<p>The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), along with the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the International Transport Workers&rsquo; Federation (ITF), and IndustriALL Global Unions, issued a letter last Wednesday (27 November) calling on the Thai government to address labour violations after the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced that Thailand&rsquo;s trade preferences under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) would be partially suspended on 25 April 2020.</p>

<p>Chulalongkorn University and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Bangkok celebrated the 30th anniversary of the return of democracy to Czechoslovakia and the 25th anniversary of Czech revolutionary and statesman Václav Havel&rsquo;s visit to Chulalongkorn University with a concert on Saturday night (23 November) and a panel discussion on Monday (25 November).</p>

<p>Thai Security Plan admits new generation&rsquo;s bond to the monarchy has weakened.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Dubravka Šimonovic, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes, and consequences, attended an media briefing with representatives from the press and NGOs on 26 November, in which she called for an improvement to the criminal justice system for victims of sexual violence and for absence of consent to become the global standard for the definition of rape.</p>

<p>The Constitutional Court ruled 7-2 today to disqualify Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the leader of the Future Forward Party, as an MP for holding shares in a media company.&nbsp;Despite this, the leader of Future Forward Party carries on.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On Friday (8 November), the Asia Centre hosted a launch panel for its new award for journalists reporting on inequality and injustice.</p>

<p>Chulalongkorn University has finally amended its uniform regulations to allow students to dress according to their gender identity, after a group of students earlier this year filed a request for this and a complaint against a Faculty of Education lecturer.</p>

<p>The mother of a first-year student studying fishery technology and aquatic resources at Maejo University has told Workpoint News that her son is about to resign after facing violent hazing for many weeks.</p>

<p>Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi was removed from her post as Royal Consort of King Vajiralongkorn on 20 October.</p>

<p>Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, the first Thai woman to be ordained as a Theravada monk and current abbess of Songdhammakalyani Monastery, has been listed as one of the BBC&rsquo;s&nbsp;100 Women&nbsp;in 2019.</p>