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ALRC Alternative Report on Thailand to the HRC in 2005
 
 

Institutionalised torture, extrajudicial killings & uneven application of law in Thailand

An alternative report to the initial report of Thailand to the Human Rights Committee[*]

presented by the

Asian Legal Resource Centre

March 2005


[*] In consideration of reports submitted by States Parties under article 40 of the ICCPR; initial report of the State Party, due in 1998, submitted in 2004 (CCPR/C/THA/2004/1).

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Full Report: MS WordMS Word format (623 KB) | PDF Format (456 KB)

Supplement (15 July 2005):  MS WordMS Word format (2.1 MB) | PDF Format (271 KB) [NEW]

CONTENTS


  • Preamble
  • Scope
  • Article 2: Effecting rights under the Covenant
  • Article 6: Right to life
  • Article 7: Freedom from torture
  • Article 9: Right to liberty and security
  • Article 14: Right to fair trial
  • Articles 16 & 26: Recognition and equality before the law
  • Article 19: Freedom of expression
  • Recommendations
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  • Annex 1: Targeted killings of environmentalists
  • Annex 2: Letter by the AHRC to the Ombudsman pertaining to refusal to investigate case of alleged torture
  • Annex 3: Extracts from Prime Minister’s Orders Nos 29 & 30/2546 to launch the ‘war on drugs’
  • Annex 4: Killings of alleged drug dealers during 2003
  • Annex 5: Partial list of persons reported killed during the ‘war on drugs’
  • Annex 6: Letter by the ALRC to the High Commissioner for Human Rights requesting international role after mass killing in Narathiwat
  • Annex 7: Letter by the AHRC to the Minister of Justice regarding grave cases of torture and the need to ratify the Convention against Torture
  • Annex 8: Letter by the AHRC to the Minister of Justice regarding the disappearance of Mr Somchai Neelaphaijit and need for a law to prohibit forced disappearances
  • Annex 9: Petition by the AHRC to His Majesty the King of Thailand regarding forced disappearance of Mr Somchai Neelaphaijit
  • Annex 10: Letter by the ALRC to the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture regarding gross acts of torture by the Royal Thai Police
  • Annex 11: Letter by the AHRC to the Minister of Justice regarding further grave acts of torture and the need to ratify the Convention against Torture
  • Annex 12: Letter by the AHRC to the Minister of Justice regarding institutionalised torture and the need to ratify the Convention against Torture
  • Annex 13: Letter by the AHRC to the Minister of Justice regarding defective policing and public defenders in Thailand
  • Annex 14: Killings of Burmese migrants
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