ACHR REVIEW
- Review/202/08: Back to the bad old days: Thailand slips back into a cycle of coup and military domination, 16 January 2007
- Review/189/07: The Hmong refugees in Thailand: Waiting for the date for assault from the Laotian authorities, 17 October 2007
- Review/172/07: Thailand: Forgotten Coup and the indict General, 20 June 2007
- Review/142/06: Southern Thailand seeks justice, not apology, 22 November 2006
- Review/134/06: Amnesia on Thai military junta, 27 September 2006
- Review/133/06: Thailand's coup d'etat: Time for interventions by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, UNGA and UNHRC, 20 September 2006
- Review/128/06: Despair of the Hmong refugees in Thailand: Laos must allow international supervision, 16 August 2006
- Review/116/06: Thailand : Of Cabbages, Kings and the Mob, 16 March 2006
- Review/102/05: Thai asylum seekers face arrest on arrival, 7 December 2005
- Review/83/05: NHRC of Thailand: A Good Case, 27 July 2005
- Review/82/05: The Banana Republic of Thailand: Rule of the jungle in the name of emergency, 20 July 2005
- Review/81/05: Thailand: Not so smiling to its indigenous hill tribes, 13 July 2005
- Review/70/04: Mr Shinawatra, accountability is the issue, 27 April 2005
- Review/27/04: In the line of fire: Human Rights Defenders in Thailand, 30 June 2004
- Review/19/04: Inquiry into the Pattani's Krue Se Mosque Killings: A Cover Up Commission of Thailand, 5 May 2004
- Review/04/04: Education and conflicts in Southern Thailand, 28 January 2004
REPORTS
The Banana Republic of Thailand:
Rule of the jungle in the name of emergency, 20 July 2005
On 15 July 2005, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra government imposed the "Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situation, B.E. 2548" to replace the existing martial law. It gives the Prime Minister absolute power to declare a state of emergency without the sanction of the parliament. The provisions of the Emergency Decree violate the cardinal principles of administration of justice, due process of law and the rule of law as provided under the 1997 Constitution of Thailand and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Yet, even the Constitutional Court cannot question the decree. Thailand has been turned into a Banana Republic overnight!
Thailand: Not Smiling on Rights, 18 July 2005
For the first time, the United Nations Human Rights Committee examined the Initial Report CCPR/C/THA/2004/1) of Thailand on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 19-20 July 2005. Human rights situation in Thailand has been deteriorating day by day. The Emergency Decree of 15 July 2005, which gives absolute powers to the Prime Minister to declare emergency without the parliamentary approval, take measures to derogate from Articles 4, 9, 12, 17 and 19 of the ICCPR and also provide absolute impunity to the security forces, is a clear example. Read ACHR's Alternate Report .... More