Muslim Attorney Center (MAC) was established in 2004 to provide legal support to Muslims and others who were being unjustly treated and facing security challenges, especially in the three southernmost provinces in Thailand, namely Yala, Narathiwat, and Patani, and engages in protecting human rights.
As the Thai government’s assimilation policy has heightened ethnic tensions, MAC has focused on providing legal assistance and promoting interfaith dialogue to raise the self-esteem of the local population. MAC participates in national and international human rights advocacy networks, trains pro bono human rights lawyers, and trains citizens in nonviolent solutions as the secretariat of the Civil Society Assembly for Peace (CAP).