Category: Thailand

THAILAND: Arbitrary interrogation under recent emergency regulations in Thailand

14th Session - 2010 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Thailand, Written Submissions May 18, 2010August 24, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2010 ALRC-CWS-14-01-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status THAILAND: Arbitrary interrogation under recent emergency regulations in Thailand 1. The growing contention between the state and antigovernment protestors in Thailand has deepened into a full-scale crisis, with no clear resolution in view. During violence on 10 April 2010, at least 24 people were reported killed and over 800 wounded. After a month of continuing protests, the state decided to end the protests with force. Between 13 and 17 May 2010, the […]

THAILAND: “Unsubstantiated” police abuses, impunity and human rights charades

12th Session - 2009 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Thailand, Written Submissions September 3, 2009August 25, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2009 ALRC-CWS-12-05-2009 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session � Item 4 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status THAILAND: “Unsubstantiated” police abuses, impunity and human rights charades 1. Following the 11th session of the Human Rights Council the Government of Thailand objected to the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) over it having characterized the Royal Thai Police as the top violator of human rights in that country. The government representative described remarks that the police in Thailand enjoy impunity for rights abuses as “unsubstantiated”. 2. The ALRC categorically rejects the complaint of the government that […]

THAILAND: Justice depends on witness protection

Countries, documents, statements, Thailand June 30, 2006August 27, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2006 AL-002-2006 A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre THAILAND: Justice depends on witness protection The Asian Legal Resource Centre has today, June 30, released a new report on witness protection in Thailand, the first in a planned series of detailed studies on specific institutional obstacles to human rights there. Witness protection is all about the fight against impunity that is at the heart of human rights struggles worldwide. Without witness protection, victims of human rights abuses who complain and seek justice must face serious threats leading to physical harm and possibly death of themselves or their loved ones. This violence is brought onto […]

Item 11(a): CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF TORTURE AND DETENTION: Chaining and shackling of prisoners in Thailand (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/64)

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Thailand, Written Submissions January 30, 2001August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Link to UNCHR E/CN.4/2001/NGO/64) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 11 (a) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF TORTURE AND DETENTION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Chaining and shackling of prisoners in Thailand 1. According to article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Further, article 16 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) determines that each State Party shall undertake to prevent – in […]