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the government officials in charge. This may obstruct the development of innovative way to

solve the problems effectively.
(2) Legal capacity of older persons :
Currently the Thai laws do not specifically identify the legal capacity of older
persons from ordinary individual. This cause complication and inefficiency in law
enforcement on legal capacity of older persons, especially in the case of the incompetence,

and may lead to the cases of older persons being taken advantages of or cheated on their
properties.
(3) Access to justice:

At present, there is no specific laws to protect the rights of older persons, who
are vulnerable and should be protected as the same as children. Legal measures to protect
and help the older persons in justice procedures are not focused on the alternative justice
procedures, such as mediation or conciliation; and if the older persons decide to take the
justice procedures, it will be complicate and costly. This causes the inconvenience to the

poor and ignorant older persons and makes them draw back from the justice procedures.
Another critical problem to protect the rights of older persons is the compartmentalization
of the various relevant government agencies.

11) Suggestions to solve the problems of justice procedures :
(1) By laws:
1. The amendment and revision of the laws concerning the protection from
family violencc to focus or target on the rights of older persons and to establish measures to
ensure fair entering concrete alternative justice procedures. The main actor should be

Ministry of Justice, the National Police Bureau, Ministry of Interior, and Ministry of Social
Development and Human Security.
2. To set up stages in the court case procedure in consideration with the

vulnerable and psychological conditions of the abused older persons. The similar
investigative and prosecute methods for juveniles may be used. Ministry of Justice and the
National Police Bureau should be the main actors in collaboration with Ministry of Social
Development and Human Security.
3. A law to regualte and inspect the guardian of properties of the disability older

persons should be enacted. The main agencies should be Ministry of Justice, the National
Police Bureau, and Ministry of Social Development and Human Security in collaboration with