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Executive Summary

ational Human Rights Commission of Thailand, [NHRC], is an independent agency
Nestablished in accordance with the Constitution of the Thai Kingdom, B.E. 2540 (1997). Its
functions are to promote and protect right and freedom of the people, to examine complaints on human
right violation, to propose measures for problem solving as well as to give proposal concerning policy-wise
recommendations.
In performing its functions, NHRC holds firm principle, concept and substances as stated in the
Constitution of the Thai Kingdom, B.E. 2540 and National Human Rights Commission Act, B.E. 2542
(1999) under human rights concept and international Covenant.
In order to fulfill its functions with great efficiency,NHRC had appointed a sub-committee to
examine complaint cases on labor right abuses in particular because of their specific and complex nature
of labor problems.
On the occasion that the term of the present NHRC members has come to an end, the Sub-committee
on labor rights deems it’s appropriate to prepare an academic study report on human rights situation during
the six year period by divided workers into five groups for study, namely (1) workers in private sector,
(2) workers in public sector, (3) workers in informal sector, (4) workers working in other countries, and
migrant workers (or alien workers as called by Thai law).
Methodology of study includes assessment, synthesis, and analysis from complaint cases and final
examination reports of finished cases, and abstracts of seminars organised by the sub-committee under
the five factors of framework, namely (1) labor protection laws, (2) health and safety at work, (3) social
security, (4) freedom of association and collective bargaining, and (5) unfair employment practice.

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