Education
Ph.D. International Relations, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, CH
Master of Laws (LLM), International Law Specialization, University of London, UK
M.A. International Relations, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, CH
M.A. International History, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of London, UK
B.A. (Hons.) History, Queen’s University, Canada
Publications List
Book Chapters
2025. The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: Prevention, Response and Mitigation and Remedies and Redress. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-ASEAN-Intergovernmental-Commission-on-Human-Rights-Prevention-Mitigation-Remedies-and-Redress/Ramcharan/p/book/9781032600451
2023. Fake News and Elections in Southeast Asia: Impact on Democracy. London: Routledge.
2020. Conflict Prevention in the United Nations 2030 Agenda: Development, Peace, Justice and Human Rights. Springer. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811062254
2021. Business and Human Rights in Asia: The duty of states. Co-authored. Palgrave Macmillan). https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811572722
2020. National Human Rights Institutions in Southeast Asia: Select Case Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811510731
2018. Asia and the Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Co-authored. Palgrave Macmillan (c. October 2018
2017. The Universal Periodic Review of Southeast Asia: Civil Society Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan
2013 International Intellectual Property Law and Human Security. Asser Press/Springer, 2013
2025. “International Law and National Human Rights Protection Systems in Asia,” in The Cambridge Handbook of Global Crisis and Global Legal Ordering. Takao Suami, Keisuke Kondo and Kaoru Obata, Eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming
2025. “The ASEAN Charter and ASEAN’s Human Rights Declaration,” in The Value of Human Rights Treaties and their Supervisory Bodies. With Rosario Manalo. Edited by Bertrand Ramcharan, Ines French, Orest Nowosad, Jennifer Philpot-Nissen, Ekkehard Strauss. Leiden: Brill.
2025. “The Literature Review,” Chapter 2 in Critical Research Design: Choices and Considerations for Creating an Integrated Research Design. Balazs Szantos Ed. London: Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003495062/critical-research-design-balazs-szanto
2023. "Public Trust and Democracy: Human Rights During the Pandemic in Southeast Asia", c-authored, in Shukri, S. (Ed.) Pandemic, Politics, and a Fairer Society in Southeast Asia: A Malaysian Perspective (Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-588-020231003
2022. “Peacebuilding in Asia: Mapping Civil Society Dialogues to Prevent Conflicts”,” in The Protection Roles of Human Rights NGOs. Leiden: Brill.
2022. “Japan's Relations with ASEAN Post-COVID19: Navigating the New Cold War,” ASEAN and Regional Actors in the Indo-Pacific. Springer Nature.
2021. “Human Rights in Outer Space: Building on SDG 16,” Sustainable Development in Action: Examining Global-North South Divergences. Soumya Bhowmick and Nilanjan Ghosh, eds., Sustainable Development in Action: Examining Global North-South Divergences, (New Delhi: ORF and Global Policy Journal, 2022), pp. 59-68
2019 “Human Rights and Conflict Prevention: The Protection Gap,” in Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Asia, edited by Francois de Varennes and Christie Gardiner
2020/21 “SDG 16 and the Human Rights Architecture in Southeast Asia: A Complementary Protection Process,” Journal of Human Rights (University of Connecticut) https://jhr.uconn.edu/
2014, “Evaluating Competing “Democratic” Discourses: The Impact on Human Rights Protection in Southeast Asia,” Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 33, 3, 49–77.
2013 “ASEAN’s Problematic Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: The New Media’s Role in Enhancing the Protection of Human Rights,” in Journal of International Studies (UUM, Malaysia), Vol. 9, 2013. (peer-reviewed)
1999 “ASEAN Regional Forum: Pitfall in Pacific Asia’s Security?” World Affairs (New Delhi), Fall 1999. http://www.worldaffairsjournal.com/iss_detail99.htm
2020. Hate Speech in Asia: New Forms Old Rules. Asia Centre. Commissioned by Thai media Fund. https://asiacentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hate-Speech-in-Southeast-Asia-New-Forms-Old-Rules.pdf
2020 Democracy In Southeast Asia: Elites Are An Obstacle, Asia Global One, March 19, 2020. Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong. Available: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/democracy-southeast-asia-elites-obstacle
2020. “Govt Hate Speech Spikes in Southeast Asia,” Bangkok Post, co-authored, 16 October. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2002827/govt-hate-speech-spikes-in-se-asia
2020 “New Hate Speech Rules Threaten Democracy,” Bangkok Post. 18 July. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1953460/new-hate-speech-rules-threaten-asian-democracy
2020. “Coronavirus and Democracy in Southeast Asia,” Bangkok Post, co-authored. 1 April. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1890655/coronavirus-and-democracy-in-southeast-asia
2020. “China expelled WSJ journalists because it cannot bear criticism,” Nikkei Asian Review, 2 March. Available: https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-expelled-WSJ-journalists-because-it-cannot-bear-criticism
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