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Executive Summary

The report on the performance of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT)

for the fiscal year 2023 is prepared in accordance with Section 45 of the National Human Rights
Commission Act 2017. The report covers the period from 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023.

Major outcomes of its performance are summarized below:

Protection of human rights: The NHRCT and the NHRCT made recommendations to the
received a total of 940 complaints alleging concerned authorities to prevent and rectify

actions or omissions constituting human rights human rights violations. Examples include:
violations in the fiscal year 2023. Of these, 1) The case where police officers request

610 cases (64.89%) were accepted for further cooperation in obtaining Deoxyribonucleic
action, while the remaining 330 cases (35.11%) Acid (DNA) samples from individuals released

were not accepted because they were not according to the policies or directives of the
within the authority of the NHRCT or were Royal Thai Police, citing reasons related to public

under the authority of other independent interest and the consent of those to be examined,
organizations. The accepted cases were represents an undue limitation on individuals’

classified into the following categories: rights and freedoms. It is also a selective practice
1) Coordination of human rights protection and that is unjust towards individuals. The NHRCT

investigation of human rights violations: 259 recommends the cancellation of such policies
cases (42.46%) and 2) assistance coordination, or directives and advocates for the collection of

research, and recommendations for the genetic material from individuals only in cases
promotion and protection of human rights, as processed through legal procedures for criminal

well as other forms of assistance 351 cases investigation; and 2) In cases where the media
(57.54%). The top three issues that were presents news without obscuring or blurring the

most complained about were rights in justice faces of individuals involved in the case, provides
process, rights and gender equality, and rights detailed steps and methods of committing

and status of persons. the crime, creates intimidation, and attempts
In the fiscal year 2023, the NHRCT completed to solicit speculative information, the NHRCT

a total of 194 complaints investigation reports recommends that media organizations, including
consisting of 63 complaints within the fiscal radio, television, and online news producers,

year and 131 complaints from previous years. educate about privacy rights and guidelines
Of these 123 cases (63.40) involved acts or for presenting news to media professionals.

omissions of acts that violated human rights This is to avoid unnecessary disclosure of personal

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