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of the National ○ ○ ○ 1. The formation of the NHRC’s Strategic Plan
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of Thailand (2002-2007) ○ ○ As a result of two-day brainstorming workshop which
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involved over one hundred representatives from various human
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rights organisations, the NHRC’s six-year Strategic Plan (2002-2007)
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was developed, covering the assessment of human rights situation,
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the vision, the mission, the NHRC’s functions, goals, and five
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focus areas. The Strategic Plan also spelled out 8 strategies and
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mechanisms of how to translate the Plan into actions.
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2. The formation of the National Human Rights
Policy and Master Plan of Action
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(the Master Plan)
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To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal
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Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations in 1998, the
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government established a National Committee, which agreed that
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Thailand should have a National Human Rights Plan. Subsequently,
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another Committee chaired by Mr. Anand Panyarachun, the former
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Prime Minister, was appointed with the specific task to draft the
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Plan.
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The drafting process involves the compilation of information
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concerning domestic laws and regulations related to human rights,
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and the assessment of national human rights conditions. The
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draft Plan was scrutinised through public hearings in six major
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provinces covering different parts of the country, and was
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subsequently amended. The Cabinet approved the draft as the
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National Plan on 17 October 2000.
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The substances of the Master Plan can be summarised as
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follows:
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2.1 Four fundamental concepts
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In addition to the national and international human rights
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situations, there are four fundamental concepts which were taken
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into account when developing the Plan.
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