Doubts over rights agency amid rise in abuses
By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION

 

 

Civil society groups should play a role in selecting rights commissioners: HRW

 

BANGKOK: -- AMID the increasing decline of human rights in Thailand and international organisations taking a leading role in addressing concerns, questions have arisen about the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)’s efforts and ability to address such problems.

 

The current commissioners were appointed in late 2015 under the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), and there are concerns on whether the agency can fulfil its role to protect people’s rights. 

 

And with the organisation’s new regulations being written to be in line with the new constitution, critics have spoken about the role the NHRC should be playing in society.

 

Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher on Thailand for Human Rights Watch Asia (HRW), said human rights in Thailand were continuously deteriorating. 

 

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Thailand HNRC will probably this year be decertified by the UN. Under the new constitution its role will be reduced to defending Thailand's reputation above any allegations of human rights violations. It will be under government control with regard to funding and mission priorities,  and not have any investigative power. aka Toothless.

Reduced to being a sheep in butterfly's clothing...