On 19 June 2013, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Thai Red Cross Society, held the Sixth Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture on International Humanitarian Law at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Bangkok. Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, as Executive Vice-President of the Thai Red Cross Society, presided over the lecture.

The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Lecture Series is aimed at promoting greater understanding and research of international humanitarian law. For this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Thai Red Cross Society are honoured to have Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn, Professor of Law at Chulalongkorn University, delivered his lecture entitled “International Commissions of Inquiry, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: the United Nations, Syria and Beyond” , in which he shared his experience in working for the United Nations as Chairman of Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ivory Coast and as the Commissioner on the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.