SECRETARY-GENERAL OF AALCO

H.E. Dr. Kamalinne Pinitpuvadol, of Thailand, is the seventh Secretary-General of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO). He took office on 1st January, 2022.

Dr. Kamalinne Pinitpuvadol held Bachelor’s degrees in law from Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, the Kingdom of Thailand), Master’s degrees in international law (Diplôme d’études approfondies or DEA) from the Université Robert Schuman, also known as Strasbourg III and obtained a Doctorate in international law (Docteur en Droit) in 1991 from the University of Strasbourg (the French Republic).

He started his career as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Chulalongkorn University in 1991. In addition to his legal scholar, he was appointed the Executive Director of Child Rights ASIANET, a regional center founded by the Faculty of Law, the International Law Association of Thailand (ILAT) and the United Nations Children’s Fund for East Asia and the Pacific (UNICEF/EAPRO).

He held the position of Secretary General of the International Law Association of Thailand. He joined the Eastern Asia University in 2003 as Vice President for Research
Affairs and Director of Master Program on Business Law. From 2008 to 2014, he served as Deputy Executive Director at the Knowledge Network Institute of Thailand.

In 2015, he was elected and appointed to the position of the Executive Director of the International Institute for Trade and Development (ITD) (Public organization).

In the last few years, he holds the position of Advisor to the National Security Council of Thailand and Senior Legal Expert on international law at Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He represented the Kingdom of Thailand in the meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group III (ISDS reform) in January 2020. He also holds the position of member of the Expert Committee of various organizations such as International Advisory Board of CUTs International, Committee on Children’s rights of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Committee on Legal affairs of the Board of Investment, Foreign Affairs Committee of the Office of Trade Competition Commission, Academic and Research Committee of the Thailand Institute of Justice and Committee on the Executive Course on Thailand and ASEAN in the Global Political Economy 0f the College of Politics and Governance, King Prajadhipok’s Institute. He still teaches occasionally at the Faculty of Law of Chulalongkorn University.