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of all sectors in the society to have human rights Commission, B.E. 2560 (2017), Article 26 (1) authorize
awareness and in Article 27 (1) and (3) of the Organic the NHRCT to hold duties and powers for
Act stipulates the NHRCT with roles and duties on scrutinizing towards and making of a report against
human rights promotion with targeting to all sectors inaccurate or misleading information provided
in the society. And in pursuance of those duties towards human rights violation without the delay,
and powers with vast and various target groups, including making of policy guidance and recom-
covering state- and non-state actors, civil society mendations with appropriateness to prevent or give

organizations, educational institutes, mass media, solutions to human rights violation and to ensure
children and youth, and the public, the NHRCT has effective remedies made to affected persons, to
been developing the modules and approaches for all relevant public or private sectors.
human rights promotion with awareness raising,
media advocacy and human rights education kits And in the matters of human rights complaint
corresponding to each target group. These could handlings, the Paris Principles Relating to National
be used to disseminate knowledge and strengthen Human Rights Institutions (the Paris Principles)
the capacity with human rights for all. declares that the substantive duties and mandates
of the National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in

Anyway in practicality with operations undertaken general shall cover the fact-finding mission carried out
in the fiscal year 2019, there was none of explicit with trustworthiness and conciliation, the mediation
budget allocated to such duties and work carried process shall be introduced and undertaken for
out by Office of the NHRCT and it was indeed given making of solutions. And in reference to work carried
with limited amount accumulated under the out under the National Human Rights Commission
budget line of training programs and public relations, Act, B.E. 2542 (1999), Article 27, it authorizes the
while the main purposes of such activities would be NHRCT, during the investigation conducted, shall

focusing on human rights awareness raised merely initiate the mediation process among relevant
not only public relations. Thus, this limited amount individuals or agencies. This aims for the dispute
had to be divided and allocated to such tasks. resettlement among relevant parties with their
mutual agreement and satisfaction, but for the
This could imply that with limits of budget 2017 Organic Act of the NHRCT, there is none of
allocated to the NHRCT, it is indeed not covering provisions made to authorize the NHRCT to keep
all main functional duties carried out, upon the exercising duties and mandates on mediation, thus
2017 Constitution and the 2017 Organic Act on the NHRCT is now not authorized to carry out the
the NHRCT. mediation function which is one of the functions

designated to the NHRIs under the Paris Principles.
4.1.2 On laws and regulations in any case
which the NHRCT deems expedient to mediate 4.1.3 On the roles and duties exercised of
and reconcile with dispute resettlement the NHRCT:
made on human rights aspects: 1) The NHRCT could not play full func-
Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, tional mandates during the period when there
B.E. 2560 (2017), Section 247 (1) together with the were only three members in office and not be

Organic Act on the National Human Rights a quorum.