Sutharee Wannasiri

As a member of our Communities team, Sutharee Wannasiri works to support communities in the Asia region to access justice for human rights and environmental abuses using accountability offices tied to international finance. Based in Bangkok, Sutharee accompanies our existing community case partners in Myanmar, Nepal, and India, while supporting new cases and knowledge sharing.

Sutharee is a passionate human rights and social justice advocate who comes to Accountability Counsel with extensive working experience in research, public policy, advocacy, and community mobilization. Her educational background is in international relations, politics, and human rights law and practice. She has worked with national and international non-profit and human rights organizations to monitor and document policy development, human rights, environmental justice, corporate accountability, and labour rights protections in Thailand and Southeast Asia. She has worked with grassroots and local communities including environmental defenders and migrant workers to demand economic justice and accountability for the past decade.