Philip Chung is a DTP Board member and highly valued DTP trainer. He is the Executive Director of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), and an Associate Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales. He has been a DTP trainer for over two decades.

"We don't even know yet about the implications that are coming. So the more grassroots organisations that are aware and prepared on human rights the better. They can then spot human rights issues that need attention. Peoples' diplomacy – the core of DTP will become more useful in the coming context."

Erlinda (Lindu) belongs to the Kadazan-Dusun Indigenous community in Sabah, Malaysia. She works with the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) and is developing and facilitating IDWF’s first online course with a critical focus on educating domestic workers in Asia about tackling gender-based violence.

"The DTP training is beneficial because of the networking opportunity… I met new people and regional human rights advocates and remained connected."

Pornpen Khongkachonkiet shares an update on those currently detained and blacklisted as Thailand uses Lese Majeste laws to crack down on dissent and part of increasing restrictions on civil society.

DTP Pacific alumni in the Philippines and Vanuatu, and DTP trainer Aderito Soares raise Pacific voices for Indigenous peoples, human rights and self-determination in Papua, "Land is Life: One People, One Land, One Ocean"

From Naweed - “Hell on Earth” – Indonesian NGO reports 18 deaths between Jan-March in 2022 in Sabah detention centres.

Nasrika Paidin shares statement showing domestic workers could be protected if minister lifted exemptions to labour laws

DTP alumni of online program gather at national DTP/NUG/CRPH workshop to support advocacy and human rights in Myanmar at ANU 18-19 June.

DTP would like to congratulate Mirza Jahanzeb Beg on his scholarship supporting his PhD on the concept of resilience in conflict zones.

Mizra said, "I want to thank the DTP Training Program and colleagues who inspired me in the field of Human Rights and the same inspiration motivated my dissertation work in the field of Psychological Resilience at Masters level and now at doctoral level."

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Issue #152 July 2022

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