Napat Rakkitsiri M.A

Project Coordinator, Office for the Bangkok Rules and Treatment of Offenders, Thailand Institute of Justice, Thailand

Napat Rakkitsiri holds an MA in Gender, Society, and Representation from University College London (UCL), awarded through the Royal Thai Government scholarship. She serves as a Project Coordinator at the Office for the Bangkok Rules and Treatment of Offenders, Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ). In this role, she focuses on research and advocacy initiatives on gender equality and criminal justice reform, with a particular emphasis on improving the treatment of women in the criminal justice system to ensure more inclusive, equitable, and humane treatment. She is especially passionate about addressing the intersection of gender and justice, advocating for the rights of marginalised women within criminal justice systems. Her work aligns with global efforts, such as The United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), to promote a gender-responsive justice system and uphold women’s rights. Napat is dedicated to driving meaningful change and fostering more equitable societies.

Associate Professor Samantha Jeffries

Associate Professor, Griffith University, Australia

Samantha Jeffries is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Her research focuses on marginalised social statuses, criminalisation, victimisation and (in)justice. She has researched intimate partner violence; the sex industry; gender, Indigeneity and sentencing decisions. Over the last ten years, Samantha has been collaborating with the Thailand Institute of Justice undertaking studies on gendered pathways to criminalisation; human rights and women’s experiences of imprisonment, re-integration, and electronically monitored parole. She has co-authored a book on domestic violence (Romantic Terrorism: An Autoethnography of Domestic Violence, Victimization and Survival, with Sharon Hayes), and co-edited the book Gender, Criminalization, Imprisonment and Human Rights in Southeast Asia (with Andrew M Jefferson). Samantha regularly conducts Bangkok Rules (The United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders) training with criminal justice personnel in Southeast Asia for the Thailand Institute of Justice. She has been invited and subsequently provided expert advice to Australian governments and international organisations in the areas of gender, criminalisation, imprisonment and gender-based violence.