                                    --Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Lessons Learned from United Nations Congresses on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice,Bangkok.

--OSCE Expert Workshop on Preventing Terrorism: Fighting Incitement and Related Terrorist Activities,Vienna.

2008                            17^th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), Vienna. (as head of Thai delegation)

2009                            --18^th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), Vienna (as head of Thai delegation)

--13^th International Symposium on Victimology,Mito,Japan.

                                    (as keynote speaker)

                                    --African Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Twelfth

United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Nairobi. (as head of Thai delegation)

                                    --12^th United Nations Human Rights Council,Geneva.

--11^th Annual General Meeting of the International Corrections and Prison Association (ICPA), Barbados. (as keynote speaker)

--2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC),Philadelphia.

2010                            --Corrections Service ofCanadaForum: A Solid Foundation…

A Vision for the Future, 20^th Anniversary of Creating Choices 2010, Ottawa. (as keynote speaker)

                                    --65^th United Nations General Assembly, New York.

(as keynote speaker at the ELFI project side event)

Royal Projects

• Enhancing Lives of Female Inmates Project (ELFI)

The Enhancing Lives of Female Inmates Project (ELFI) is the initiative of HRH Princess Bajarakitiyabha aimed at supplementing the 1955 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners with the Thailand-proposed “United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders” or the “Bangkok Rules”, which were adopted by the General Assembly at its 65^th session in 2010.

• UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador and the Say No to Violence against Women Campaign

In 2008, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) conferred on HRH the title of UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador for Thailand to lead the “Say No to Violence against Women” campaign nationwide encouraging Thai women to sign the “Say No to Violence against Women” postcards in support of the campaign.

• Kamlangjai (Inspire) project

In 2006, Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha launched the project called “Kamlangjai” (“Inspire” in English). The project aims to improve the quality of lives of women prisoners inThailandthrough compassion, provision of moral support, basic health care, and opportunities for social reintegration. The Kamlangjai Project emphasizes the importance of assisting pregnant and nursing inmates as well as children living with imprisoned mothers.

• Bajrakitiyabha Fund for Legal Education-- the cooperation ofCornellUniversity, USA., Thai Ministry of Justice and the Thai Bar in establishing an institution supporting knowledge sharing between Cornell personnel and Thai legal experts.

Awards

• 2009    UNIFEM Award for outstanding engagement on exemplary engagement on the issue and for being the public face as the Goodwill Ambassador of UNIFEM’s advocacy initiative Say NO to Violence against Women inThailand. In 2008, as part of the first phase of Say NO, the initiative generated more than 5 million signatures- including from 69 Governments and nearly 600 Parliamentarians - which were presented to the UN Secretary-General.  About 3 million of the signatures came fromThailand alone.

• 2009    President’s Award presented by ICPA (The International Corrections and Prisons Association) as a tribute to HRH’s outstanding engagement on enhancing lives of female inmates via not only “Kamlangjai” project in Thailand, but also “ELFI” project worldwide.

• 2009    Medal of Recognition—the recognition awarded by UNODC for the outstanding contribution to the global campaign to end violence against women and improving the welfare and human rights of women in prisons.

• 2009    Honorary Doctorate Degree in Criminology, Justice Administration and Society presented by Mahidol University in recognition of HRH’s dedication to the areas of education, diplomacy, justice process, occupation promotion and social welfare, thus igniting the awareness of responsibility for children and women care among the Thai public.

• 2001    Sanya Dharmasakti Prize for Outstanding Law Students—theThammasatUniversity’s Prize in honor of the former Thai President of Supreme Court and Prime Minister.

Interests

• Legal Issues           
• Philanthropic Activities                 
• Reading                   
• Equestrian
• Outdoor sports                                
• Traveling

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