Human rights in Thailand
At a Glance
04-07-2018
Thailand is one of several south-east Asian countries where the human rights situation has recently deteriorated. Following a military coup in May 2014, the junta clamped down on political dissent. In 2017 a new constitution restored some of the rights taken away in 2014, but the timing of elections remains uncertain and the military is likely to maintain political influence even after handing over power to a civilian government. Other long-standing concerns include abuses of migrant workers' labour rights and restrictions on freedom of expression.
At a Glance
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- Asia and Oceania
- civil society
- criminal law
- criminal law
- economic geography
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- freedom of expression
- fundamental rights
- gender equality
- GEOGRAPHY
- human rights
- human rights movement
- independence of the judiciary
- labour law
- labour law and labour relations
- LAW
- organisation of the legal system
- political prisoner
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- rights and freedoms
- Thailand
- trade agreement (EU)