National Human Rights Commission of Thailand

From 2001, the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT), as an independent organization according to the 1997 and 2007 Constitutions, performs its main duty to promote and protect human rights. Since 2003, it has been very active concerning capacity building and participation among the grass roots, CBOs, CSOs and NGOs in order to accomplish sustainable development and peaceful society. NHRCT has studied and monitored the economic, social and cultural situation through the people’s points of view. NHRCT selected 4 areas around the country as the pilot study project with the cooperation with other groups of vulnerable people. Hence, NHRCT enlarges multifaceted work to the underprivileged and marginalized groups, such as the ethnic minority group, hill tribes and the stateless people. The Commission’s tasks emphasize the capacity building of people through the human rights activities and networking.