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Review (UPR), pertaining to the interpretation of rights to birth registration, right to be named and right to
nationality of children with disabilities. Anyhow, There are the limits and constraints with implementation,
as: (i) for the right to education, some were still denied with access to education, where most of schools
were still less prepared in both their human resources and physical readiness, for accommodating persons
with disabilities; (ii) for the right to movement with freedom or social harmonization and right to information,
there were very few universal designed facilities corresponding to capacities and limits of each condition
of disability; (iii) for the right to occupation and employment, most of employers and entrepreneurs were
not get preparation for having working positions for persons with disabilities, thus they merely opted to
pay financial contribution to the Fund rather than to employ persons with disabilities. In the meantime,
most of persons with disabilities also had very limited skills, knowledge and competencies; and (iv) for
the right to health, all three healthcare schemes regulated corresponded to rights and benefits of each
disability with inequality. NHRCT recommends the Government to regulate and undertake proactive
measures in human rights-based approach and to consistently and vigorously monitor their
implementation, including to issue identity cards and data segregation for persons with disability and without any
discriminatory act; to prepare all schools and educational institutions, particularly their human resources and
facilities; to develop the domicile- or community-based employment for persons with disabilities residing
in such areas; to monitor and inspect universal designs with infrastructure and to promote participation
of all persons with disabilities in all levels.

3.4 The Older Persons: The Government has been promoting rights entitlement of the older
persons, particularly those in line with the Older Persons Act, B.E. 2546 (2003), especially for economic
and social development with appropriate surroundings and life betterment, nonetheless there are very
less progressive realization of rights with few accessibility to their rights, lack of government and civil
society mechanisms for promoting rights of the older persons; and loopholes of laws and regulations
with limits to rights of the older persons, particularly for opts and opportunities for employment or to
get support and development from the Government. Besides, the system reform corresponding to aging
society in Thailand was still unclear, especially on economic concerns. Most of organizations disregarded the
actions with implementation and the policies and action plans were uncertain and incoherent. And on the
matter of income securing schemes for the older persons, the Government undertook affirmative action
with the Policy with universal life subsistent subsidy on step-up basis (600-1,000 THB/month) for all Thai
nationals aging from 60 years old upwards, notwithstanding, these amounts were criticized with
insufficiency for current betterment, they were marked on one third of poverty line of the country and
lack of sustainability since this was only a policy not yet a law. The social mindset was also blanketed
and seeing the older persons as social burdens than the enrichment of wisdoms and knowledge, while
85 percent of older population owning necessary competency for the country development but without
the support for re-correcting of social attitudes. The Government and Thai society thus are required to
have more awareness with various measures corresponding to the aging society in Thailand, especially
to promote and entitle social and economic rights with development and appropriate surroundings for
life betterment of the older persons, comprising, the strengthening of Policy with universal life subsistent
subsidy for the older persons with more appropriateness and sufficiency corresponding to actual expenses and
sustainability. NHRCT recommends that the Government shall (i) issue and adopt laws and regulations
promoting life qualities and occupations for the older persons responding to their rights and participation in
the Older Persons’ Fund management and interpreting all work into the National Action Plan for the Older

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