Taweekiet Meenakanit

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Taweekiet Meenakanit (Thai:ทวีเกียรติ มีนะกนิษฐ) is a Thai law professor and writer. He is currently Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. Taweekiet has authored over a dozen books on Thai criminal law.^[1] Taweekiet is known for his opposition to Thai legal reforms that would allow men to file rape charges against women. He claimed the concept had an "abnormal logic" and noted that, "I can predict one day we will find a case of a bad man joining with a bad police officer to slander a women as a rapist." He is also noted for his opposition to reforms that would make it a crime for husbands to rape their wives. He noted, "Many wives in this country still have to depend on their husbands. They might be upset by their husbands but if asked whether they want to divorce or put their husband in jail, they would say 'no'. The man might take revenge on his wife after being released from jail."^[2]