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from 4,500,000-7,000,000 baht. This is also applied to enforced

disappearance of persons where there are reasonable grounds to believe

that a public official is involved. The Southern Border Provinces

Administrative Centre stated in its 2012 annual report that the Government

has provided remedy to 528 victims who lost their lives, had been injured

or disabled due to the performance of duties of public officials during

violent incidents with the total sum of 1.1 billion baht. Among the 528

cases, 473 were victims in specific incidents while 55 involved other

violations of rights and enforced disappearance. Persons suffering injuries

from the performance of duties of public officials in cases other than those

relating to violent incidents in the South may receive remedy by the

provisions of the 2011 Act on Restitution for Injured Persons and

Compensation and Expenses for the Accused in Criminal Cases which

provide for compensation of much lower value. (This does not prevent the

victim from submitting request to the Court for remedy in accordance with

Section 44/1 of the Criminal Procedure Code.)

50. Recommendation: The Government should review guidelines and

relevant laws on the assistance and remedy to victims of torture by public

officials to ensure that the remedy they receive is adequate and fair and is

based on the principle of non-discrimination. A victim of torture in similar

circumstances should be entitled to similar remedy regardless of where

the commission of torture takes place. If there are differences in the

criteria of compensation given to victims of torture, such differences

should be reasonably justified.