Law and judiciary
Legal and judicial reform
Final Hurdle cleared for Thailand's first law to protect ethnic groups’ way of life
Thailand’s House of Representatives clears the final hurdle for the first law protecting ethnic groups’ cultural rights and way of life.The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved changes made by the Senate to a bill, clearing the final hurdle for the enactment of Thailand’s first ...
Rights activists push for ban on death sentences for female convicts
Human rights defenders are calling for an end to capital punishment for women as a next step forward to achieving the universal abolition of death sentences in Thailand.A public forum hosted by the Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) on Monday (Jan, 14) discussed a proposal ...
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Deputy Premier Wissanu admits Thai laws obsolete
Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs Wissanu Krea-Ngam has conceded that many laws in force in Thailand are outmoded.Calling for an urgent legal modernization, Wissanu said a number of laws in Thailand are not compatible with international treaties and agreements, and some of them appear ...
