International Commission of Jurists (ICJ): On 22 May 2026, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)—together with the Senate Committee on Political Development, Public Participation, Human Rights, Freedoms and Consumer Protection; UNDP Thailand; and GreenNews (Thai Society of Environmental Journalists)—co-hosted a seminar titled “Anti-SLAPPs: Justice Lost—Stop Using Laws to Silence” at the Parliament Building in Bangkok to discuss reforms necessary to counter so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs).

Attended by approximately 60 participants—including senators, members of parliament, civil society representatives, justice sector actors, and individuals targeted by SLAPPs—the seminar comprised a morning session amplifying the voices of those targeted by strategic lawsuits, and an afternoon session examining the role of the justice system in bringing SLAPPs to an end.

The morning session featured SLAPP victims as panelists, with further testimonies by participants from the floor. Speakers described the mounting burdens of facing this kind of lawsuit, including: the way proceedings divert attention from the very issues victims had originally sought to raise; the financial and time costs imposed by cases filed in distant courts, particularly where the underlying conduct took place online; and the absence of accessible legal and financial support for individuals targeted simply for speaking out.

During the event, several victims submitted a formal letter of complaint to the Senate Committee with the ICJ’s assistance, calling on the Senate Committee to identify concrete measures to end the use of SLAPPs.

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