Tuenjai Deetes

Tuenjai Deetes
Deetes in 2009
Born	Tuenjai Kunjara na Ayudhya (1952-04-08) 8 April 1952 (age 72) Thailand
Spouse	Thanuchai Deetes
Children	2
Parent(s)	Khap Kunjara Urai Peramatsathian

Tuenjai Deetes (Thai: เตือนใจ ดีเทศน์, RTGS: Tueanchai Dithet; born 8 April 1952), formerly Tuenjai Kunjara na Ayudhya (Thai: เตือนใจ กุญชร ณ อยุธยา, RTGS: Tueanchai Kunchon Na Ayutthaya), (Thailand) received the Global 500 Roll of Honour in 1992,^[1] and was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1994.^[2] Deetes has worked with Thai hill tribes since the early-1970s.^[3] She co-founded the Hill Area Development Foundation in 1986. She is a former commissioner of the Human Rights Commission until she resigned that post in July 2019.^[4]

References

^ "Adult Award Winner in 1992 - Tuenjai Deetes". global500.org. Global 500 Forum. November 15, 2007.
^ "Tuenjai Deetes". goldmanprize.org. Goldman Environmental Prize. November 15, 2007. Archived 5 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ Ethirajan Anbarasan (November 15, 2007). "Tuenjai Deetes: a bridge to the hill tribes (interview)". UNESCO.
^ Phasuk, Sunai (3 August 2019). "The End of Thailand's Human Rights Commission?". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 21 September 2019.