Vitit Muntarbhorn
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Vitit Muntarbhorn | |
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วิทิต มันตาภรณ์ | |
.jpg) Muntarbhorn in 2011 | |
| United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children | |
| In office 1991–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Ofelia Calcetas-Santos |
| United Nations Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity | |
| In office August 2016 – October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Victor Madrigal-Borloz |
| United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia | |
| Assumed office March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Rhona Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1952 (age 73) |
| Alma mater | |
Vitit Muntarbhorn (born 1952) (Thai: วิทิต มันตาภรณ์, RTGS: Withit Mantaphon) is an international human rights expert and professor of law at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.[1][2]
He has been involved in various UN activities and has served as an expert or consultant with the OHCHR, UNHCR, UNDP, FAO, UNICEF, UNESCO, the WHO and the United Nations University.[2]
Muntarbhorn, born in November 1952, was educated at Oxford and Free University of Brussels, and was called to the Bar in England before going on to lecture in law at various universities in Austria, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Switzerland and Thailand.
He served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography from 1990 to 1994. In 1994, he coedited with C. Taylor a paper on human rights in Thailand.[3] In 2004, he was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education.[2][4] He was involved in the elaboration of the Yogyakarta Principles on LGBT rights.
In 2018, he was recipient of the Bonham Centre Award from the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies.[5] He also was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[6]
