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Submission of the National Human Rights Commission

of Thailand on Thailand’s implementation of the

International Covenant on Economic, Social

and Cultural Rights

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1. Thailand has developed a five-year national development plan as

a framework for the country’s development efforts since 1961. The

Eighth National Economic and Development Plan, which was

implemented from 1997-2001, marked a major shift in Thailand’s

development strategy from putting too much emphasis on economic

growth to placing people at the centre of development with

participation of all sectors of society in the development process.

The Plan advocated for an integrated approach to create a more

balanced development, the concept which continues to form the

basis of the current Eleventh National Economic and Social Plan

(2012-2016).

2. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand of 2007, which had

been in force from August 2007 until May 2015, guaranteed the

rights of the people in relation to the development process.

Sections 66 and 67 of the Constitution stipulated that individuals