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and reputation of other people in their reporting. They should also take into consideration
the maintenance of national security, law and order, public health and decent morality
of the people.

(3) Assessment of Human Rights Situation

relating to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Important issues include labour rights, community rights in natural resource
management, the right to health, the right to education and business and human rights.

On labour rights, the COVID 19 pandemic has severely affected the country’s
economy, causing a large number of workers to lose their jobs. According to statistics

from the Ministry of Labour, the number of complaints received in fiscal year 2020 from
workers who were not compensated for termination of work rose 74% from fiscal year 2019.
The Department of Labour Protection and Welfare examined these cases, then provid-
ed advice and assistance to protect the workers’ rights. The government and concerned
agencies have also implemented other measures to promote and protect the rights of

various groups of workers. For example, there is progress in the amendment of the Labour
Relations Act, B.E. 2518 (1975) and the State Enterprise Labour Relations Act, B.E. 2543 (2000).
Effort was also made to prepare a draft law on the promotion and development of informal
workers’ quality of life and to amend the law extending the age limit for informal workers
eligible to become insurers under Section 40 of the Social Security Act from 60 to 65 years.
As for migrant workers who have been affected by the spread of COVID 19, the government

has introduced assistance measures and allowed them to continue their stay and work in
Thailand. Regarding workers in the fishing industry, who are mainly migrants from
neighbouring countries, an announcement was issued to protect their rights in obtaining
their wages on a monthly basis, receiving state assistance in checking employment

contracts, and being provided with medical insurance, etc. Recommendations that the NHRCT
puts forward to the government and its concerned agencies include promoting workers’
knowledge about their rights and benefits to which they are entitled to under labour laws
and channels for making complaints, strictly enforcing the law in protecting workers’ rights,
continuously encouraging more informal workers to enter the social security system, and
enhancing knowledge about labour laws among migrant workers.

With regard to community rights in natural resources management, the

government conducted in 2020 a survey on the occupation of land in national parks and wildlife
sanctuaries countrywide to develop measures that would enable the people to continue to
live and utilize the forest conservation areas for their livelihood. However, there is concern
that the people currently living in forest conservation areas and depending on the forests
for their living may not be able to file their request to set up community forests since the
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