The Sixth International Conference on Human Rights and Peace & Conflict in Southeast Asia: Peace and Human Rights in the Context of Contemporary Global Crises.

On 13^th– 14^th August 2024, after a six-year hiatus, the 6th International Conference was held in Penang, Malaysia. In partnership with the Research and Education for Peace at Universiti Sains Malaysia (REPUSM), the theme for this year is “Peace and Human Rights in the Context of Contemporary Global Crises”. It is supported by the Strengthening Human Rights and Peace Research & Education in ASEAN/Southeast Asia Program (SHAPE-SEA), Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The main objective is to generate and support critical perspectives and discourses on issues and lived experiences impacted by today’s challenges throughout the world with the aim to draw upon nexus of national, regional and international human rights and peace principles, values, and perspectives.

SEAHRN’s flagship program, The International Conference on Human Rights and Peace & Conflict in ASEAN/Southeast Asia has been bringing together academics, researchers, graduate students, CSOs, governments and inter-governmental representatives who work on a greater understanding of and action for peace and human rights in Southeast Asia and beyond. Since 2009, it has been as a meaningful platform for knowledge generation, problematization, and dissemination among wide-range academics, students and related stakeholders.