Vitit Muntarbhorn is a Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. He has helped the UN in various positions, including as UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children; UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); and UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. He chaired for the UN the 2011 Commission of Inquiry on the Ivory Coast and was later one of the Commissioners of the UN appointed Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic. He is the recipient of the 2004 UNESCO Human Rights Education Prize and was bestowed a Knighthood (KBE) in 2018. He teaches and has published widely on Human Rights, International Law, Refugee Law, and international Humanitarian Law.